God has blessed North America with many God-fearing believers who understand their responsibility to obey the Great Commission. Over the years, North America has become the world's greatest missionary-sending nation on the earth-to the glory of God.

But post-World War II trends around the globe require a shift in our missions strategy and thinking. Nations that were once open to foreign missionaries have now closed their doors. Changes in Western missionary compensation packages (due to rising health care and long-term care costs plus frequency of travel) have made the cost of sending out a Western missionary family increasingly higher. And perhaps most importantly, nations that once had very few Christians (or very few well-trained Christians) 50 years ago now have growing numbers of well-trained, dedicated Christian nationals who are committed to evangelizing their own peoples.

Does this mean that the era of Western missions is over? By no means! Wherever Western missionaries can go, let them go. Whenever God has specifically called them to go, and wherever He is blessing them with spiritual fruit, they should go. But where the doors have been closed to foreign missionaries, and where the Lord has raised up many spiritually dedicated national or native workers, let us consider how we may stand with them in the evangelization of their own nations. Let us not think that world evangelization can only be properly done by Western missionaries! Rather, let us consider the importance of partnering globally with others who are already doing the work-and doing it fruitfully.

God has blessed North America with an abundance of material and spiritual resources. Might we consider sharing those resources with the vast majority of national Christian missionary movements around the globe who are not so blessed?

We invite you to get acquainted with the leading indigenous missionary movements around the world today! Click on Africa, Latin America/South America, Europe, or Asia to learn more!

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