Issues Facing Missions Today: 14 ‘We Have Stopped Supporting Your Ministry’ 1 December, AD 51 Dear Paul, Silas, and Timothy, Greetings from Antioch. We trust you are well and that your ministry in Corinth is also continuing well. Our mission committee met last week to discuss your work, and we have decided to discontinue the annual support that we have been sending for your ministry. You are probably wondering what led us to this decision, and so here are ten of our primary concerns. First, of the three of you, only Paul was originally sent out from this church. Silas is from Jerusalem, and Timothy is from Lystra. Our policy is to support missionaries who come from Antioch. Also, our policy is to support our missionaries at 5% of their total support needs, and we expec