remains, however, Are they rightly called “missionaries”? Traditionally, a missionary was a person who crossed cultural boundaries to establish new outreach on behalf of Jesus and plant new bodies of local believers. How are we to understand the new generation of cross-cultural workers who are engaged in effective ministries but do not correspond to the traditional idea of what a missionary is? Additionally, what is the difference between those who cross cultures for a short time (from a week to
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