Effective Funding for Experinced Misisonaries

Imagine being told that with in the next 3 months you would be overseeing a budget ten times greater than what you are currently operating on. To most of us this sounds too good to be true or the work of a freak chance like finding the winning the lottery ticket on a sidewalk, but for one team of dedicated missionaries this may be their new reality.

Last week I traveled to a YWAM center in an urban community to teach biblical principals of raising financial sponsorship and support to the local staff team. Many of this team have been struggling to get buy on only enough income to pay for very simplistic community style housing and donated food.

Many of God's dreams and visions for this team were consistently dismissed and thought impossible because nearly all of their funding was being absorbed by the most basic needs of life and so little was left for reaching out effectively with the Gospel.

It was my goal in a 5 day visit to help these dreams become possible again. I challenged each of the full time volunteers to create a budget based on the amount needed to be effective, not on the amount currently available. Only then was the true disparity between a mindset of Effectiveness and Poverty revealed.

By the end of last week I was amazed to see a visible glow in the eyes of each team member. God given inspiration that was once abandoned, now filled the spirits and minds of a revitalized team. Unique ways to reach out to the most oppressed of our nation with the love of Jesus once again filled the hopes of these experienced missionaries.

To be sure, there is still much work to be done before each of these visions are fully funded by committed sponsors, but a new paradigm has been discovered and a shift in thinking. There is now a marked feeling of measured optimism leading to the setting of achievable goals. I am quite certain that I will get to see astounding growth during future visits as the experience of these dedicated workers and the freedom of effective funding now will combine to share the truth of Christ in a very needy urban neighborhood.

Thank you, For your help allows me to experience the freedom of effective funding!