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[quote=Anonymous][quote]
Are you saying that some missionaries' primary motive is not to convert people to christianity? I have a hard time believing that[/quote]

I'm a new poster.  One of the central tenants of our faith growing up was caring for the poor as Jesus did.  Mission work was all about serving others, not converting.  There'd be a prayer before meals and a service on Sunday, but no proselytizing.  If people wanted to hear about religion they had to ask.  We only shared our faith through our example of being kind.  Service, as Jesus did, was the goal.

We didn't send people on tourist-y missionary trips.  We has one or two missionaries embedded in communities.  They'd express needs back to the church community and we'd raise money.  The missionaries were supposed to make sure funds were used well.  They also did a good amount of physical labor helping others.

This is the same church that locally built one house a year through habitat for humanity.  One year the family was Islamic immigrants from Somalia. No problem.  It was about serving the poor, not converting.  The family did join us for Sunday church dinners, but we never ever expected them to convert.[/quote]

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