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What if Your Missionary Support isn’t Coming In Fast Enough?
Assuming you haven’t had a burning bush experience, my guess is that you’ve had your call to be a missionary affirmed in other ways. Your church supports you in your calling. Those who know you best...
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How do You Describe Your Ministry to Supporters?
When people decide to give money towards a ministry, they love to be strategic. They want to see gobs of people coming to Christ. They want to see movements sweeping across nations. They want some...
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Emotionally Blindsided: Challenges of Raising Missionary Support.
Are you raising missionary support? How are you feeling about it? Now, think back over the last month or so. How have you felt about it since this same day, one month ago? My guess is that it’s been a...
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Cool Stuff for Missionaries – Summer 2015 Edition
It’s summer, and that means you need ice cream. But, you might be a missionary where you can’t get ice cream, or it’s really expensive, or you can’t get an ice cream maker. No worries, learn how to...
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Do You Struggle With what They Will Think?
Starting to raise support can be exhilerating. You start off optimistic and pumped up. You’re finally moving ahead! At some point then, you feel a creeping feeling of shame, judgment, or just like...
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Do You Feel Like You Don’t have a Real Job?
We’ve been talking about emotional challenges you will face while raising support. These can really slow you down and ruin good support raising efforts. Regardless of how polished your presentations...
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Do You Have to Rely on Year End Gifts as a Missionary?
It’s no secret that many missionaries rely heavily on gifts that are given at the end of the year. Like many stores rely on Black Friday to stay in business, many missionaries need extra giving at the...
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Do You Feel Like a Burden Raising Missionary Support?
Have you ever asked somebody to partner with you financially in ministry by saying something like: “I know this would be a real burden to you, and I know there’s tons of other great things you could...
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Will You do what is Necessary for the Great Commission?
Are you willing to do whatever it takes to complete the Great Commission? If so, recognize that you may not be able to use your skills and talents as you had originally hoped. Don’t get me wrong, there...
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Does Your Missions Agency Matter?
I used to think that your missions agency doesn’t matter. Now I’m not so sure. Being part of a well known missions agency can be hugely beneficial. They are all different and have their own pros and...
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Top 3 Risks if you Only Raise Missionary Support from People You Already Know.
We’ve all done this exercise. You vomit the name of every single person who has ever crossed your path on to a piece of paper. Lady who ran after you to give you the checkbook you forgot at the...
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Top 3 Strategies to Stop Wasting Time, Focus, and Get Results when Raising...
When you’re hustling to raise funds to become a full time missionary, you can often feel one of two ways. “I put tons and tons of time into this, and I feel like I haven’t accomplished anything.” “I...
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Top 3 Lessons in Raising Missionary Support.
When Be a Fully Funded Missionary started over four years ago, many excellent resources on how to raise financial support existed. None of them went in depth on how to raise support from churches....
View ArticleCool Stuff for Missionaries – Fall 2016 Edition
Whether you are a missionary raising support or not, here are cool things for you: Resources from Climb, a Support Raising Leaders Conference. Most of the resources are pdfs, but audio is being added...
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A Realistic Conversion Rate to Gain Supporting Churches, and Why it’s...
Tell yourself the truth: Have you pondered how many people and churches you will have to ask support from in order to become a fully funded missionary? That is, we all know less than 100% of people we...
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Top Misconceptions of Missionaries when They Give a Presentation.
Have you ever given a presentation as a missionary that just didn’t feel right? Maybe a few people in the audience had a skeptical scowl on their face, or too many of them were looking at their phones....
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Are You Raising Missionary Support with a Mindset to Be Fully Funded?
When it comes to raising funds, there is a difference between knowing what our mindset should be and what it actually is. Honestly, when you first soberly considered the realities of raising missionary...
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Avoid This Pitfall to Become a Fully Funded Missionary.
One trick missionaries use to raise their support fast is to minimize their budget. We must be wise about how we use funds—and that means having a realistic budget as well as being good stewards of...
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How to Explain Your Missionary Budget without People Freaking Out or Becoming...
A potential supporter told me this: “Your annual support need is as high as the annual income of some of the members on our missions board. That has us really concerned.” I had met with the missions...
View ArticleMost Overlooked Reason to Be a Fully Funded Missionary.
You might think that finances are the main reason to be a fully funded missionary. “When I’m fully funded, I won’t have to worry about money,” you think to yourself. The Iceberg Principle in Raising...
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