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- Your smiling face!
- Close-up faces look best. Professionally done "headshots" or family photos are perfect.
- Include just you, you and your spouse, or the whole family: your choice for what's best for your MTD. Avoid a group shot where you are just one of many.
- This should actually be you. Don't use a stand-in "avatar," like a cartoon, or object, or something abstract.
- This same round photo also appears in a rectangle size in the missionary search card. The photo uploader will only let you re-size to a level that works for both. Some size photos won't work well in the circle (like very wide or very high). Try a different one or re-crop it on your computer before you upload.
- Dress appropriately for the ministry you do. (college ministry = casual is okay; business ministry = suit). Be relatively conservative on skin-revealing clothes and avoid images or brand logos on clothes.
- Large, high-resolution photos are good ideas. (Wider than 600pixels600 pixels. Ideal The ideal is 1000+ pixels). The site will resize them automatically for the computer or screen that is viewing you.
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We recommend using the same photo as your printed Missionary Profile Card to give a matching feel to donors. |
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- A large, wide photo that gives a sense of your context, city, location, or mission.
- An outdoor shot of your city skyline or campus buildings works great here. You might have other creative ideas.
- Wide, horizontal landscape photos work best. Use large, high-resolution photos. Minimum The minimum width is 2000pixels 2000 pixels wide. (newer iPhone photos are 4000 pixels wide).
- We recommend using the same photo as your printed Missionary Profile Card to give a matching feel to donors.
- We recommend not using a cover photo that has words written on it as it will be difficult for the words to be placed in the correct location so as not to not compete with the name, location, and fund number information that will show across the bottom of the photo.
- There is also a dark fade that will occur around the edges and bottom of all cover photos to ensure that the name, location, and fund number information is visible even on bright photos. The blur can also cause any words written on the uploaded cover photo to appear blurry.
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Your photos appear primarily on your missionary profileReliant profile.
When you upload a photo, you are also saying you are okay with us using your missionary Reliant photo to represent you as a Reliant missionary field workers in similar situations. For example, your photo could be selected to
- Be re-printed on a financial partner newsletter
- Placed in a section of the website for those thinking about going into fulltime full-time ministry
Biographical Information
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- Appears below your photo
- Very short: 2-8 words on your title, role
- Use the most "MTD friendly" description, not necessarily an official job title (not "Staff Level 2")
- For most cases, you'll capitalize each word as if it's a title.
- e.g. "Campus Missionary" "Pastor," "Associate Pastor in Missional Church," "Church Planting Pastor with Evangelism Focus," "Missionary to the Japanese People," "Minister, Gospel-Teller, Apostle, Bible-Believer"
- Couples can be creative with this space. Some may choose to list collectively e.g. "Campus Missionaries, "Missionary Family," or specifically separately, "Campus Minister & Women's Minister" like a caption.
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2-3 short paragraphs about your ministry: the need, the answer to the need, your role, and your heart.
- Describe your vision and ministry role for financial & prayer partners.
- Two paragraphs is are ideal because it looks nice. Aim for 2-4 sentences each, or 4 to 8 sentences total.
- Did you have a profile on the Reliant website? This is nearly double the space, so feel free to use it.
- Tips:
- Give a summary of what you do.
- Include key titles (e.g. “Director of Worship & Outreach.”). Add concrete responsibilities or specialties (“small group coaching” or “evangelism specialist”).
- Mention the mission field or need and include the gospel (“40,000 student mission field who need to hear the good news of Christ”).
- Describe your heart or vision. "Jason desires that every person in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago would know the love of Jesus Christ"
- Spouse Spouses in ministry can include another paragraph to describe what the other does.
- Write in the third person. (Jason does... he likes to... not "I do, I like to...)
- Avoid:
- Local church jargon that might be hard to understand for a wider Christian audience (e.g. “canvas group”)
- Listing everything you do; choose key responsibilities.
- Uncommon abbreviations.
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| Missional Location | 1-5 words | University of Michigan | The default comes from your local church or ministry in our database. | Flexible description of the mission field as described for financial and prayer partners. This is often a university, community, urban center, institution, or people group. It is not your church or ministry name—this should appear as a partner card lower on your profile. Examples:
Tip: While this works well for campus ministers and metro areas, not everyone has a clear separate Missional Location. Leave it blank to make it disappear. |
| Missional Address | City, ST | Ann Arbor, MI | Your local church or ministry address in our database. | This uses the address of the church or ministry you work with. It does not use a personal address. Select "My Missional Address is Outside the United States" if your missional address is international. |
| Tips | Your missional location and address can be overridden for individual missionaries as field workers as needed. You can always check "Revert to default Missional Address and Location" to revert your changes to the information from your local church or ministry. | |||
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- Link to a website or blog where that you use to introduce yourself to partners.
- Link to a blog or mailchimp MailChimp form where you post ministry updates.
- Link to your Facebook or Twitter profile
- Link to a private Facebook group where you post ministry updates & prayer requests
- Link to your bio on your local church site
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See Also Online and Social Media for helpful set of guidelines on living our ministry life and identity on social media.
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The missionary profile card (ordered on the CopyCat website) is designed to point new financial partners to your web profile. We think using Using the same (or similar) photos in both places will help financial partners instantly recognize you. (See MTD Print Orders on CopyCat)
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The fund number for the ministry account appears on your profile. It can't be changed. Except for rare circumstances, families share a ministry fund number even if they work in distinct roles.
Question or problem? Contact Missionary Resources.
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The church or ministry information is stored under your church's record for all missionaries field workers who are associated with your church or ministry. Changing it for one person changes it for everyone.
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Leader? To submit your description or an edit, read the instructions here.
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During the website preview, your church or ministry description may not be filled in or may need to be corrected. Contact the leader who is responsible for that at your location and send them these instructions. |
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