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Six Ways You Can Help Missionaries in your Local Church Jennifer Su McIntyre “What can we do to help? Can we send you a short-term team?” As a missionary on furlough, I have often been asked these questions by supporters, home churches, and missions committees. Understandably, some supporters want to be as hands-on as possible […]

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Building Missions Leadership In The Local Church Paul Brannan PASTOR, YOU ARE THE KEY! The Path You Choose Will Determine Where the Congregation Goes. Will your people become “Great Commission Christians”? It all depends on you! A MISSIONS TEAM WILL HELP YOU… lead your congregation into obedience to Christ’s command, “Go into all the world […]

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Making the Most of Church Sponsored Mission Trips by: Rebecca Barnes Chloroquine tablets. Passport. 4,000 stickers. Shovel. Are your church members checking off their packing lists, preparing to be part of a team this summer for a short-term mission trip? Even if your church is not the sender, recent statistics indicate that the short-term missions […]

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10 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Going On an Overseas Missions Trip J. Lee Grady One of the greatest joys in my life is ministering in foreign countries. Since I surrendered to a call to missions 15 years ago, I’ve visited 29 nations and developed relationships with dozens of pastors and leaders who now consider […]

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Let’s Quit Kidding Ourselves About Missions The Parable of the Apple Pickers By J. M. Weber Once upon a time there was an apple grower who had acres and acres of apple orchards. One day he went to the village, contracted for 1,000 apple pickers, and charged them with their responsibilities. He said to them, […]

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Ideas for Missions Committees Mike Johnson Introduction Everett Wilson (1997) in Strategy of the Spirit makes the point that the missions program of the Assemblies of God was the institutional salvation of the movement: While the denomination was going through this process of metamorphosis, socially, culturally, and institutionally, the feature that helped stave off self […]

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Helping Kids Become Mission-Minded Lidonna Beer Does mission’s education increase kids’ faith development or does it hinder it? We asked several children’s ministers to help us discover the answer. The children enthusiastically gathered for the closing program of vacation Bible school. Today they’d learn which team had won the weeklong missions offering contest. The VBS […]

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Mission Trip Preparation Grant T. Byrd After years in ministry, the one event that impacts our saints the most are mission trips. But here’s another secret, the trip itself is the icing but the preparation is the cake! Don’t miss out on the cake because it makes the event so much more powerful! The staff […]

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How To Organize A Church “Mission’s Committee” Ted Camp 1. Purpose – The Missions Committee serves the congregation and pastor by encouraging, resourcing and facilitating involvement in local, national and international missions, particularly focusing on missionaries and missionary organizations that have been approved by the church. 2. Mission and Missions – The church has one […]

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A Seven Day Guide to Pray For Missionaries By Jay Rostorfer Sunday Pray for the missionaries: spiritual walk with the Lord, their growth in grace, and anointing upon their lives and ministries. Monday Pray for the missionaries: personal lives, health, safety, emotional stability and well-being. Tuesday Pray for the family units of our missionaries: the […]

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