School of Missions Advocacy - To All Nations

If you are a...

• leader with a heart for the unreached,
• a missions minded local church member,
• or a trainer in a missions organization

looking to develop and deepen your community's passion for reaching the unreached while growing your own capacity and effectiveness as a missions advocate

then you may already…

• Know the need of finding compelling ways to communicate missions vision
• Be weary of hearing people say “Why should we care about lost people over there when there is so much to be done here.”
• Realize there is much work to do before people understand God’s mission in the world and their role in it
• Understand that people resist being told what to think and do
• Be excited about the growing engagement of the Global South in missions
• Feel concern about the lack of local funding for cross-cultural workers from these nations

What would happen if you were trained and equipped as a Missions Mobilizer?

• You will know the joy of seeing people from nations your community reached gather around the Throne (Wedding Feast of the Lamb- Rev. 7:9)
• Your community will come to life and grow as they engage in God’s Global mission
• God’s Mission will become an essential part of your community’s operating system rather than a side activity
• Every member of the community maturing as a disciple who participates in the Great Commission through activities such as: learning, praying, giving, welcoming, going and mobilizing (advocating).
• Short-term missions trips serving as more than just a positive experience but rather a powerful means of developing mature disciples who are able to make disciples who can do the same both locally and globally.

1) Mindset: As Missions mobilizers we have to go it alone because no one understands us.

Reality: Today there is a growing awareness of the vital role of mobilization and growing networks of mobilizers who are connecting and collaborating.

2) Mindset: Missions Mobilizers ask believers to make sacrifices in order to do more and give more.

Reality: There is overwhelming evidence missions vision does not rob anyone of time and money. Instead, that increased vision brings life and vitality to both individuals and whole communities!

3) Mindset: It is not clear what activities prioritize and how to increase fruitfulness.

Reality: You can glean priorities, principles and practices from experienced mobilization practitioners that will give you a clear sense of where to start and how to increase your fruitfulness.

4) Mindset: Building buy-in for missions vision is often very difficult.

Reality: When we engage with our community as learners, servants and storytellers, the buy-in becomes much more likely.

5) Mindset: Most believers are too busy and distracted to engage with global missions.

Reality: When there is a missions mobilizer helping people to lift their eyes, they are able see what God is doing in the nations. They become excited about getting involved.

6) Mindset: Mobilizers are only focused on sending missionaries to the unreached.

Reality: Mobilizers can play an important role in helping all disciples become active in disciple making locally and globally.

7) Mindset: Most mission mobilizers identify themselves as a mobilizer.

Reality: Most mobilizers are just Bible believing followers of Jesus who have caught God’s heart for the unreached and are willing to leverage their influence to help other believers find their part in Jesus’ Great Commission.

8) Mindset: New missionaries from the Global South cannot receive enough funding from the Global South.

Reality: The obstacle is not a lack of finances but is caused by failure to embrace their crucial role as senders not just rather than only missions receivers.

This School of Missions Mobilization is focuses on...

Empowering you to mobilize your community towards their role in reaching the unreached.

Drawing from everything I have gleaned in over 20 years of missions mobilization experience, and drawing from other missions leaders with decades of experience in missions leadership, we are offering you a unique introduction to missions mobilization.

This course will affirm the mobilization activities you are already doing while helping you keep the most important mobilization priorities in place. You will avoid pitfalls I’ve faced and experience the joy of knowing that you are giving life to your community as they increase their involvement in missions. You will learn approaches to missions mobilization that increase buy-in and ownership and connect with a network of other mobilizers, trainers and disciple-makers who can share their wins and challenges.

We will empower you to take the next steps to make your missions mobilization efforts more fruitful.

In His Grace,

Bevin Ginder

www.globalcastresources.com