Being a Self Supported Missionary
The theme of my current season of life can be summed up in a few words: fear, faith, and freedom. When God placed this call upon our life, we didn't know what to do with it. We tried to reason our way through it. We attempted to explain it on our terms. We even denied it for the longest time. God had asked us to do something that was outside of the cookie cutter mold and we had no idea what we were doing. Our calling looked different than the current battle cries coming from SBC life. How much easier it would have been if God had called us to strictly work within our current city, or our state, or even a NAMB SEND city or an IMB unreached people group. Jesus busted up our comfort zone. God works through established churches and denominations. I've seen the evidence of this, but I think we do a grave disservice to Jesus if we don't recognize He works outside the establishment as well. I am a missionary. We are self supported missionaries, which means we are