What kind of sacrifices do American missionary families have to make in order to live in a country like Thailand?
Leaving behind family, learning a hard written and spoken language, adjusting to a new variety of food and culture, leaving behind the conveniences of America, and all of the normal pressures that come with planting a church just to name a few. When communicating the Gospel, we will be starting from the ground up. Definitions of common terms will have to be defined first. Words like God, Jesus, salvation, faith, and worship will have vastly different meanings in a predominantly Buddhist country like Thailand. While church planters in America see transfer growth from one church to another, and people who have grown up in church, fallen away, and later returned; these things are virtually non existent in the context of planting a church among an unreached and unengaged people.
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