Needing to be Needed in Missions

"If I could change one thing about the North American attitude to missions it would be the paternalistic relationship that has been developed and has been entrenched in the receiving country." - Paul Morris

There is often a tendency of the North American church to foster a dependent relationship with any church that they plant. The ongoing relationship is paternalistic, with the North American church having a need to be needed, rather than treating church plants as equal members of the family of Christ through an interdependent relationship. In this short clip from Session 3 of the Missions Dilemma, Paul Morris shares how North America has done a great job at planting the church, but still needing to grow into interdependence and away from dependence.