Deputation During the Holidays
The following from the World Mission Resource center has some helpful resources. During this time of year when you may have a little extra time, take advantage and make it useful. May God bless and use you greatly.
Bro. Tony
Deputation During the Holidays
“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” -1Cor. 4:2
For traveling missionaries, the holiday season provides a relaxed schedule for meetings, with time to reflect upon deputation planning. In the next two articles we’ll be sharing a few suggestions for organizing contacts and meetings.
Expanding your contact list
Pray Psalm 37:23, asking the Lord to order your steps, as a good steward of the resources he has entrusted to you.
- Search Locally
- List out the pastors and churches that you and your pastor know personally.
- Take some time to call and encourage those that you know.
- Ask if they can recommend other churches.
- Gather referrals from other missionaries.
- Ask if you can mention their name, and mark as a recommendation.
- Search Specifically
- Go to the church website first and locate a doctrinal statement.
- Use key words, such as KJV to narrow your results
- Search Geographically
- Maximize your time by looking for meetings within a 2-3hr radius from regional supporting churches.
Helpful websites:
- Independent Baptist Church Locator
- Lists every state in the country and the church type; their times of service, ministries, prophets chamber, etc.
- Cut and paste everything in blue – KJV
- www.nanpa.com
- Area code maps can be used to filter down to specific region
- www.baptistinfo.com
- Lists churches alphabetically and by town
- www.superpages.com
- Name to phone or reverse phone lookup
- Use the “Search by distance” feature to search by a radius, in miles.
Helpful software:
- Act! 2007, by Sage computing - approx. $30
- Keep track of churches, dates, times, meetings, scheduled, letters and reminders.
- Open architecture allows you to change categories and attributes, add your own flags and goals, etc.
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