A Practical Digital Missions Display
While at Southside Baptist Church, I took up a project that had been started but stalled out due to a lot of technical stuff – Creating an interactive, digital missions display. I began researching the best methods to do this. It would involve some type of program, some type of display that would be interactive, […]
Deputation and Support Raising Pt. 1
I’ll never forget how the first two days went. In the beginning I was literally spending 6-8 hours a day in phone calls. It was very discouraging . We were on our survey trip with 1.5 weeks left before headed back to start deputation. In the first two days of phone calls, l “struck out”. I […]
Designing Your Prayer Card
Much of deputation is presentation. You only have one chance to make a first impression. Pastors and individuals will judge you and your ministry based upon the presentation that you give. This may seem unfair, but all of us do the same thing, every day, with products we buy and places we shop. If you […]
Start up Fund
Before I started deputation, I read that it provides you the time needed to save enough money to “set up” (aptly called a “start-up” fund) once you arrive on the field. I have to say that I could not agree more. Think of all the things you will need to get started in your […]
My Toolbox
This is just an information dump of all the resources i have come across along the way. It is not pretty and needs to be updated, as there is a lot missing. As soon as someone asks me to, i will 🙂 Printing materials Uprinting.com – Gotprint.com – vistaprint.com – Table top retractable banners 11.5 […]
Deputation and Support Raising Pt. 1
So you have been called to the field and are trying to get your mind around this concept of deputation? Many things have been said about it, good and bad. To some, deputation is an unbelievable opportunity; to others, not so much. For the sake of conversation, we will consider deputation a means of gathering […]
Materials for Deputation
Once you settle on a start date for deputation, allow for about a month to gather all of your materials. For your website, brochure, banner, etc, decide on a color scheme (preferably no more than 3 colors). I scoured the web and looked on church walls to get some inspiration as to prayer cards, websites, […]
