Partners for LIFE!: Raise support for your missionary work and build a partner team for a lifetime of ministry together!

ISBN-13: 9781489585257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 206 str.

Jeff McLinden; Barry McLeish

Opis

Are you a brand new missionary who needs to raise financial support? A seasoned missionary with years of service in the field...and flagging support? Are you raising support for short-term missions projects...or for a lifetime of service? And wondering "how am I ever going to raise the support I need?" Raising financial support can sometimes be a difficult - even discouraging - part of your journey to your ministry assignment. If you're brand new to missions, this could be the make-or-break task that will determine whether you're EVER going to go to your field assignment. If you're already in the field, KEEPING your partners engaged and giving regularly can be a daunting task. But now you can experience the best in missionary training from people who literally "wrote the book" on developing a strong support team - and KEEPING partners for a LIFETIME Jeff McLinden and Barry McLeish have taught hundreds of missionaries and short term workers the best practices for today's highly competitive support-raising environment. With 35 years in ministry fundraising, marketing and communications, they've left behind the outdated methods that were appropriate twenty years ago and focus on the methods that are working NOW. Going beyond "friend-raising" of "people-raising," McLinden and McLeish provide insights into the real reasons people give -- and why they stop giving -- to support missionary work. You'll see "inside the mind of the donor" and learn not only how to raise the funds you need, but also how to KEEP your partners engaged and involved. Packed with practical ideas, tips and advice -- as well as the results of years of partner research -- "Partners for LIFE will change how you think about raising funds and help you focus on what really matters to potential partners. This book will help you to not only succeed at support-raising, but to enjoy it To embrace it To recognize the amazing power of inviting others to participate with you in the work you've been called to do. "Partners for LIFE " will help you overcome the fear of fundraising and raise 100% of the support you need for your work as a missionary - quickly, easily and enjoyably.