Maybe not. Individual support-raising isn't always God's will for missionary workers. Raising support may seem harder, but it sure isn't more holy. Many outstanding denominations and mission boards offer salaries to skilled missionaries. They've found that there's not necessarily a correlation between the ability to minister cross-culturally and the ability to raise support. The support-raising missionary has no corner on the lifestyle of "living by faith". That quality of life should characterize all Christians (2 Cor. 5:7). I guess the bottom-line answer to the question is this: you're not qualified to look for a salaried missionary position unless you're willing to raise support. Anyone unwilling to do whatever God asks won't be much use to the Lord in whatever situation he finds himself.

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