Hi Stargazer
As a Reformed Protestant we definitely don't have the faithful program that the LDS church has. And while I spent about 25 years in Micronesia I did not go out as a "missionary" but as a believer who is also an educator. I think this is the Great Commission that we are called to. Not all of us need to be preachers or missionaries in the traditional sense of the word, but I do believe we are all commanded to be cities on a hill. I sometimes think that American Christians have forgotten that verse doesn't require we all live on the "same hill" as it were. As for Protestants in general they tend to spend several years raising funds to be "full time missionaries" on the field. I am not sure that is the Biblical method as I am not a fan of the 4-5 years often spent raising the funds, nor the "insulating" themselves as missionaries when they get to the field (and I am generalizing here). I think believers are called into the world and we should all go: medical workers, teachers, musicians, accountants etc. Be lights of Christ throughout the world.
