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A dessert gathering is a great tool for new and veteran missionaries. If you are a new missionary you might want to schedule a few smaller events at some friends houses or one large event in your churches fellowship hall to gather people together so that you can present (see developing […]

Dessert Gathering

December 1, 2016 in Care Team / Communication / Finances / Fundraiser Ideas / Missionary Care / Sending Church/Missions Organization / Support Raising / The Missions Pastors Role / Ways to Help On The Field Missionaries by Mike Thiemann

Knowing when to go is one of the trickiest decisions for a missionary to make. If you go to soon you are probably not financially ready and will be back in a few months feeling like a failure and facing the gauntlet of questions from family, friends, donors and pasts. […]

How do I know when to go?

December 1, 2016 in Finances / Sending Church/Missions Organization / Support Raising / The Missions Pastors Role by Mike Thiemann

As a missionary you should be well aware of who your supporters are, how much they give and how much you have in your support account on a monthly basis. This means that you should set aside at least a day out of the month to review your budgets, communicate/thank […]

Managing Monthly Support

December 1, 2016 in Care Team / Finances / Missionary Care / Sending Church/Missions Organization / Support Raising / The Missions Pastors Role / Training by Mike Thiemann

The initial support letter is key because it is the “kick-off” of your support raising efforts. This is a letter you want to take your time and draft/design it well. Here are some helpful steps to get you through the task: Goals – The primary goal is to clearly and […]

Initial Support Letter

December 1, 2016 in Communication / Finances / Fundraiser Ideas / Support Raising by Mike Thiemann

At SGWM we often get people that want to go to the mission field but have debt. What do we do? Well, first off we determine what kind of debt the missionary is in. If it is just a car payment that they are finishing off in 3-4 months that […]

Your in Debt?

November 30, 2016 in Finances / The Missions Pastors Role / The Sr. Pastors Role by Mike Thiemann

Working on a missionaries budget is usually the first time a missionary gets mad at me. Why is this? Usually it is because we have two goals. The missionary wants to get to the mission field as quickly as possible with as little support raising as possible and my goal […]

Budgets

November 30, 2016 in Finances by Mike Thiemann