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• Savings and alternate income total less than 6 months living expenses (but more than 3 months)
  • Educate and possibly suggest self-deferral until savings or alternate income plan (still requiring full-time MTD) meets the 6 month goal
• Financial bankruptcy at any time during life (but longer than 3 years time)
  • Educate missionary that they may need to have an answer prepared as why they can trustworthily receive money from donors
• Any consumer debt (defined: debt typically incurred for daily consumption, that does not have a fixed term, and whose interest is not tax deductible. Most commonly credit card debt with a relatively high interest rate. Excludes mortgage debt, student loan debt, and medical debt). Excludes car debt.
• Total personal debt (excluding mortgage) load exceeds the following:

Status
colour Red title Significant Concern

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• Seems to have a fairly solid conviction that fundraising/support-based is a good method or plan for them to do vocational ministry

• Reason to Raise Funds: missional church, church plant, or ministry will not self-support on a tithe-model, and demonstrably requires other Christians to support the cause. The cause itself can demonstrate a reasonable need.
• Previous Fundraising Experience: has at least one previous successful experience raising funds for a shorter term project, internship, or mission trip
• Previous Fundraising Training: none necessary.
  • Those with previous training through Cru or Navigators may be able to exempt out of a portion of Reliant's training.
• Job Description and Mission: steady, confident, thought-through, and not likely to change.
• Availability: available for full-time, focused fundraising for Initial MTD phase before beginning devoted ministry work.
• Geography: lives or will live in or within range of their primary name base.
• Emotional Support: has a strong spiritual and emotional church or community for Initial MTD phase
• Timeframe and Strategy: Reasonable expectations on MTD timeline using Reliant averages
• Technology Skills: Previous experience in using database, Skype and social media, email, etc.
• Communication Skills: Previous experience in sales, public speaking, storytelling, public relations, and/or customer service.
• Temperament Factors
  • Entrepreneurship: able to innovate, launch, and manage new things
  • Meeting Strangers: able to initiate and build quick rapport with strangers
  • Storytelling: can cast a vision in a clear and compelling way
  • Determined Faithfulness: evidence of following through even when circumstances are difficult
  • Self-Confidence: Believes in one's self at appopriate levels
• Names: after sufficient namestorm time, can list 200150+ names

Status
colour Yellow title Area of Concern

• Reason to Raise Funds: "I can make a higher salary with support than they are offering me"
  • Deputized fundraising should not be used to jump outside the pay structure of the local church or ministry. Check to make sure lower salaries offered by the church or ministry are due to lack of funding. If due to actual desired market compensation, recommend discussion with church on hiring philosophy with support-based staff.
• Job Description and Mission: has some shakiness to it.
  • Educate on the importance of clarity and focus when doing MTD training and speaking with donors
• Emotional support structure seems weak or negative for Initial MTD. ( e.g. living with unbelieving parents and no local church).
• Noticeably low communications and/or technology experience or skill.
• Temperament: Self-reported significant deficiency in: Entrepreneurship, Meeting Strangers, Storytelling, Determined Faithfulness, Self-Confidence
• Names: after sufficient namestorm time, can list between 5075-100 150 people.

Status
colour Red title Significant Concern

• Reason to Raise Funds: "The other staff at my church are paid, and they didn't want to pay me, but said if I was 'free' for them, then I could do it."
  • May indicate a low-quality candidate. Recommend discussion with church on hiring philosophy with support-based staff and candidate qualifications in particular.
• Previous Experience: Previous start and failure in missionary fundraising.
  • Explore factors surrounding exit from previous fundraising. Address any issues. Set conditions on clear donor communication and communication with previous church or ministry.
• Job Description and Mission highly likely to morph or change significantly after beginning fundraising. (e.g. church planter has not yet chosen city or overseas missionary has not yet chosen country)
  • Donor funds require steadiness in ministry purpose. Recommend defer until purpose is reasonably set. (Note: missing details of job description are common and not required; this refers to the wider mission).
• Availability: Cannot devote full-time hours to MTD before starting ministry (for a full-time salary).
  • May pursue exception to skip Initial MTD based on ministry experience, etc. However, if not qualified for exception, recommend deferral until a strategic plan can be crafted that allows sufficient time to raise funds.
• Availability: If qualified for exception to Initial MTD ("Active MTD"), cannot devote 20 hours weekly to fundraising (pursuing a full-time salary)
• Geography: reports all names in a significantly different location than living location and cannot travel.
  • MTD usually depends on face-to-face time with donors. Require pre-appointment with an MTD coach to discuss viability of distance strategy. Recommend require changing MTD travel strategy.
• Names: after sufficient namestorm time, can list less than 50 75 people.
  
  

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