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Ask a Missionary Time-Tested Answer
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This book is a great resource for m
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Authentic Publishing A Ministry of
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Things Nobody Told Me 110 Yes. No.
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John McVay John McVay served as a m
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Imagine Your Own Gripping Story 1 W
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Toward Your Own Story Most Christia
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Guidance Discovering God’s Plan 2
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You’ll bring the bikes to the sch
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market, the post office, the park.
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A: Look for an inner conviction, fo
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eceived concrete and definite direc
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A: Ask God to use you and watch him
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This topic is one of the themes dis
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A: Discouragement is a part of life
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ack home. I’ve got a life and a f
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I was a mechanical engineer, and my
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Answer from Paul, who has served as
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going!” It may be that as you hav
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there? What kinds of office politic
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joy, and the tug of our hearts—as
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seek God’s will with a determinat
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A: Yes. Strategically select your s
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go and help. These extended, opport
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passed by a number of opportunities
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How do I believe God typically guid
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Agencies Researching the Options 3
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Jim, obviously nervous, simply said
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your own financial support. However
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for its missionaries’ safety, hea
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• Teamwork. The New Testament con
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A: Because they find help in other
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A: Because their church serves as a
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served as a minister within this de
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A Thorough Exam In some ways, joini
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Does the mission have plans to move
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Does the agency make disciples or j
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3. You have more opportunities to a
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When to Begin? Which agency you joi
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So ask the Holy Spirit to guide you
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Add other exploratory questions you
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well. Sometimes he goes after famil
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a bright room decorated with dozens
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Q: What perspective should I take t
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Study”). It will give you a syste
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A: Fast can end up being slow. A de
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Our ministry, wherever we are, shou
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A: In the middle of your university
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Avenues of Training Learning should
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A: Get experience in your church, a
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How much training should you get in
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A: Volunteer, integrate faith into
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second language is useful. Or a deg
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If you will work in a sensitive cou
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purpose behind your studies. The ti
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A: God’s plan for us in missions
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If you’re a native English speake
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language we’ll be working in. (Al
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there will be all kinds of new mann
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series of books on different cultur
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A: I wish I had learned about spiri
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in the amazing to-do list of Philip
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If I don’t want advanced training
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Funding Figuring It Out 5 THE COld
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Bill sat back at his greasy desk an
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A: Let God grow your faith. Ultimat
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A: Avoid sales pressure as well as
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• God owns all, yet he is the mos
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church priorities. Now when I see l
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first, ask God what he intends for
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We see three groups of people here:
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Bristol, England, by faith in the p
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on how much time you invest in buil
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A: Work part-time and study part-ti
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(because their degrees are not in d
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When we decided to go overseas, we
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A: Start early contributing each mo
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