Missionary reports

If you're like me, you grew up in church hearing the reports of missionaries. They would come from distant lands, telling reports of God's grace extending to other nations.

The missionaries we support will never be in your church. They will never visit the United States. In fact, if not for this website or others like it, you might not hear about them at all.

These men were born and raised in the Philippines. They came to Christ and were burdened to see their people come to know Him. They look like, talk like and act like the people they are reaching. They needed no language school or years of cultural training, and they were able to avoid the cultural faux pas that are common place when a Westerner tries to make a new mission.

Of course, we are not criticizing the faithful traditional missionaries. Whoever brings the Gospel into a new place should be supported and thanked. We praise God for all who are taking the Gospel into all parts of the world.

But the indigenous missionary movement is the way God will complete the Great Commission. We are excited to be a part of the work God is doing through this family of Baptist Churches in the Philippines.

Since these brothers have the benefit of being in their mission fields all the time (whereas Western missionaries have to return home to drum up support), we want to be their helpers. We want to serve them. The issue with these men and their families is often a lack of support. Their sending churches are faithful to support them, but the funds they have are often not enough to meet their needs. Some have paid tragic prices for their obedience to Christ.

That's where Homegrown Harvesters comes in. We feel called of God to be the support arm for this particular work of God. We want to be those traveling missionaries, representing faithful servants who will otherwise have no chance to raise their funds.

Please pray for us, that God will give us the desire of our hearts for this ministry. To God be the glory in all things.