Why should you “think different” about your support letters? I’ve heard too often from missionaries that “writing support letters is a chore… I’d rather be working with the people I’ve been called to serve.” If that thought has been running through your head, let me encourage you to think differently about the reasons you would ...…
The news of a missionary aviator and his wife losing their lives in a plane crash June 2 should give all of us pause… Raising support for missions is by no means all about guarantees of safety and security as you live out your calling as missionaries. Indeed, that calling is often to lives of ...…
The “language” of raising support is different than the language of fundraising. So is the psychology. Raising funds tends to focus on needs and on money. Even more significant is that “fundraising” tends to be viewed as short-term by both the fund raiser and by the donor. You have a problem/need. Money is the answer ...…
Raising support is no picnic. I read an unfortunate letter last week. It was from a prospective missionary and his wife who struggled with raising their support. The gist of it went like this: “We’ve been working to raise our support for our assignment. Over the last two months we’ve contacted the 97 people we ...…
Here’s some important information if you are raising support for missions work. I spent two days with a missions organization reviewing with their leadership team the results of a research project about their support base. Missionary donors make up the vast majority of their partner file. Here’s where the conversation got interesting… Fully 20% of ...…
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