You can personally support a full-time missionary. When they get trained, sent out, and plant churches, you experience the joy of sponsorship!
"We just want to thank you for the picture and history of the young missionary we are supporting. I wept tears of gratitutde that our heavenly Father is allowing us the privilege of helping in His work."
So writes a Californian who provides full support for a native missionary in India. Thousands of God-loving people in America are astounded to learn that they can actually provide full support for an effective, full-time missionary through Christian Aid. This is because Christian Aid helps indigenous ministries which send out missionaries who are native to their areas. They are already on the field and know the language and customs of the people.
When Madan came to the Lord, he was an illiterate tribal living in a mud hut. He wanted to become a gospel preacher and begged the missionaries to teach him to read. Then he began preaching the gospel to his tribespeople, effectively using real-life illustrations to show people the way of Christ.
As a farm laborer, he was living at a subsistence level. A donor began sending $30 a month through Christian Aid. This provided the first substantial cash income in his life. Next the sponsor supplied a bicycle. This allowed him to evangelize more villages. Soon he had won 300 of his tribe to Christ.
Native missionaries serving in poorer countries in the rural areas can live on $50 per month. Those in the cities need $100 or more. Christian Aid seeks to find sponsors for missionaries at $50 per month. In cases where it takes more than that, several sponsors are sought. Each individual or church which sends $50 or more monthly will be assigned a missionary for whom they can pray.
Your missionary may never know the one who sends his or her support - only that his or her needs are being met in answer to prayer. Missionaries only know that the Lord supplies their needs.
Especially needed is support for missionaries working in areas where North American missionaries cannot go. In places like China, the Middle East or certain critical areas in Southeast Asia, names and photos of the missionaries are sometimes supplied, but sending biographical information and worker reports outside the country can jeopardize the worker.
To begin experiencing the joy of sponsorship yourself, you may visit our to complete our online form. Or send your first check to Christian Aid to receive your assignment.
Christian Aid will send you the name, photo and biographical sketch of the one assigned to you, as well as information about the indigenous ministry responsible. We will also send you updates on the one you sponsor as they become available (once or twice each year).
Your monthly gifts will be sent to the indigenous mission in charge of the one you sponsor. They will be combined with those of others to provide for the missionaries within their group.
Then, as you pray each day by name for the person whose picture you hold in your hands, you will have the deep satisfaction of knowing that your gifts help meet the needs of that fervent missionary in an area where you probably could never go as a foreign missionary.