Some mission-workers have raised their full budget but still struggle to make ends meet. Money always seems “tight.” And they don’t save month by month. 

Having survived the Christmas holidays many mission-workers are overwhelmed as they face a new year with still more funding to raise and newsletters to write. But let’s simplify your next 12 months.

You intended to make funding appeals the last two months, but you didn’t get around to it. And now the students arrive in two weeks…

Three hours now saves three months of frustration later!

Do you want to avoid frustration in your finances for the next 12 months? Take three hours now to make a realistic fundraising plan.

Strange as it seems, many gospel-workers do not have a plan to reach 100% of their budget. They often wait until a crisis…

May I speak to you frankly about a blind spot in leadership? It popped up last week, but the story I am about to tell occurs frequently.

My assistant and I met with a missionary couple (Joe and Vicki—not their real names) last Monday. They had been in town five weeks and they had a problem—they were only 50% supported. But Joe said, “That’s not the real problem. I am not afraid of fundraising, but I don’t have time to do it. The real problem is that my supervisor expects me to catch up on my fundraising while I open a local office here—now!”

Vicki chimed in. “How can we launch a new office and do major funding simultaneously! It feels like we are being set up for failure.”

Even if you are fully funded you will experience financial bondage if you neglect Jesus’ parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25.

You know the story. Ten virgins planned to attend a wedding. Five wise virgins took extra oil for their lamps, but five foolish virgins “took no oil with them.” (Matthew 25:5)