Sending Your Own GO Team

Do you want to revolutionize your church’s connection to the Great Commission?  Are you and your church interested in working directly with an international ministry?  Do you want to maximize the short-term experience through local preparation and follow-up?  Sending a team from your church can make this possible and more.

Start by talking to your missionaries.  Ask them what people from your church can do to help them in their ministry.  When would a visit best work with their schedule of ministry and activities?  What expenses should a team expect?  How could a team best prepare?  You will maximize your team’s effectiveness by seeking to serve the long-term ministry.

We are glad to help you.  We can offer many different levels of assistance from just helping you to connect with your missionary all the way to providing all of the arrangements.  The links below have many ideas and practical steps.  After reading them, contact Hannah Marshall so she can help you get started:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (574) 268-1888 extension 23.

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More resources on sending short-term teams are available on www.myGBIM.org [link to www.mygbim.org].  This website, dedicated to helping local church mission commissions, provides a wealth of information.  It will ask you to register, but then provides specific, practical help as well as opportunities to learn from what other churches are doing.

Some of the resources available at mygbim.org include:

• Manual for Sending a Short Term Team
• Short-Term Best Practices