Non-residential Missionaries and National Equipping

Abstract

A non-residential missionary (NRM) is a person who is not a long-term resident of his/her field of focus but has a long-term commitment. For example, for church planters, long term commitment is to mentor/serve as long as is needed for a sustained church planting movement. What we do not mean by NRM is an individual who travels from place to place only to preach or be involved in onetime events, or events that do not build longer- term Christ-centered relationships.