Researching through several statistics that have been collected over many years by the WEA, I learned that our missionaries today fall victim to a whole host of complex issues. Over time, these missionaries go from being enthused by the Lord's calling on their lives to a state of hopelessness, fatigue, exasperation and need. Some missionaries will stay in missions for six months, some close to ten years. What pushes some to leave so soon and what helps others stay much longer? In short, our missionaries are becoming, in many cases, the people they are trying to reach - the orphans. Thus they become orphan missionaries.
My perspective into this subject comes from my own personal experience in the mission field and also from the World Evangelical Alliance Missions Commission (WEA). If you would like to read more on my sentiment on this matter, you can read up on it on the last page of my last three newsletters linked below:
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