I've been thinking I should start (or convert this blog) a blog solely dedicated to legalism. But then I decided one probably already exists and is much better than I could ever do. Here is an excerpt I stumbled upon. Of course I don't know the context of everything and it is just a short paragraph, but anyway, these things always kind of irritate me:
When Short -Termers Conduct is an Embarrassment! Listen!
"Some members of a short-term team visited a local disco hall seeking entertainment. They took alcohol in public—a scandal for the local community. In another case, two members of the short-term team were smoking—an embarrassment to local believers and the host pastor. The two were also seen with local girls who made their living from prostitution. The host of this team said that with few exceptions, “they do not build relationships; they come for projects.” A pastor’s wife was puzzled that the short-term mission often turns out to be a vacation, which raises questions about the sincerity of some short-term missionaries. She asked, ‘Do they come here to do the holiday thing or do they come here to minister?”
Scandalous!
6 comments:
Hey Mark,
Haven't been on your blog for a long time...
Anyway, are you irritated that short-term missions folks are doing that, or that they are being criticized for doing it?
Well I would be irritated if short term missions peeps were out getting wasted and trying to pick up prostitutes. But I assume that that is not what they were trying to do. I am actually irritated that people give them so much crap for going to a disco and talking to prostitutes. Jesus did the latter and I'm sure if there were discos back then he would have hit a few up. I think what irritates me in the broader sense is that we expect missions groups to adhere completely to the cultural norms that they are faced with...because we are trying to be so respectful of other cultures...yet we always assume that we should treat the other culture as if they have nothing to learn from ours. I think this stems from my disrespect towards the idea of respecting other cultures for whatever they may be...which may stem from my time in Peru where Christians thought dancing was a sin. Either way, you'll probably never read this comment as it is a few blogs ago. Hope all is well with you
I did just read it, and I actually agree with you 100% (it seemed like the specific story was incomplete as to what all was happening, but to your ideas I agree completely). I remember being on "missions" (although due to where we were we couldn't call it that) trips in other places where all anyone could talk about was how great the local culture was and how awful American culture is. It really annoyed me.
I think you're absolutely right that other cultures can learn from us too. That was another thing that annoyed me - a sort of condescending arrogant niceness. It's hard to describe, but it was the attitude that the "locals" weren't smart enough to understand the things of our culture (or that we might be different or have different customs ourselves), so we must be extra extra careful to not offend. Don't get me wrong. I was in there country; I should follow their customs. But the attitude about it annoyed me.
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Haha! Again, it has been awhile (not sure if anyone will see my response here anyway)... I'm in Iraq just perusing the internets and trying to reconnect a little with people. Anyway, I just saw the comment above this one and it was pretty funny, I have to admit. Spam, I assume. No, I can't read Russian or whatever it is. It was just so weird.
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