Ask a Missionary - Catch The Fire

Answer from Tim, who has served in Cameroon and in the United States with
Wycliffe Bible Translators for twenty-five years.
Q:
Can Christians without advanced
training be involved in missions?
A: Yes.
Maybe you don’t have a degree, but there’s probably something
you know a lot about and that you do well, whether it’s motorcycle
repair or worship music or serving. Whatever it is, God has put those
specific tools into your hands to use for his glory among the nations.
With a little knocking on doors, you can find a niche somewhere in
world missions for anything you’re good at. One warning, though:
you shouldn’t become a missionary unless you’re willing to learn
new things in the process!
Answer from Nate Wilson, mission mobilizer with Caleb Project.
A:
No matter your role, some training is
necessary.
If you’re thinking of working in missions, you should first look
for an agency to send you. All agencies have requirements, which
may include educational preferences. Missionaries do many things
today; not all are preachers or teachers. All should be prepared,
however, as Peter tells us (1 Peter 3:15), to “give an answer to everyone
who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have,”
whether working as a physician, agronomist, or mechanic.
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