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Reason #2:
EFFECTIVENESS
 National
missionaries are effective in reaching their own people for Christ
The national missionary...
- knows the local language;
- requires little or no cultural adjustment;
- usually lives the same lifestyle as the people
to which he or she ministers, generally a lifestyle
of poverty compared to what Westerners require;
- is able to engage in evangelistic and church planting
activities in countries which do not grant missionary visas to
Westerners;
- is often willing to labor in ministry in the midst
of great danger and with much personal sacrifice to reach his
own people;
- needs no furlough, which normally is a disruption
to the ministry of the Western missionary.
 Investment
with a manifold return The cost to
support an American missionary family is usually between $3000 and
$5000 per month. Many national missionaries require only $50 to
$150 per month, depending on where they live. The standard support
provided to national missionaries by Mission ONE is $60 per month.
This small amount makes a huge difference in the lives of these
families. According to researchers at Global Evangelization Movement,
headed by David Barrett, (author of the World Christian Encyclopedia):
"In tomorrow's world, the Western missionary — though no doubt
still present — will be vastly outnumbered by his Third-World
counterpart. Many of these will be doing the job far more effectively
and cheaply than Western missionaries due simply to the fact that
they have fewer cultural barriers to cross, understand the geography,
politics and economics of their area better, and their ministries
cost less."
Compassion
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