Missionaries and Politics

[Salty]

What are your thought about foreign missionaries being involved in politics in the country they are serving?raying:

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

Bad idea - too much chance to cause offence

 

[Ps104_33]

A very, very, very bad idea. That is not what they are there for. If a missionary dabbles in the politics of the country he goes to then he is in the wrong vocation.

 

[2 Timothy2:1-4]

Why would they as they are not citizens of that country?

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

Why would they as they are not citizens of that country?

The trouble is that we pay taxes and are bound by the same laws - makes it hard to stay out.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

The trouble is that we pay taxes and are bound by the same laws - makes it hard to stay out.

In some countries, being non-political is easier than in others.