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This guide is intended to help you flourish in your upcoming furlough by preparing you to prepare for and maximize the opportunities for MTD that your time stateside affords you.

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titleReturning to MTD Guide
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titleRenew Your Mind

Let’s face it: It’s been a

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Let’s face it: It’s been a while since you’ve really turned all your focus toward full-time MTD, and many of us, when we think of picking up that phone, have a few buried (or maybe not-so-buried) fears. They are, in some ways, the same fears we faced when we raised our initial support. Yet they also have the potential to be more insidious, because now they might be compounded by the memories of our past experience.

If you’re here, you’re not alone. We’ve spoken to full-time missionaries who have lived on financial support for twenty years who still find themselves with unfounded fears floating in their hearts that have been unconfronted while their focus was on full-time ministry elsewhere.

Even if that’s not you, and you’re feeling full of confidence, it behooves us to return to some of the basics and re-assess our foundation. Consider some of these questions:

  • There are many godly vocations. Can I reaffirm that God has called me to this ministry, at this time, and in this place?
  • There are many biblical models of obtaining financial resources. Do I believe that God has called me to Ministry Team Development — living in dependence on the greater body of Christ?

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titleDigital Technology & Social Media

As the world has turned digital, some of the best MTD tools are digital — and formerly reliable paper letters and normal phone calls aren’t always a best practice. In fact, some will find that with cell phones and universal caller ID, the phone call has become a less obvious option for initial contact with MTD. Since technology use and norms shift rapidly, be sure to get up to speed so you can be most effective in your MTD.

Quick Tips

  • A personal missionary website, even if very basic, is almost more important than a printed piece.
  • Personal emails work well as a first “hello” tool to re-initiate contact with partners.
  • Sometimes a text message works in place of a voicemail.
  • Facebook and Twitter status messages can help communicate with those that love and feel ownership with your ministry, including ministry partners. “We reached 50% of our special financial goal for this summer today: keep praying!”

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