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With that disclaimer being said, I will begin the thought..
OKay. I read a blog that had been suggested to me by people I love and care for (you know who you are!) about a mission family getting started on their trip. I enjoy reading things like that. My good friend Niki just recently returned from Venezuela for the third time, and my Aunt and Uncle have travelled to Africa to spread the news of Christ. I really admire those people who give up portions of their time, money, and lives as they know it to travel to areas away from their homes to be Christian examples. The work in being a missionary is an integral part of Christianity, and there needs to be more support of it.
That being the case, I am left wondering why Christians are being sent as missionaries to Poland. This is taken directly from Wikipedia:
In terms of ethnicity, Poland has been a homogeneous state since the end of World War II. This is a major departure from much of Polish history. Due to the effects of the Holocaust and the flight and removal of German populations, Poland has become almost uniformly Catholic. Catholics make up about 90% of the population (94.8% according to church baptism statistics) with 70% to 75% as practising Catholics (according to opinion polls). Religious minorities include Polish Orthodox (1.3% or about 509,500), Jehovah’s Witnesses (0.3% or about 123,034), Eastern Catholics (0.2%), Lutherans (0.2%), and smaller minorities of Mariavites, Polish Catholics, Pentecostals, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jews, Muslims (including the Tatars of Białystok) and various Protestant (about 86,880 in the largest Evangelical-Augsburg Church and about as many in smaller churches).
Without getting into the Catholic vs. Protestant debate (which I will not do, thank you very much) I am still scratching my head as to why a nation who is blatantly worshipping Christ, is in need of mission work, while there are nations who are blatantly Anti-Christian like China, North Korea, Libya, and dozens more that I feel really need Christ brought to them.
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