Writing a New Book:
I’m writing a new book that will help train and deploy a more diverse army of missionaries for the harvest.  The book will cover fundraising from an ethnic minority perspective, deal with identity, stress, & fear, and will apply many of the theological categories that I’ve been writing about in these newsletters directly to the field (e.g. reciprocity, brokerage, honor, and more). These categories are more relevant than ever to unlock biblical teaching and tactics for missionaries raising support (and not just those from Asian cultures). For decades, most fundraising training has been unknowingly biased against missionaries who don’t identify with majority culture. We can’t afford that any longer in our global world. This book will be used in the initial training for missionaries and will be a consulted resource for the long haul. 

Impact of the Last Edition:
I’m not being pretentious. Some of you know this was the impact of the last book I wrote on this subject and released in 2015 (shown on right). It was baked into the training for new staff and interns. Seasoned staff teams also use it. Originally authored for Cru’s Asian-American ministry, it’s been distributed to other missionary organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Even though it’s quite dated now, I still regularly receive inquiries about this from around the world to this day.

For example, just this past week Kingdom Rice board members and I met with  Overseas Missionary Fellowship’s president and team, and I met with Support Raising Solutions, a ministry of the Center for Mission Mobilization. They run the nation’s premier missionary fundraising conference; few organizations can speak with greater authority on this subject and articulate the growing need for this new book.