From NPR:
The 21 South Korean hostages held by the Taliban in Afghanistan are missionaries but say they were providing humanitarian aid at hospitals and schools. Mike Pocock, head of the World Missions and Intercultural Studies department at the Dallas Theological Seminary, and a member of my parent’s church talks with Renee Montagne.
“Scriptures indicate very very clearly that anyone who follows Jesus Christ seriously is likely to suffer for it. And Jesus himself of course gave His own life for the world and indicated quite clearly that anyone who followed Him would probably have difficulties. So missionaries and sending Christians understand that they are putting people into harms way. They try to minimize the dangers of that and take whatever prudent precautions they can. Nevertheless they are willing to risk practically everything in order to get a life changing message across to those who need it.”
And here’s an interesting stat for ya – Koreans have over 14,000 missionaries around the world.
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