How does Belmont decide which missionaries to support?
Sometimes we have some hard choices to make in deciding where to allocate whatever Faith Promise dollars we have. Thus far the Lord has honored our decisions to stay in our focus areas—we have had a lot of great fruit over the years, from some very tough places in the world. Let me just say this: all believers working cross-culturally for the Kingdom are to be honored. But not every good or great thing done cross-culturally is necessarily a priority for Belmont Church missions support. Let me give you an example: A dramatist wants to be a Christian street mime in Spain and evangelize those who will listen and a businessman wants to start a tent-making business in northern Iraq in order to help plant a church. Both may be hearing from the Lord and both may be incredible people seeing themselves as working cross-culturally for the Kingdom. Both are excellent at what they do and are to be honored for their faith. However, these two would not be considered equivalent candidates for any ava
