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• Christian missions: Fund raising ideas

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From Ask a Missionary.com (great site by the way)

Support Raising Attitudes

• • What perspective should I take towards raising prayer and financial support?
  • How should we think about money?
  • Is there any way other than begging for support?
  • What Scriptures, prayers, and spiritual disciplines have best helped you deal with anxiety during the fundraising process?

Support Raising Approaches

• • What can I do to successfully raise prayer and financial support?
  • Can I raise funds for missionary service by doing it mostly online, e.g., through crowdsourcing, GoFundMe, or Facebook?
  • Can teams going overseas together raise support collectively with each family drawing from the main pot?
  • Our mission agency told us to expect support raising to take 9-12 months. What should my husband and I do for income during this time?
  • What’s next if you dedicate yourself to the Lord and try to raise support for long-term missions but end up not being able to raise the funds?
  • How can we pay the bills here while we are working the full-time job of support raising to go? Or, how can we raise our support if we’re still working full-time?
  • On average, how many people does it take to support a long-term missionary? Is it 30-60 people? 100 people?

How Much Is Enough?

• • How much money should a missionary raise, and how long should it take?
  • What costs are included in a missionary’s budget?
  • Can I go overseas before I have all my funds raised?
  • How much of a service fee do agencies charge? What is that used for?
  • What type of insurance coverage do missionaries need?
  • Should missionaries have life insurance? We are trusting God to care for us, but is it also wise to have an insurance policy to provide for our kids if something happened to us?
  • In many countries, the cost of living is less than at home. How do I justify a seemingly large support figure to supporters?
  • Do missionaries continue to tithe? If so, do they take that out of the money given by others to support their ministry?

Paid Off and Debt Free

• • How can I minimize financial debt while in school or training?
  • How do I handle my debts and still go into missions?
  • Can someone become a missionary if they have credit card debt? What about student loans or other financial obligations?

Ready to Retire

• • In what different ways do missionaries plan for retirement?

When Missionaries Come Home

• • Where do missionaries get money to live on when they return home after serving or between assignments? Do you ask supporters to continue to provide for you?

Sticky Funding Issues

• • If I raised donations for ministry and now God is leading me in a different direction, is it possible to get the previously donated money back to be used in a different ministry?

Books

• Barnett, Betty J. Friend Raising: Building a Missionary Support Team That Lasts (Jan 1, 2002)
• Cunningham, Loren Daring to Live on the Edge: The Adventure of Faith and Finan…
• Dillon, William P. People Raising : A Practical Guide to Raising Support 255 pages (August 1993) Moody Press
• Johnson, Paul More Than Money More Than Faith; Successfully Raising Missionary Support in the Twenty-first Century (Feb 20, 2007)
• Morton, Scott Funding Your Ministry: Whether You’re Gifted or Not , Paperback: 219 pages Dawson Media; (July 1, 1999)
• Morton, Scott.  Funding Your Ministry: An In-depth, Biblical Guide for Successfully Raising Personal Support
• Sommer, Pete Getting Sent : A Relational Approach to Support Raising 204 pages (October 1999) Intervarsity Press

Recommended by Relational Fundraising: 

‘Funding Your Ministry’ (whether you’re gifted or not) by Scott Morton, NavPress – Website Scott Morton

‘Daring to Live on the Edge: The Adventure of Faith and Finances’ by Loren Cunningham (Founder of Youth With A Mission)

‘Friend Raising: Building a Missionary Support Team that Lasts’ by Betty Barnett, a YWAMer

‘Funding the Family Business’ by Myles Wilson – Website Myles Wilson

‘The Spirituality of Fundraising’ by Henri Nouwen – Website Henri Nouwen

‘Serving as Senders Today’ by Neal Pirolo – for church mission committees, home front teams,
etc.  Website Neal Pirolo

‘Wealth, Riches and Money’ by Craig Hill and Earl Pitts – a biblical understanding of God’s purposes for money, how we are influenced by the spirit of mammon, how to live within a “closed budget”.

‘Money, Possessions and Eternity’ by Randy Alcorn – more biblical
understanding! – Website Randy Alcorn

‘The God Ask’ by Steve Shadrach

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