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What is Collaborative Sending?

With small shifts in our mindset, we can tap into the resources that we already have to identify, equip, send, and support the next generation of gospel ministers.

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2 Razones para Plantar Iglesias Hispanas

Todos somos enviados a dar continuidad a la MISIÓN DE JESÚS, de extender el evangelio en todas partes, hacer discípulos, que sean bautizados y se reproduzcan en otros que continúen la misión.

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Marie Burrus Marie Burrus

Calling Out the Called

This May, we're committing to pray for leaders to call out those called to go to the various kinds of ministry.

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Marie Burrus Marie Burrus

Pray for God to send laborers

This May, we're committing to pray for a harvest among the many ways our churches are ministering this summer. Here's how you can join us!

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Marie Burrus Marie Burrus

4 R.E.A.L. Challenges for Women on the Mission Field

When we started a missionary home group, we assumed it'd be full of Boomer missionaries like we had experienced in the past. Instead, it was a diverse crowd. There were some Boomers like us, but word of our home group had resonated with one particular demographic looking for community—single, millennial women.

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Marie Burrus Marie Burrus

Stewarding your Returning Missionaries—a Letter to Local Churches

For the majority of our missionaries, moving halfway across the world for the sake of the gospel started out as a desire they shared with us one day. Shortly after that conversation, our journey to send them started. There is a lot of work that goes into preparing families and singles for the mission field. As sending churches, it is important to follow through as they return as well.

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Marie Burrus Marie Burrus

Are You a Returned Global Worker? The Struggle to Re-engage is Real

Staring at the choices on the grocery store shelf is socially acceptable for a minute or two, but when it becomes paralyzing, it becomes super awkward. I know it may seem odd to be stumped by choice, but when you’ve just returned from a country where choice was limited, abundance can be overwhelming. It’s only one of the signs of reverse culture shock global workers experience when they re-enter life in the United States. I’ve come to learn that my own adjustments are shared by many who live through the returned life.

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