“After all our hard work (and the Lord’s provision!), it was especially tough, after we were at our assignment, to receive monthly support reports that showed big gaps, people who had dropped off or simply forgotten to give that month.  It created a lot of stress for my wife and family as we struggled to pay our bills — and I resolved to never let it happen again.

“It’s been more than two decades since I first had to raise support.  And since then I’ve worked to gain the best possible understanding of how donors think…what their values are…how and why they make support decisions…what makes them start giving…and what makes them stop.  At the same time I’ve worked with dozens of ministries and missions agencies, teaching, training and developing approaches that help missionaries succeed in TODAY’s difficult support environment.  I want to help you, too, so you can avoid the mistakes, overcome the obstacles you will encounter — and the inadequate training you may have received — and SUCCEED at raising every penny of the support you need for your ministry!

“That’s why I’ve teamed up with my friend Barry McLeish, former national marketing director of Intervarsity and co-author of the original classic, “The Support Raising Handbook.”  Barry and I have created this online course so you can get the training you need — AFFORDABLY.  Why go into debt before you even get started raising support?  But that’s what happens far too many times when you have to spend $1,000 or more to attend a regional seminar or workshop.

 Instead, we’ve prepared materials from videotaped seminars and workshops where we trained missionaries from more than 40 missions agencies how to find, win and keep support partners in today’s difficult economy.  This program is structured for TODAY with principles and practices that are tested and proven successful.  That’s why you should join TODAY as a member of Partners for LIFE! — available exclusively here at Raising-Support.com.”

Finally, your donors and prayer partners will benefit from more consistent, meaningful communications from “their” missionaries and exhibit better continuity as partners with your mission’s field endeavors.  They AND you will experience greater levels of satisfaction with the entire process and reduced time required for your support development efforts.

Getting the full level of training you need for missions work is not often easy.  Some ministries have great training programs.  Others provide very little practical help, leaving you to go it alone.  And while there are seminars that help teach and train, they are often too expensive, timed poorly or at distant locations that make it difficult — and costly — to attend.

But this comprehensive training course delivers SIXTEEN sections of the very best in support-raising training material directly to you — online!  When you sign up for an individual membership, you’ll learn the very best practices that will help you reach full support — and STAY there!

All lessons will be delivered to you IMMEDIATELY using a combination of video training, downloadable materials, audio recordings and accompanying extras.  Training will continue with special monthly “extra sessions” live webinars and new materials designed to address special topics and issues.

With this course you can begin from the beginning, or you can jump immediately to training lessons in specific areas where you know you need help. YOU choose when, where and how you want to access your training!  That way, this material is personalized to YOUR needs.

As a member you will have access to all materials so you can access your training lessons anytime you want — from any WHERE you want.  And you’ll receive free access to periodic webinars, podcasts and interactive conference calls…  All designed to equip you to achieve the greatest success possible so you can raise every penny of support you need as quickly as possible.

Below is a screenshot of just one page of the membership site where you’ll access your training videos, audio files, and course materials. Designed to provide you a comprehensive practicum in creating delighted partners, this intensive training deals with every aspect of partner development including:

• The Biblical Basis for Support-Raising
• Overcoming Fears and Anxieties
• Shifting Paradigms About Partnership
• Biblical Models for Successful Support-Raising
• Myths and Truths about Why Donors Give
• The Psychology of Giving and the Power of Partnership
• How to Build Your Team
• Organizing Your Development Plan
• Creating a Compelling Case for Support
• How to Write GREAT Support Letters
• Creating Collateral Materials that Connect
• Creating POWERFUL Presentations
• Creating Powerful Communications
• Keeping Accounts
• Delighting Your Partners
• and much more!

Taking the time needed for support training can be difficult.  Leaving your assignment to focus on support raising is also a daunting — and often costly –  task.  That’s why we’ve created this special course…so you can get help wherever you are and whenever you need it!  With training topics ready when YOU are, you can log in to our members’ area whenever it is most convenient for YOU!

You can learn at your own pace.  And you’ll have access to every video, every special report, every workbook and every recorded podcast, webinar or training call with your paid membership.

And the best part is this:  It won’t cost you an arm or a leg to be a member.  Unlike those weekend seminars that cost you hundreds of dollars, plus travel expenses, for two days of brain-deadening, seat-numbing, dawn-to-dark workshops, you can access your Successful Partner Development training site any time of day or night, for as little or as long as you want.