[taxcontrol]

I am of the opinion that Ann raised a valid point. There is a lot of need here at home as well as overseas.

[driftdiver]

Christianity is growing immensely in China and Africa because of missions. Millions of souls saved. There is plenty for both if more than 5 percent got involved.

[D_Idaho]

I agree there is great need here in the U.S.. but to use her column to bad-mouth a doctor for going where there is great suffering just seemed to be in bad taste.

[Coldwater Creek]

My church does both, foreign and home.

If there ever was a narcissistic idiot, it would be Ann Coulter.

[ansel12]

She said a heck of a lot more than that, this was an attack on Christianity, and Evangelical Christians, which is a huge leap forward into the direction that Ann has been moving into for years.

[horse_doc]

I am of the opinion that Ann raised a valid point.

It is only valid if you believe that humans are in charge of the spread of Christianity. They aren't. The Holy Spirit is.

There is no such thing as a "lay" missionary. Every single Christian is entrusted with the Great Commission, and MUST go where they are called.

I've been a medical missionary. Before I became a Christian as an adult, if you would have told me that I would have ended up where I did(literally at the end of the Earth),I would have laughed at you.

Ann Coulter judges Dr. Brantly's work by human standards because she has a frankly lousy grasp of Christianity. Under a Christian worldview, the only standard to judge Dr. Brantly is whether he was obedient to a call.

The greatest thing about this whole episode is that it gives American Christians a chance to look hard at their faith. Most of what I've seen posted on FR over the past week shows me that most Christians have a very, very poor grasp of their faith, and what is required of them.

[stars & stripes forever]

There is a lot of need here at home as well as overseas...

Maybe that’s your job.

[InvisibleChurch]

There are more than enough Christians in America to take care of Americans if only we would.

[EDINVA]

Yeah, no one ever recognized that there was a need for missionary work in the US before Ann’s column. So glad she wrote it. /sarc

I for one would appreciate seeing Ann make the simple sacrifice of shutting her damned mouth every once in a while. That’d be a good thing. Oh, and let her go out and do some domestic missionary work, as the self-proclaimed “Christian” that she is.