CORE Missions is a mission board for national pastors. By partnering with foreign missionaries, and supporting national pastors, we are helping to reach remote villages with the Gospel of Christ
The Reality of Missions
We believe that the world can literally be reached with the Gospel. When God gave His "Great Commission" in Matthew 28, we do not find a list of directions on how to reach the world for Christ. He didn't give this command and then tell us how to complete this command. However, for far too long, American missions has been done the same way. Yes, there are some variations, but we have been sticking to the same script, for the most part. If the world was going to be reached with the Gospel by the efforts of American missionaries, it would have happened by now. American missionaries are rapidly leaving the field, far more than are going to the field. When the world is growing by 80 million people a year, we are unquestionably loosing ground. We believe that by helping the national pastor, your missions money can go much further, for a lot less. On average, national pastors represented by CORE can live on just 3% of what the foreign missionary needs.
Our Partnership with National Pastors
While it is not impossible for foreign missionaries to reach the entire world, it is very unlikely. If we believe that the Gospel can reach every corner of the world, we have to be willing to equip the Bible preaching men living in those corners. When CORE supports a pastor in a foreign land, we do not claim them as one of "our" men. No matter from where the funds come, they are God's man - we just have the privilege of assisting them in their calling.
