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1. Reliant missionaries serving overseas are permitted to receive personal gifts or loans from individuals who are family members for the private purchase of real estate. Personal gifts or loans from individuals who are not family members is not permissible. Of course, gifts to Reliant are always welcome from any donor and will be applied to a Reliant employee's ministry account for payment of authorized salary, benefits and ministry expenses.
2. The missionary must inform the Missionary Resources Department in writing of the intent to receive, or having actually received, a personal gift or loan from a family member.
3. The missionary must clearly communicate to family members that the gift or loan is personal in nature and is not being made at Reliant's direction or suggestion. Any such gift or loan must be made directly to the missionary and will not be receipted by Reliant and will not be considered tax deductible.
4. The missionary must inform family members that he or she personally, and not Reliant, bears sole responsibility for funds given or loaned to him or her and assume all risk for their investment.
5. The transportation of personal funds to the mission field must be made on the employee's own time and at his or her own expense.

Missionary salary change to assist in the purchase and ownership of international real estate

If the purchase and ownership of a home would result in an increase in your needs-based annual salary, them the missionary is allowed to solicit new donations, solicit increases in current donor giving and special gifts to help go toward the new approved increased salary, thereby enabling the missionary to own the home.

But direct solicitation to have the donation to Reliant flow directly to the missionary to be used to purchase the home outright, is not permitted. Any questions on this policy should be directed to the International Program Team.