This report stated: "...on October 1, the memberships of CrossGlobal Link (formerly IFMA) and The Mission Exchange (formerly EFMA) agreed to merge, forming a body representative of 35,000 evangelical missionaries deployed in every country by more than 190 agencies and churches in North America."
Mark Tronson commented that this report gave him an opportunity to reveal that a huge number of evangelical missionaries are living by faith financial support, within just two of many mission societies. He cannot imagine how many there are worldwide, but it illustrates the astonishing daily miracle whereby the Lord's people are providing for such Gospel outcomes.
He explained: "It is important here says to determine what the term "faith financial support" actually means. It does not include those who are being supported by their superannuation, nor those financially supported by a church or a denomination. It specifically relates to those missionaries, both home and serving overseas, whose income for their family and ministry is provided by a network of financial supporters."
There are many other faith financed missionary societies and individual missionary couples who live in this same manner, and from figures ascertained from elsewhere over many years, the number for the USA alone is around 137,000 out of a population of 300 million (about 0.05% of total number of US citizens)
In Australia, there are around 3000 evangelical missionaries living by faith financial out of a total population of some 22 million (a little more than 0.01%)
Mark and Delma Tronson have successfully followed this 'faith financed' model developed over centuries by Christians who followed Jesus words of going out and trusting Him. They have been living by faith financial support in this manner for 29 years and they produce a monthly newsletter keeping their support network updated on their ministry.
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