career missions application

Acceptance
A career missionary is an individual who has received a clear call from God and confirmation from an approved missions agency/denomination to serve with a life long commitment.
Career missionaries are approved annually and acceptance is based on review of the application by our Missions Team, pastoral recommendation and board approval. Career missionaries are approved, generally each December for the following year. All Career missionaries must be current members of Neighborhood Church and/or have a significant history with the ministry of Neighborhood Church.

Support
The missions team will determine the dollar amount of support per career missionary, at approximately 20% of the missionary’s need for a given year.

Career missionaries are encouraged to send monthly newsletters to family and friends providing news, updates and prayer requests.

All finances received by the church office for a particular career missionary will go into the Neighborhood Church Missions Fund.

Financial support for career missionaries is generally sent on a monthly basis. Checks are made payable to the sponsoring missions agency and designated to the career missionary.

Financial support raising guidelines

All finances received over and above the established financial need for a missionary will go into the Neighborhood Church Missions Fund.

A monthly newsletter may be sent to a mailing list comprised of supporters that would include news, updates and prayer requests.

A missionary may not send support letters or emails to a mass mailing list of Neighborhood Church members or people that are not personally acquainted with the missionary.

A missionary may not communicate an emergency financial appeal sent out in any letter, email or newsletter without prior approval by the missions team.

A missionary may not conduct fundraising efforts or gatherings apart from the guidelines outlined on this application.

Other useful information, please refer to:
http://media.city-gates.org/3crosses/resources/29/Career_Missions_Application.doc