Practical Applications and Strategies

Practical Application and Strategies

I. Full Circle of Missions Strategy

A. 1st and 2nd Categories - Long Term - Pioneer and Regular

B. 3rd Category - Non-Resident Missionary

C. 4th Category - Asynchronous Resident Missionary

D. 5th Category - Tent Makers

E. 6th Category - Short Term Missionaries

II. Six Questions for the Church

A. Equip and educate people in the church about missions

B. Develop a comprehensive strategy regarding missions

C. How missions will be funded

D. How to handle previous commitments that don't match the new vision

E. Achieve the right balance between local activity and global missions

F. Committed to pray for our missionaries

III. Trends in Missions Today

A. A deeper appreciation for the challenges we face

B. Growth in partnerships between national churches

C. Shift from partially supporting several missionaries to fully supporting a few missionaries

D. The growth of technology

E. A decline of moral courage about the message

IV. Modern Missions and World Religions

V. Dispelling the top 10 Myths about Missions

A. Myth 1 - Unreached means gospel resistant

B. Myth 2 - Evangelism always leads to church planting

C. Myth 3 - Missions means going to live in jungles somewhere

D. Myth 4 - The remaining work of missions can be done by national Christians

E. Myth 5 - Missionaries have destroyed cultures

F. Myth 6 - There are no job opportunities in missions

G. Myth 7 - Missions is only for the super spiritual

H. Myth 8 - Short Term Mission Projects are sufficient to fulfill the great commission

I. Myth 9 - Missionary commitment is mainly about giving money

J. Myth 10 - Hearing the Gospel is the same as being reached by the gospel