there are many christian stations that operate with a missionary purpose. they broadcast the christian message to countries and groups where there are large numbers of persons who are not christians, or who are christians with limited access to churches or christian teaching. these stations consider themselves "missionary radio" stations, as opposed to stations that mainly serve the needs of persons in majority christian countries. another distinction between christian radio and missionary radio is that with missionary radio, the funding almost never comes from the people being served, whereas in christian radio is often is from them.