We Don't Need Missionaries

but my experience with the Philippines and Anglo-phone West Africa prove the comments out. Today, what is need in many countries is not American church planting missionaries. What many countries need are Bible institute soon to be college teachers.

Generally speaking, I agree that the primary need on the mission field today is leadership training. That’s where our resources have tended to go.

If this article intrigues you, I suggest you look into Baptist Mid-Mission’s Pastoral Enrichment Program. These missionaries sole purpose is to go to the mission field and conduct seminary-level training for local national Pastors.

Our church has had Bro. Scott Williquette in (whom some of you undoubtedly know) to present this work, and this is a sorely needed ministry. Far too many local national Pastors have little or no access to theological training, and are ill-prepared to combat theological heresy and teach their people adequately. To make matters more difficult, a lot of the literature itself is in English, which makes even independent study rather difficult for non-English speakers.

Check this ministry out, and consider having one of these men in to your church to hear more.

I think this is an appropriate time to mention one of our ministries in Togo, West Africa:

ABWE’s Baptist Bible Institute of Togo

http://abwetogosouth.org/ministries/discipleship-ministries/bible-institute/

[TylerR]

If this article intrigues you, I suggest you look into Baptist Mid-Mission’s Pastoral Enrichment Program. These missionaries sole purpose is to go to the mission field and conduct seminary-level training for local national Pastors.

Our church has had Bro. Scott Williquette in (whom some of you undoubtedly know) to present this work, and this is a sorely needed ministry. Far too many local national Pastors have little or no access to theological training, and are ill-prepared to combat theological heresy and teach their people adequately. To make matters more difficult, a lot of the literature itself is in English, which makes even independent study rather difficult for non-English speakers.

Check this ministry out, and consider having one of these men in to your church to hear more.

I’ll provide another Shameless Plug, this time for Scott Williquette. We had the privilege of being in the same BMM candidate class with Scott & Victoria, and highly recommend the work. What they’re doing at PEP fills a gap that many fields are unable to fill on their own. Scott is a sharp guy, and I know he’s burning to get going.

Another ministry to consider that hits one of Tyler’s points is EBI, a ministry of EBI that generates theological materials in Spanish for ministry use in Mexico and Latin America (and farther too). Good theological material in the native language is a crying need in Spanish cultures, one for which many indigenous ministries are pleading for.

Or, for another Shameless Plug (I know, that’s three Shameless Plugs…), consider our ministry to Mexico City - our burning desire is to assist other missionaries already on the ground building a theological training base for indigenous pastors.