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Getting Started

When you wish to move internationally, back to the US and continue to be employed with Reliant,  it helps if you reach out to Reliant 6-12 months prior to your desired deployment. Answering the following questions will help us serve you and begin the transfer process. 

• When do you plan to start MTD for your international role, and how much time do you plan to devote to you hope to move to a US ministry location?
• Do you need to complete any MTD for the US role? If so, would you like an MTD coach MTD?
• When do you plan to transition away from current job responsibilities?
• Do you need to change your employment status while you raise additional support (you have the opportunity to change to Associate or a Part-Time status in order to accrue funds more quickly)? If so, when?
• When do you hope to attend MTI cross-cultural training?
• When do you hope to complete your fundraising? (Fundraising must be completed in order to be released to your new assignment.)

• When do you hope to move to your international ministry location? 

The transfer process includes an assessment and a Hiring Decision between Reliant and the leadership of the international ministry. That decision may result in identifying areas in which the missionary needs to develop before being invited to this new role. The missionary is only free to announce a change and officially raise funds for the new ministry after the hiring decision has resulted in a New Ministry Offer. For these reasons, we encourage current missionaries to communicate wisely to friends, family and ministry partners. Helpful language includes comments like: "I believe God is calling me, and I've started a discernment process with my leadership"; "I hope to be released to an international assignment"; "Our hope and dream is to minister internationally, and we are preparing ourselves for that"; and "We hope you will continue supporting us if we are released to our new ministry."

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