GO prepared is a monthly newsletter designed to motivate and equip aspiring missionaries to keep moving forward on their journey into full-time, cross-cultural ministry. We’ll connect you with the best mission resources available and help you navigate potential pitfalls that could derail your path to the nations. We not only want to see you go, we want to see that you GO well prepared.

A missionary needs an identity rooted in Christ, not in being a missionary.


Being a missionary is good, worthy and important, but it is not supreme. It cannot bear the weight of being the most important part of your identity, only Christ can.


Why do we need to get this one right?

  1. Your worth is not in what you do or how much you are paid. Your worth is in Christ. The world values money and status. The church, sadly, can also place higher worth on certain roles. In this case, the world and the church are wrong. You are worthy because you are a precious child of God. You are the very Imago Dei.

  1. The amount of transition missionaries tend to experience can lead you to unfairly link identity to a city, an organization, a people group. All virtuous, yes. All will experience change.
     

  2. Many of the fields and assignments for missionaries have instability built into them. Your visa may be assumed to be a shoe-in, but we serve at the pleasure of governments that can change their minds. We have landlords that can change the contract. We live in countries that experience conflict.

Read 7 more reasons to get your identity right

Prioritizing the Unreached 

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About the Ministry...

  1. What is the strategic focus (geographic, unreached peoples and type of ministry)?

  2. What is the general philosophy of ministry practice?

  3. What roles are open for women to serve with this agency?

  4. Does the agency encourage innovative new ministry methods and ideas?

  5. How is success measured?

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Romantic Relationships and Missions


So, you’ve decided you are going to be a missionary, or at least you are considering it. We’re excited for you.

While considering missions, you may have a lot of unanswered questions about missions and relationships. Should I be married before I go? If I want to get married someday but I’m single now, should I still go?

What should I even be looking for in a spouse?

Don’t worry. You’re not alone.

We have interviewed Carol Freeman and Steve Eliason, both with 15+ years of experience living on the mission field. We’ve asked the eight biggest questions about relationships on the mission field

Should I go into the field single if I know I want to be married?

Should newly married couples go straight into the field or spend time in the U.S first?

What are some advantages and disadvantages of being married on the field?

Read the answer to these and other relationship Q’s

First 100 Days of Support Raising


Plan your work, and work your plan.

Looking for the best practices of planning your support raising journey?

Your planning work is CRUCIAL to your success!

Listen to Support Raising Solutions Podcast
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