Pray

• How can I pray for missions and missionaries?

• How is prayer related to missions?

• Why should I get involved through prayer?

• What difference does prayer make for missions?

• What does it mean to be on a missionary's prayer team?

• What information can I use to help me pray?

• Is there a systematic way to pray for missionaries?

• How can I get others interested in prayer for missions?

• How can I influence my church to pray for missions?

• What biblical examples do we have for prayer for missions?

Share Your Faith

• How can I share my faith with others?

• What is my biblical responsibility to share my faith?

• How does my sharing Christ help the cause of missions?

• How do I develop skills at sharing the Gospel?

• Is the Gospel exclusive?

• How can I build my confidence in the Gospel?

• What if I encounter objections?

• What if I encounter hostility?

• What if my spouse is unsaved?

• How can I develop a lifestyle of sharing Christ?

• How can I get others involved in sharing the Gospel?

• How can I get my church more involved in evangelism?

• What do I do with new believers?

Support

• Should I give financial support?

• What does it mean to support missions?

• What is a "sender"?

• Are there "senders" in the Bible?

• How can I become a supporter or sender?

• How important are "senders"?

• What does a sender do?

• What describes a good supporter / sender?

• What or who should I support?

• Are there causes or people I should avoid supporting?

• What guidelines should I follow as a supporter or sender?

• How can I form a group of senders for a missionary?

• What should a "sending team" do?

• How can I become a more effective sender?

• What changes are needed for me to become a committed sender?

• How can a sending team help our church in missions?

Reach Internationals

• How can I reach out to internationals around me?

• What is "welcoming"?

• Why is "welcoming" important or strategic?

• Why should I get involved in welcoming?

• What does it take for me to become a "welcomer"?

• How can I become a better welcomer?

• How can I get my family involved in "welcoming" ministry?

• How can I get my church involved in welcoming?

How a Missions Committee or Team is Organized

• How do we compose a Missions Team?

• What are the qualifications of a Missions Team member?

• How do we organize the Missions Team?

• What records should we keep?

• How do we report to others?

• How do we relate to church-supported missionaries?

• How do other church ministries relate to missions?

• How do we do Short Term Missions?

• How do we promote missions involvement?

• How do we promote missions funding?

• How do we raise up missionaries from our congregation?

• What is our responsibility to missionaries sent out from our church?

• How is sending different from supporting?

• How narrow or wide should our interests be?

• How do we avoid a shotgun approach?

• How should we select missionaries to support?

• How can we hold them accountable?

• How do we relate to their work on the field?

• How important is it that our missionaries have the same doctrine?

• What should be our priorities for funding?

• How do we cut back our budget when funds are tight?

• How do we release missionaries from support?

• What responsibility do we have for missionary shepherding?

• What responsibility do we have for missionary counseling?

• What happens when the missionary comes home?

• How do we help a missionary re-enter back home?

• What happens when a missionary retires?

• What happens when a missionary has a major change?

• How do we handle a problem missionary?

• How can we help the church build ownership of a field ministry?

• How should we recruit new members to the Missions Team?

Implement a Churchwide Missions Emphasis Event

• How can we get our church excited about missions?

• How should we celebrate our church involvement in missions?

• What should be the purpose/s of a missions event?

• How often should we have a special function or event?

• What are the best ways to communicate missions information?

• How do we get more people involved in doing the missions event?

• What are best practices for a missions event?

• How can we include or target children?

• How can we include or target teens?

• How can we include or target young adults?

• How do we get missions events into the church calendar?

• Can we get more platform time on a regular basis?

• What promotion and communication is most effective?

• How can we get our missionaries more involved in the celebration?

Missions Inspiration and Education

• What can the Missions Team do to inspire congregational involvement?

• How can the MT cultivate imaginative involvement?

• What inspires?

• How can we get children excited about missions?

• How is inspiration communicated to others?

• How can missions infuse all the ministries of the church?

What, Why and How of Strategic Missions Focus

• What is a missions focus?

• What types of focus are there?

• What is a strategic missions focus?

• How does what we're doing now bridge to a focus for the future?

• Why should our church have a strategic focus in missions?

• How do we define, discover, or determine a strategic missions focus?

• What is the role of church leadership in approving a focus?

• What process should we follow to select a focus?

• How can we involve the congregation in researching a focus?

• How do we communicate it to the congregation?

• How do we begin to fulfill a strategic missions focus?

• What should we expect after we commit to a focus?

• How does a focus change our financial commitments?

• How will we know when we have completed our focus?

• What if things don't go well with our missions focus?

• Can we change or modify our missions focus?

• How do we quit a missions focus?

• When should we choose another one?

• How do we keep momentum and interest?

• What if our focus is a really difficult one?

• How does church initiative relate to agency initiative?

• What happens when our focus has a major shift on the field?

• How can we recruit other churches and resources to our focus?

• How do we coordinate with other sources for our focus?

• What should mark the conclusion of our involvement in a focus?

Missions Basics

• What is a missionary?

• Who are missionaries in the Bible?

• What does the Bible say about missions?

• What does the Bible say about the role of missionaries?

• What is the theological foundation for missions?

• What are the qualities of a good missionary?

• What are the qualifications of a good missionary?

• What is the Gospel message?

The Work of Missions

• Why is the work of missions so important?

• How can I tell if I am "called" to missions?

• What is the role of the local church in missions?

• What is the role of the local church in sending missionaries?

• What is the role of the local church in supporting and shepherding workers?

• How does church and missions history inform us?

• What is missiology?

• What is culture and why is it so important?

• Do I have to learn another language?

• What is the goal of mission work on the field?

Raise Support

• How do I choose a mission sending agency?

• Do I have to raise support?

• Why do I have to raise support?

• How do I raise support?

• What is my relationship with supporters?

Plan

• Plan

• What is strategic planning for missions work on the field?

• Why is it important to have a plan?

• Is it biblical to have a plan?

• How can we make plans that balance faith with realism?

• How does God use plans to achieve His purposes?

• How much time should I spend in planning and how much in doing?

Build

• Build

• How do we accomplish our goals?

• How do we implement our plans?

• What guides our day-to-day activities, when no one is looking?

• How do we use our resources to get the job done?

• How should we relate to nationals to enlist and engage them?

• What is the relationship between immediate opportunity and long-term goal fulfillment?

• How can I discern between good, better, and best?

• How can I build up the team around me to be more effective?

• In what ways do I give up my rights to serve the interests of others?

Evaluate

• Evaluate

• How will I know when the goal is fulfilled?

• What can I do to measure effectiveness or achievement?

• How will others evaluate me and my work?

• How should I establish regular check points?

• What are biblical standards for evaluation?

Strategize

• Strategize

• What are the key factors affecting achievement of our ministry goals?

• How does our doctrine and biblical values influence strategy and methods?

• What is the most effective way of meeting goals-objectives?

• In what ways does culture affect strategy and methods and expectations?

• How can we incorporate nationals into planning and implementation?

• Are there major external factors which present opportunities or threats?

• Are there creative alternatives we haven't previously considered?

• Has everyone involved agreed to this strategy?

• Has it been recorded and clearly communicated to all involved?

Multiply

• Multiply

• What is the best way to multiply our efforts?

• How can we recruit resources to multiply ministry?

• What needs to be done to spread ownership to others?

• How can nationals do this better?

• What can we do now that will enhance multiplication later?

• In what ways should we be giving more responsibility to others?