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How to Use Your Missions Funds Best in a Small Church

5 helpful tips for leveraging your missions budget

10 Things I’ve Learned Being a Missions Pastor

As a missions pastor, these are 10 lessons I’ve learned along the way as I’ve served my church in this role. 1. Take Time to...

Why It Takes a Community to Send a Missionary

If you’re the only one investing in candidates, then best-case-scenario is that they’ll turn out looking like you.

A Church Plant Can Be a Sending Church

Why you don’t have to wait to plant the next church

Addressing the Challenges Single Women Face in Missions

Single women face these four REAL challenges.

Balancing the Missional Callings of Churches and Individuals

What role does the church play in sending individuals called to missions?

Why Missionaries Need a Healthy Relationship With the Local Church—Part 1

Missionaries often look more to a mission board than to the local church, but Paul's example shows us why this shouldn't be.

What to Look for in a Missionary Candidate

What character qualities does someone need to possess in order to be an effective missionary? Here's a snapshot.