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Care of Missionaries Study
In order to better care for your missionaries, you need to know which phase of missionary life they are in. Let’s divide this into three stages:
1. Pre-Field
2. On-Field
3. Post-Field
In the Pre-field stage your missionary may be involved in any or all of the following:
In Training
On Deputation
Buying and Shipping Supplies
Culminating in a Church Commissioning Service!
In the On Field stage your missionary will be directly ministering in one of these areas:
Pre-Evangelism
Evangelism
Church Development
Phase Out
In the Post Field stage your missionary could be experiencing:
Regular Furlough
Medical or Family Leave
Ministry Change
Retirement
The most important way to care for your missionary is through scripture-guided prayer:
Romans 15:30-32
Ephesians 6:18-19
Colossians 4:2-4
2 Thessalonians 3:1-2
1 Timothy 2:1-2
If you would like some help in knowing how to care for your missionary in any of these stages of their missionary ministry, call a mission representative. They can meet with the missions team at your church, give a presentation at a men’s or women’s event, teach an adult or children’s Sunday School class, or participate in your annual missions conference.
Don’t have a missions conference? Contact me and I will send you a brochure I wrote entitled:
What Ever Happened to the Missions Conference?
I would be happy to mail or email you a copy.
