{"id":3715,"date":"2013-07-24T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T12:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2013-07-22T09:25:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T15:25:31","slug":"web-service-askamissionary-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3715","title":{"rendered":"WEB SERVICE: AskaMissionary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: AskaMissionary.com<\/a><\/p>\n

What do would-be missionaries want to know? What would you tell them? The following are among the most popular questions on AskaMissionary.com, where you’ll find more than 150 questions with 500+ answers.<\/p>\n

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  1. How can I know if God is leading me to become a missionary?<\/li>\n
  2. What is the first step toward becoming a missionary?<\/li>\n
  3. What types of training should I consider?<\/li>\n
  4. Should I skip a degree and go into missions now?<\/li>\n
  5. What can I do in missions with my professional skills or college major?<\/li>\n
  6. Why do many missionaries join agencies? How do I select an agency?<\/li>\n
  7. Why do some missionaries serve independent from an agency?<\/li>\n
  8. How much money should a missionary raise, and how long should it take?<\/li>\n
  9. Is there any way other than begging for support?<\/li>\n
  10. How can I raise prayer and financial support?<\/li>\n
  11. Should I, as a single person, go overseas now or get married first?<\/li>\n
  12. Can a couple with small children make it to the field?<\/li>\n
  13. What unexpected obstacles or doubts did you experience in becoming a missionary?<\/li>\n
  14. What do missionaries wish they had known before they first went?<\/li>\n
  15. What does day-to-day life look like on the field? What is a typical day for a missionary?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00bb Visit AskaMissionary.com<\/a>.\u00a0Maybe you have a good question or helpful answer to contribute. (Disclosure, I’m one of the editors!)<\/p>\n

    \u00bb Readers might also be interested in the 2010 “best of” book, Ask a Missionary: Time-Tested Answers From Those Who’ve Been There<\/a>, edited by John McVay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Source: AskaMissionary.com What do would-be missionaries want to know? What would you tell them? The following are among the most popular questions on AskaMissionary.com, where you’ll find more than 150 questions with 500+ answers. How can I know if God is leading me to become a missionary? What is the first step toward becoming a … Continue reading WEB SERVICE: AskaMissionary.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-3715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3715","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=3715"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3715\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}