- Provide him with prayer resources.
- Pray for him regularly.
- Send him to the mission field.
- Arrange for missionaries to visit him.
- Pay his way to a conference or class such as ACMC, Urbana, Perspectives
- Enlist the pastor’s participation in the missions conference and committee.
- Provide helpful missions reading material such as:
- clipped articles and illustrations
- Eternity in Their Hearts
- Key to the Missionary Problem
- Get Your Church Involved in Missions
- Let the Nations Be Glad
- Handle the details of missions.
- Make sure your pastor is the "good guy."
- Be willing to suggest and implement your good ideas.
- Work with the pastor and board to define missions.
- Suggest new options for increasing missions giving.
- Encourage him to talk with other missions-minded pastors.
- Support and affirm his ideas for missions.
Tips...
- Don’t become a pest to be avoided.
- Demonstrate genuine interest and involvement in other church ministries.
- Be patient and go slowly.
- Don’t criticize.
- Seek and receive permission and endorsement of all missions activities.
- Ask the pastor to personally promote missions publicly.
- Do everything for missions in a quality manner.
- Don’t lose heart and try to work around the pastor.
- Affirm everything the pastor does for missions.
Source: "Equipping Your Pastor for Missions Leadership," an ACMC workshop by Woody Phillips
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