Having been a cross cultural missionary for decades, I'm somewhat jealous of the term. I know pastors say, "You are all missionaries," and sometimes there is a sign over the door as you leave the church, "You are now entering the mission field." However, if everyone is a missionary, the word loses its meaning. (No offense meant, just informing.)We are all missionaries in somebody else's territory.
What the missionaries to the Aucas did and died for was far beyond what the typical witness for Christ in a "civilized" country ever dreams of. In our last couple of years in Japan I saw three yakuza (Japanese mafia) come to Christ. One day I asked one, "Do you think the godfather might come to visit me?" He said, "He might."


The priesthood of the believer grants you this. (I just taught that doctrine to a couple of men at my Sunday School table.)But I get the arguments.
I am not trying to change anybody mind, nor am I defending my opinion (I am simply stating it).