Sources: Various<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Praying for Missionaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Many people are willing to pray for missionaries but unsure how to begin. Here\u2019s a simple challenge to pray for missionaries you don\u2019t know the same way you\u2019d pray for people you do know (Reimagine Network).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Praying With Jesus for an Unknown Missionary<\/a>. See also 7 Ways to Pray for Missionaries<\/a> (Wycliffe) and the 2018 book, Praying for Your Missionary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting Mission Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n How can we proactively set goals to engage the entire congregation more missionally and measure our progress in doing so? See how four churches set goals and measure their progress (Catalyst Services).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Raise Your Church\u2019s Missions Temperature<\/a>. You might also appreciate the books Mapping Church Missions<\/a> and On Mission Together<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pastoral Influence in Global Missions <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pastors juggle many priorities, so let\u2019s not be too critical if promoting missions is not on top of the list. Still, you or a mission-minded pastor you know might get some good ideas from a mission professor\u2019s reflections on opportunities he missed (J.D. Payne).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Pastor and Missions: Nine Things I Should have Done<\/a>. You might also appreciate the message, Moving Beyond the Missions Slot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sources: Various Praying for Missionaries Many people are willing to pray for missionaries but unsure how to begin. Here\u2019s a simple challenge to pray for missionaries you don\u2019t know the same way you\u2019d pray for people you do know (Reimagine Network). Read Praying With Jesus for an Unknown Missionary. See also 7 Ways to Pray … Continue reading Articles: Helpful for Church Mission Leaders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14495,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14494\/revisions\/14495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}