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What is the most effective means for accomplishing the task of world evangelism? How does one manage the resources from the First World for accomplishing this “mission impossible ” in the Third World? How can you avoid creating dependency (and all the evils contingent to it) while developing a healthy partnership to maximize the resources that God has made available to the churches of the 21st century? Is there a wrong way to manage finances to accomplish a good task? Sometimes it is hard to harmonize all the biblical principles, practical sense, and expectations of different people into a beneficial strategy for fulfilling a mission. It is not easy to balance, “The love of all evil is the love of money ” (1 Tim 6:10) with “Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share ” (1 Tim 6:18). Later Paul warned that in the last days “men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, …ungrateful… ” (2 Tim 3:2) because godly men or pastors must be “ … free from the love of money ” (1 Tim 3:3). Those who live in the West, even from the poorest families, have little idea how even a little money can corrupt believers and unbelievers in under developed countries. What seems so normal, big-hearted, generous and giving i