Episode 228: On Caring for Missionaries (with Miller Johnson)

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman chat about how churches should care for their missionaries.

Mentioned Resource:

“Missions” by Andy Johnson

Related Resources:

“On Funding Missionaries” by Mark Dever, Jonathan Leeman, and Tyler Markson
“Stop Sending Missionaries: Why More Isn’t Always Better” by Steve Jennings
“Seven Principles for Funding Foreign Missions” by Tyler Markson
“How Can I Support International Missions?” by Mark Collins

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Jonathan Lehman.
0:05.7	And this is Mark Devere, and I'm thinking of so many places in scripture that go to
0:09.0	about about what we're going to talk about.
0:10.4	On pastors talk, learn more at 9Mark's.org.
0:13.6	We try to help pastors build healthy churches.
0:16.7	And Mark is jumping straight to the Bible because we like to talk about the Bible.
0:21.1	And the topic is...
0:22.5	Well, it's bearing one another's burdens.
0:24.8	More specifically.
0:26.0	It's particularly trying to do good to Christians elsewhere.
0:30.1	So Galatians 610 is we have opportunity.
0:32.5	Let us do good to everyone and especially to those who have the household of faith.
0:37.1	Mark, I'm surprised you didn't jump straight to Acts 15 because that's one of your go-to
0:41.0	texts for this conversation.
0:42.7	The conversation is caring for missionaries.
0:45.5	Yeah.
0:45.8	So 2nd John and 3rd John are both really relevant for this.
0:49.4	Yeah, they are.
0:50.3	Give us a verse you have in mind.
0:51.8	Well, both of them.
0:52.4	But burden is that clearly the elder John is telling this church
0:55.5	that he's writing to that they need to support people like these, that we may be fellow
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