POSTINGS for Churches
Postings is a monthly e-newsletter designed especially for missions leaders in the local church and mission agencies. More and more local church missions leaders are finding Postings an essential tool for mobilizing their local congregation.
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EFFECTIVE INTERNSHIPS / Feb '10: Win/win internships that benefit church and prospective missionaries.
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Check out past issues of particular interest to church leaders:
Kids Missions Camp / Jan '10: You can give children a life-transforming experience of missions.
Global Missions in New Church Starts / Dec. '09: Why missions passion is essential at the beginning of a congregation's life.
Second Career Workers-2 / Nov. '09: How to help Boomers/Builders thrive in missions service.
Second Career Workers-1 / Oct. '09: How to challenge Boomers and Builders to leave their settled lifestyle for missions service.
Swarming / Sept '09: Justin Long describes a new, tech-assisted approach to mobilizing volunteers.
Ministry Action Teams / Aug '09: How Irving Bible Church's 14 ministry action teams engage over 100 people in their areas of global passion
Welcoming International Visitors to Your Church / June '09: how good planning makes "reverse missions trips" mutually beneficial
Clarify Expectations to Create Healthy Partnerships / May '09: identifying the hidden assumptions than can scuttle collaborative efforts
Business as Missions: How Do Church and Agency Connect? / April '09: churches and agencies grapple with how to integrate BAM
Global Partnering Growing Pains -- III / March '09: challenges as the global partnership movement grows up
Global Partnering Growing Pains -- II / February '09: challenges as the global partnership movement grows up
Global Partnering Growing Pains -- I / January '09: challenges as the global partnership movement grows up
To Catch the Wind / December '08: why Western high-control leadership styles may not fit cross-cultural partnerships
Short-Term Team Safety Preparation / November '08: how to prepare short-term teams for potential crises in country
Two Routes to the City in Great Need / October '08: an allegory contrasting partnerships with traditional missionary sending
Partnership-Ready Churches--Part 2 / Sept '08: preparing churches for global partnership
Partnership-Ready Churches--Part 1 / August '08: how to assess if a church is ready to embark on global partnership
Revisiting Advocate Teams / July '08: developing advocates who bridge between church and missionary
Short-Term Ministry Ideas / June '08: dozens of practical services short-term mission trips can offer
The Home Assignment Triangle / May '08: clarifies home-assignment responsibilities of church, agency, and missionary
The Essential Facilitator Bridge / April '08: explains the crucial roles a facilitator plays in successful global partnership
Kids with Power / March '08: children can impact the globe by praying for the nations
Rapid Response Teams / January '08: national and international disasters offer unique ministry opportunities for the well prepared church
Restructuring Local Church Missions / December '07: options for reorganizing mission committees/teams to foster more involvement
Missionary Communication / November '07: helping missionaries improve their prayer letters, emails, blogs, and other communications
Partnership Essentials / October '07: shares the most essential elements of successful partnerships and most frequently seen partnership quagmires
The Church/Agency/Missionary Sending Triangle / July '07: clarifying sending tasks and how to best collaborate in the process
Making Process Serve Partnership / June '07: truly reciprocal partnerships require time for relationships and shared goals to emerge
Matchmaking / May '07: a checklist to evaluate compatibility of potential partners
Financing the Task / April '07: 21st century difficulties and possible solutions for funding God's global mission
Business as Missions / Nov '06: "BAM" basics and how God uses business to advance His kingdom globally
Bicultural Facilitators / Sept '06: the value of partnership facilitators who can bridge cultures
Refocusing Western Mission Agencies / June '06: perspective-bending questions for agencies adapting to changing global realities
