"A missions mobilizer says he heard of a church that was struggling with whether or not to back a missionary headed for Japan. The sticking point was not the character, calling, or gifts of the man. Nor was it his intended ministry. Instead, it was whether his work would be situated in the Window. Japan, it turns out, is only partly in the Window, and the church wanted to be sure the missionary's ministry was physically in the Window. Remember that the Window is a man-made creation nowhere found in the pages of Scripture. While no one disputes a church's right and responsibility to act as it believes God is directing, this is clearly an example of the tail (the Window) wagging the dog (setting priorities in missions).
(Stan Guthrie, Missions in The Third Millennium, pg 60. 2000, paternoster Press, )
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