For a mission, however, the power of Scripture and prayer is critical as we link with God's sovereign purposes. Success and evaluation are often impossible to quantify due to powers and influences beyond our control. Business measures in dollars. Missions measure in peoples reached, in churches established, in young people discipled, and in the Body of Christ served through hospitals, schools, radio, and a variety of other ministries. In business, programs will be cut at the first sign of stagnation.
Nothing stands still.
Grow or shrink. Begin to shrink and you die. Final evaluations of growth and success, even by human methods, may be generations away. It's important to be on top, to show power, sometimes to manipulate. As missions, as missionaries, our lives are full of brokenness.