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Where Missionaries Can Find Grants for Missions Work

Potential missionaries have been looking for different resources to substantially afford their training school. College is expensive, but if you contribute to finding grants, there is a higher chance of not having to pay for your tuition in full. Are there grants available for missionary work? Yes, depending on your religious affiliation, there are potentially […]

A Missionary’s Guide to Partnership Development

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Partnership Development isn’t built upon monetary transaction but upon relationships. Relationships take time and effort to maintain and often include a long process of deepening trust to develop a true genuine friendship. The process of Partnership Development and raising financial support is not about you. It’s about the vision of seeing every people, tribe, tongue, […]

Partnership Development: An End to Traditional Fundraising

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Partnership Development is putting an end to how missionaries have traditionally raised support for centuries because traditional fundraising is not relationally based and not always successful for long-term missions. Here is a small timeline of the history of how fundraising has progressed in missions: In the 1800s, women raised money for missionaries through ladies societies, […]

How Many People Does It Take to Support a Missionary?

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The answer… it depends. Missionary support could be anywhere from 5 to 66 people depending on where you are serving and the number of people that you need to contact varies since you never know who is going to be a committed long-term partner. We get this question a lot. Missionary support has no one-size-fits-all […]

Why 99.99% of Missions Funds Are Not Going to the Unreached

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Today, you are living in a time in history where it is possible to see every nation, tribe, village, region, and unreached people group be reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ. God is rising up a young generation of people with a heart that is intentionally seeking after God while pursuing a vision to […]

8 Ways Missionaries Make Money Overseas

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You may be asking the question, how do missionaries make money on the mission field? One of the toughest mountains missionaries face is finances. Many people are overwhelmed by the huge amount of money that they have to raise to support themselves and their family and their ministry while living in another country. Others question […]

Should Missionaries Save For Retirement?

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Too many of us believe that we are going to be able to work forever. Especially as missionaries, there is a desire for us to never stop. Because of that, we can fall into an ignorance for the need of a retirement fund and one day we may find ourselves in a difficult situation where […]

How-to Write Effective Fundraising Newsletters for Missions

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Sitting in the corner of the couch, your hands hover over your keyboard as you stare at the blank screen. You’re waiting for inspiration and creative words to come to mind, but nothing does. You sigh. You’re supposed to be writing a fundraising newsletter for your upcoming mission trip, but you have no idea where […]

How Do Missionaries Make Money?

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One common concern that those considering a full-time career in ministry face is whether or not that specific career path will provide enough income to provide for themselves and their loved ones. It is a pretty well-known fact that full-time church staff members and missionaries make very little money and have often struggled to provide […]

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