Category Archives: Church Plants and Foreign Missions

Well, I just added Mark Woodward’s blog to my Google Reader. It’s because of an extended series on mission work he’s just finished. I’m so taken by it I’m going to post on it post by post. And rather than … Continue reading →

Mission Sunday The church will approve no congregational fundraisers in the 90 days before Missions Sunday other than in the case of natural disasters and similar emergencies. We’re a big church, and we have requests for very good, very needed … Continue reading →

Benefits We encourage our missionaries to attend continuing education at least once at year, to be paid for out of the work fund. I began this series pointing out the failure of many churches and many missionaries to keep up … Continue reading →

Termination Should the missionary fail to adhere to the moral and spiritual standards that apply to all our ministers, we may, at our discretion, cease all support immediately without severance. It’s a sad truth that sometimes you have to fire … Continue reading →

Our arrangement with the missionary, in general We will assure timely payment of support every month. This is a big deal. If you’re the sponsoring church, it’s your job to get the missionary’s money to him or her on time … Continue reading →

Commitment term Except as noted above, we will make no commitments to missionaries for longer than 5 years, with 3 years being preferred. One of the tougher questions a missions team must wrestle with is how long to commit to … Continue reading →

All short-term mission activity will be all-church activities. That is, there will be no teen-only or campus-only mission trips. Rather, teen and campus mission works will be in support of congregational mission efforts. We will always support at least one … Continue reading →

Choice of missions to support We will support both foreign and domestic missions. We think it’s important to do mission work both in the US and abroad. Church planting — in the modern sense of the term — is fairly … Continue reading →

Introduction We elders have been working with our missions team to establish a set of guidelines for missionary and church plant support. The congregation raises funds for missions once a year through a special contribution, and the mission work has … Continue reading →