Welcome to the David Cox’ PDF Library!
This website is a library website to read and download free online Christian books for Bible Study. I am a missionary and Pastor in Mexico City, Mexico since 1986, and I use these works for my own study and sermon preparation, and I am making these works available for the public.
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My websites cost me about $10/month/site. I run 30+ ministry websites, and my costs are x30. While this is not very much money, it is killing me over the years because few or nobody donates. If you and others donate $2/month, I only need 5 people to “pay the rent.” It will pay for itself. But while my programs tell me that in the last 30 days (from Oct 3, 2023) we’ve had 16,000 unique visitors that have downloaded 3 Gigabytes of information, not a one of them have donated to me. (Nobody has donated to me in since April 2023 this year, and that was for a different website). So if only 120 people of that 16k would donate $1 per year, this website would pay for itself. So enjoy the site. It will probably be taken down with time. I have carried the financial burden of this site for some 15 years, and I am being taxed out.
Missionary on Furlough Spiritual Needs is an article by David Cox (veteran missionary) to help pastors and missionaries understand missionary needs.
Excerpt: When a pastor "takes in a missionary on deputation or furlough", he ministers to that missionary.... Pastors also need this encouragement as much as missionaries need it. When they get together to fellowship, they are able to encourage one another. But every pastor ministering to a returning missionary should encourage them along these lines of faithfulness and reward in eternity.
Topics: Introduction | Unfit Missionaries that should not be missionaries at all | Stop the Merry-go-round, I want to get off | Some Tips for Pastors Encouraging Missionaries | 1. Do not undermine their way of leading or doing the ministry | 2. The two essential elements are talk and prayer. | 3. Get more than just the pastor involved in praying for the missionary. | Remind your missionary by asking for an update if it has been a while. | Effectively disseminate prayer requests.
Read the Article: Missionary on Furlough Spiritual Needs.