Sometimes people express concern that money sent to foreign mission fields comes at the expense of local church needs. We believe the opposite is true. Ellen White offers this counsel: “The home missionary work will be farther advanced in every way when a more liberal, self-denying, self-sacrificing spirit is manifested for the prosperity of foreign missions; for the prosperity of the home work depends largely, under God, upon the reflex influence of the evangelical work done in countries … [Read more...]
Treasure
Every Christian can become a foreign missionary. Here’s how I heard it shared in church by Keith Walde: Time and talent, in spite of their otherwise good qualities, have one restriction. They cannot be stored or transferred easily. Time past is gone forever. Also talent cannot be stored for future use. This brings us to the last of the three Ts of stewardship responsibility, which is treasure. Treasure, or money, is a possession. When we agree to work for someone, they agree to pay us an … [Read more...]
The little book
Years ago, a woman working as a housekeeper sent $300 to a mission in the Sudan. She had received this sum as a legacy. After her death, relatives, who had thought she was overly religious and had had very little to do with her, came to her funeral. They asked for her possessions. They went through her trunk looking for a bank book, for she had been long employed at good wages. However, the little book they found told its own story. On one side the woman had entered her wages, month after … [Read more...]