Reliant partners with missional churches and Gospel-centered nonprofits to mobilize support-based

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staff for the Great Commission.

The basis of a missionarystaff's religious employment and mobilization with Reliant starts in partnership with a missional church or Gospel-centered nonprofit organization. That partner organization has reviewed Reliant's Statement of Faith and affirmed the Reliant Memo of Understanding. 

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Staff employment at Reliant requires active oversight by the partner organization and an active role description (job description). 

Partner organizations provide Reliant and its missionaries staff with the ongoing supervisory structure that guides the missionarystaff's daily ministry. As well, the partner organization has provided clarity for the missionarystaff's intended role and participated in the assessment and hiring process for the prospective missionarystaff member. 

The roles of Reliant-employed missionaries staff are for the primary purpose of ministering the gospel and furthering the Great Commission and Reliant's spiritual and pastoral mission. Therefore, the primary emphases of these missionary staff roles are religious and ministerial in nature to support preaching the gospel, evangelism, teaching, and discipling followers of Christ.  

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Staff roles are funded by the support-raising efforts of

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the staff member.

Reliant missionaries accept staff accepts the privilege and responsibility to trust God to provide the necessary funding for their ministries. Gathering donations for Reliant is the missionarystaff's first ministry. Reliant calls this process Ministry Team Development (MTD). A missionary Reliant staff should understand that payment of things like salaries, benefits, and other expenses entirely depends on funds being made available to Reliant through his/her fund-raising efforts. 

Facts of Reliant employment

• Employment with Reliant is "at will." The Missionary Field Manual is not a contract of employment and is not intended to create contractual obligations of any kind. Employment will be on an "at-will" basis unless a specific, written employment contract provides otherwise. Either Reliant or the employee may terminate employment at any time, with or without notice or cause, and for any or no reason. In order to retain necessary flexibility in the administration of policies and procedures, Reliant reserves the right to change, revise or eliminate any of the policies and/or benefits described in this Field Manual at its sole discretion and at any time. 

• Reliant provides Equal Employment Policy for its missionariesstaff.

• A Reliant missionary staff is employed by Reliant and not the partner organization. 
• Reliant missionaries staff will receive W-2 tax forms as full employees of Reliant and not 1099s (which are only used for independent contractors).

• As ministers of the gospel, Reliant missionary staff roles are religious and ministerial in nature to support preaching the gospel, evangelism, teaching, and discipling followers of Christ. 

Guiding documents of Reliant employment

The following are documents that guide your employment with Reliant: 

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