Maybe recruiting isn't an accurate term for all missionaries, Tahoe. Many religious people feel their faith obliges to serve their fellow human beings. I think the best of the missionaries are doing just that nowadays - with no preaching, and no strings attached. That's certainly the case with most of the missionaries I've known myself. They spend their time solving human problems and serving human needs, not preaching. A close friend of mine spent five years as a Maryknoll missionary in Thailand - he served in an office that worked to combat prostitution and the sex trade in Southeast Asia.
-Joe Offer-