Faith mission
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"Faith mission" is a term used most frequently among Evangelical Christians to refer to a missionary agency with an approach to evangelism that requires its missionaries to "trust in God to provide the necessary resources" and who are not financially supported by denominations with a fixed salary.[1]
Early advocates of faith missions were Hudson Taylor, missionary to China, and founder of the China Inland Mission, who advocated "Moving men, by God, through prayer alone" and not soliciting funds at all. Other early leaders were Anthony Norris Groves, Arthur Tappan Pierson and George Müller. Modern examples are Jim Elliot, martyred missionary to the Huaorani people of Ecuador[2]; and the missionaries of The Faith Mission and of Christian Conventions.
Today WEC International and OMF International are examples of modern organizations that practice Faith Missions.
Mission historian Ruth Tucker noted,
| “ | For faith missionaries, the purpose of missions was to save lost souls from the eternal torment of hellfire and brimstone.[3] | ” |
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- Tucker, Ruth (1983). From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. ISBN 0310239370.
