Should the support of global evangelization be a priority in EVERY local church?

[Pastor Terry Ross]

MANY local congregations around the globe never mention any thing about or recognize any responsibility for the advancement of global evangelization/world missions. This is happening in both poor and rich church congregations worldwide. The act of reaching 'the uttermost parts of the earth' is being relagated to someone else, somewhere else. It has been said that if every local body of believers worldwide today would give just a small (yet consistent and deliberate) percentage of their annual receipts to focus on global evangelization (beyond their own communities), there would be more than enough to fund a massive missionary force who could carry the message of Christ in action and in Word to the entire world in a single generation.

What are your thoughts on this?
How are you helping to advance the Gospel 'beyond your own community' and to the world?
As a pastor or other church leader, how have you been able to effectively challenge and involve your church and spiritual community to action in this regard?
Do you believe this should be a priority today? If so, why? If not, why?

[Nerio & Chai Cloma]

Hello Pastor Terry, your thoughts are of course valid as your heart is into foreign missions. Mega churches in Manila are into foreign missions i am aware a few of them personally as well as into local church planting. "Small" churches usually are good at local outreach activity and focus their "small resources" to areas within 100km radius from their main church... or within the main islands of the Phils. The evangelical church which runs the school where my son went to 1st-3rd year high school has many outreaches within Luzon island only. The Baptist church that runs the school where he went in 4th year high school has several outreach churches within 100km radius and they are very effective at it. My simple conclusion is that...it depends on the gifts and the burden that the Holy Spirit has given to each of us individually (personal) and corporately as an individual church. Surely, you got the global one while those i mentioned received the local burden. Whatever burden received should be developed and pursued.. If none is imparted, then we should pray for the leading of the Holy Spirit... Thanks Pastor. God bless!