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Advice for Serving in Missions from the Christmas Story
As Christians, we are called to spread this Good News. Perhaps to you this call means becoming involved with missions. Here’s some advice from that historic night in Bethlehem to help you on your way.
A Thanksgiving Reflection
What is it about holidays that brings Charlie Brown movies out of the woodwork? Everywhere we turn, it’s time for another Peanuts episode!
ICOM International conference 2023
November 15-18, 2023
100 Mick Cornett Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73109
MissionConnexion Northwest
Friday and Saturday, January 19-20, 2024
Sunset Church 14986 NW Cornell Rd, Portland, OR 97229
Finding Your Next Mission: A Guide to MissionNext.org
Are you looking for your next mission in life? Whether you’re searching for a new career path or a volunteer opportunity that aligns with your values, MissionNext can help you find the perfect fit.
Fear of the Unknown
What if we run out of money? What if times are hard? Is Covid a problem? What about medical care? What if I can’t stand
The Amazing Power of Always
It is the missionary task to disciple the nations—and to disciple with great joy.
The Value of Waiting on the Lord
In this season of waiting, it is good to take the time to make eye-contact with the Lord
Anticipate Adventure
Give the sacrifice of time to be in the Word and, by faith, see where the wind of the Spirit will blow.
Finding a Fit – Missions in a Changing World Mix
I am passionately committed to SAT-7, the organization I work with to advance the Great Commission. As a volunteer who co-ordinates SAT-7 Ambassadors, I am seeking
The Coronavirus and Mission
What are mission organizations doing about recruiting at this time?
Jesus Feeding 5000. Really?
The delivery of the Great Commission is also an impressive operation. Will you volunteer to participate?
The Jesus Cup
In all circumstances we must be satisfied with Jesus. Allow your cup to run over.
Introducing MissionNext
CEO VLOG POST – Sept 2023 This Vlog is of special interest for those following the MissionNext Journey. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/560702755
Working Through Barriers
Jesus meets us when we step out in faith and work through the barriers to accomplish what he has put in our hearts. He meets us at the point of need.
You Will Find Me on the Journey
We are called to be stepping along on our journey to be directed to restore this imperfect world.
Pandemic Places
Throughout history, Christians have cared for the sick around them, providing food and water instead of abandoning them often with their “quaranteam.”
Pandemic Pain & Hurt
Where have you been encouraged to see the church reaching out during our current pandemic?
Things Only Missionaries Understand
There are things that only another doctor can understand about the real life of being a doctor. There are things that only a mother or
Unexpected Answers to Prayer
God surprised us with unexpected answers to prayers during our seven-month whirlwind after being accepted as members of Wycliffe Bible Translators. My husband completed his
Tips for Interacting with Other Cultures
How will a culture to which God calls me compare to mine? Most cultures are similar in that people get up in the morning, work,
An Open Letter to My Previous Self Before Entering the Mission Field
When I was growing up on a dairy farm, I was afraid of missionaries who visited our church. I feared getting too close to someone
Quiet Time and Missionary Life
“When I arrive on the mission field, I’ll be more consistent with my quiet times.” Have you ever thought that? I did, before I entered the field. We would agree that if Jesus spent time in prayer and communion with His Father, sometimes all night, we ought to do the same. However, Christians, whether missionaries or not, frequently confess that finding the minutes for a consistent quite time can be challenging.
Evaluating Our Readiness to Minister to Others
How do we determine our readiness to minister to others? As a starting point for this multifaceted question, let’s consider two topics: spiritual readiness and emotional readiness.
Finding your Fit in Ministry
If you are considering God’s call to foreign missions, you’re probably wondering how to choose an area of work. To begin, consider your experiences and avocations.
Raising Support for Your Missions Trip
Raising support for a missions trip is often met with reluctance and fear. However, as we begin to delve into the topic, we realize that we need to learn God’s perspective and promises.
Adjusting to a New Culture
Mission work requires flexibility. Serving in a new culture means adjusting to new norms and customs. Some of them you may be prepared for, and others may completely throw you off guard. Here are a few topics to consider and resources to help.
Your Family and Missions
While starting a new direction in missions may be important to you, I’m sure keeping your family protected, provided for, and intact in a world that tries to tear apart family values is at the top of your list of priorities. When God nudged me to consider missions, we were a very dysfunctional family.
Your Work and the Mission Field
If you’re considering God’s call to foreign missions, you’re probably wondering how to choose an area of work. To start, consider your experiences and avocations.
Three Fears Everyone Has About Becoming a Missionary
Fears about joining the mission field are universal. While everyone’s missions journey looks different, many of their concerns or misconceptions are the same.
Becoming a Long-term Missionary
Becoming a long-term missionary is fraught with change. Rise to the challenge and meet each of these head on with these tips and tricks.
What About My Physical Health on the Mission Field?
If you’re serving overseas, there are many potential diseases and dangers for your physical health on the mission field. It’s easy for fear to set it.
Send Me! Missions Overseas or At Home?
Searching for a way to travel, experience the world, and witness the beauty of other cultures all while sharing Jesus? Going on a missions trip abroad maybe something to consider. But it’s not the only way to serve.
Find the Mission Agency That’s Right for You
How do you find a mission agency that is similar in scope to your abilities, passion, location preference and interests? It is important to research any agency you might be considering. While every agency often has a specific focus, their actual ministry footprint can be very large.
How I Became a Missionary
I was afraid that I did not know enough about Jesus, that I did not know His word and that I would turn people away rather than draw them to Him. How could I talk to people about a love that I was just learning about and allowing to change and shape my world?
Why Are You and I Needed in Missions?
John Piper famously said, “Missions exists because worship doesn’t.” I would hazard that you and I are needed in missions, then, as an outpouring of our own worship.
An Honest Reason to Become a Missionary
Looking back at a career in missions asked myself: Why did I really become a missionary? Was it because of business downsizing, or because I wanted to look holy to my friends? Was it because I wanted to work for God?
Should I Go on a Short-Term Mission Trip?
When thinking of missionaries, many people think only of Christians who have taken up residence in some foreign country where the inhabitants most likely are unfamiliar with the Christian faith. However, every year thousands of Christians travel all over the world for periods of one week to six months to share the good news of the Gospel.
Advice for Picking a Mission Agency
You believe that God is calling you to serve in missions, but you need to find an agency to affiliate with. Where do you begin? As you begin searching, you find there are a myriad of different mission agencies to choose from. How can you decide?
Me, a Missionary?
Get real. I am not a doctor, linguist, pilot, or even a pastor. Why would God call me to be a missionary? But what does God say about going to all the nations?
How Do I Know God is Calling Me to Ministry?
You feel God is calling you to something, you just wish you knew what that something is. How do you know if a role in ministry or missions is part of His plan for your life?
Another Way to Think About Careers
I don’t feel like going to my usual Sunday school class, I said to myself as I entered church, so I think I’ll watch the video another class is showing. God used my unusual decision to direct our lives in ways we had never dreamed.
Let’s Get the Workers to the Harvest Today!
The Lord says in his word that “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few” (Mathew 9:37 NIV). Today, the World more than ever is in desperate need of workers to go out into every nation to reach the lost and the broken.
5 Things to Do After Graduation
College graduation is both exciting and nerve-wracking. Now what? Rush into the workforce? Freelance? Take a gap year?
Rachel’s Story: Discover Your Way to Serve
Her name was Maria. God sent me across the ocean to pray for her—a girl who was sixteen just like me, but lived in a completely different world.
Finding Your Place to Serve in Missions
When it comes to deciding how to serve in missions, the choices are practically endless. Where do you begin to find the right place with so many options?
A New Chapter for MissionNext
Quite a few things have changed since we started in 1998. By God’s grace, we’re entering a whole new chapter for connecting you with mission opportunities.
Use Your Career for Missions
Reality check: there are abundant ways to serve for mission agencies and organizations, all over the globe.
An Agency’s Perspective: Partnering with MissionNext
MissionNext would like to work with your organization to find the workers you’re looking for.
A Life-Altering Event
Meet Tom and Vicky Hall from Florida. Their story may be similar to what you’re going through.
In the Classroom: Teaching in Panama
What’s it like half-way around the world to teach for an Christian school, in the midst of diverse students and cultures?
How do I find teaching jobs overseas?
When I was finishing my teaching program and starting the process of looking for teaching jobs I knew God was moving in my heart to teach oversees, but I had no idea where.
A Change in Plans
Comfortable – that’s what you would call my career in the banking field, but God had other plans for me with that two letter command.
Provide a Way, Lord
Watching and sending is one way of serving Christ. And then, there are times when being the supportive hands and feet becomes a God-guided reality.
God at Work: Here
MissionNext partners with over 100 mission agencies and Christian schools, all with diverse needs. Be encouraged with two stories of God-ordained connections.
The Reason You’re Needed
They’re out there. Searching for the right messenger–perhaps someone like you–whose skill and passion match their unique ministry needs.
When God Moves Mountains
By the end of this year, I’ll be serving overseas—all because God moved mountains to get me into missions.