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WELCOME!
The!journey!to!being!a!fully!supported!missionary!seems!daunting! with!everything!set!before!you,!but!do!not!miss!out!on!the!blessings! and!preparations!the!support!process!allows.!!Support!raising!is!one! of!the!best!and!most!effective!ministry!training!grounds!God!gives!to! develop!his!ministers!for!the!coming!tasks.!!Support!raising!and! ministry!go!hand!in!hand!and!have!many!parallel!principles!and! practical!lessons.!!As!you!develop!in!one!you!are!being!prepared!for! the!other.!!Both!involve!vision,!discipline,!prayer,!initiation,! endurance,!boldness,!time…and!so!on.!!May!God!affirm!and!prepare! you!for!ministry!by!“meeting!all!your!needs!according!to!the!riches! and!glory!that!are!in!Christ!Jesus”!(Philippians!4:19).! ! ! !
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A!special!thanks!to!Steve!Shadrach!who!has!encouraged!our!ministry!to!come!up!with!our! own!support!training!notebook.!!I!have!gleaned!some!of!the!material!here!from!him.!!The! endnotes!are!ways!to!attribute!material!to!their!rightful!owners.!!!Stevei!(personal!friendship! and!The!Bodybuilders—SRS!boot!camps),!Scott!Mortonii!(Funding!your!ministry),!Campus! Outreach!and!Ken!Currieiii!(support!training,!mentor,!and!a!vision!for!discipleship),!and! William!Dilloniv!(People!Raising)!have!influenced!me!greatly.!!It!is!a!privilege!to!give!credit! where!credit!is!due.! ! !2012!coSTART!–!Andrew!Knight!&!Campus!Outreach! CO!Logo!courtesy!of!Campus!Outreach.!World!Watermark!adapted!from!Graphic!Resources.! Social!media!icons!courtesy!of!Mysitemyway!Design!Team.! All!drawings!by!Dan!Nuckols!unless!otherwise!noted.! ! Scripture!quotations!are!from!The!Holy!Bible,!English!Standard!Version®!(ESV®),!copyright!©!2001!by! Crossway,!a!publishing!ministry!of!Good!News!Publishers.!Used!by!permission.!All!rights!reserved.!
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! ! We!must!view!support!raising!as!such!a!reward!that!to! withhold!it!from!potential!partners!is!doing!them!a!great! disservice.! “Not!that!I!seek!the!gift,!but!I!seek!the!profit!that!increases! to!your!account.!!I!have!received!full!payment,!and!more.�!! Philippians!4:17,18!
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I. WHERE!WE’RE!HEADED…! A. SUPPORTER!___________________! !
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“WITH!MAN!IT!IS!IMPOSSIBLE,!BUT!WITH!GOD!ALL!THINGS!ARE!POSSIBLE.”! MATTHEW!19:26! ! II. WHAT!WILL!YOU!NEED?! ! !
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! WHAT!IS!YOUR!GREATEST!FEAR,!LIMITATION?! ! WHAT!ARE!YOUR!PERCEIVED!OBSTACLES!TO!SUPPORT!RAISING?! ! 6|! ! !!Supporter!Training!&!Raising!Techniques!!!!!!!!!!http://costart.org!!9!http://starthelp.tumblr.com/! !
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MISCONCEPTIONS!!!
A. “PEOPLE!DON’T!WANT!TO!GIVE.”! ! !
B. “SUPPORT!RAISING!IS!NOT!BIBLICAL.”! C. “I!DO!NOT!KNOW!OF!ANYONE!TO!ASK.”!
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E. “I!DO!NOT!KNOW!HOW.”!! F. “I!DO!NOT!HAVE!TIME.”!
! What!are!you!telling!yourself!that!is!not!biblical!or!true?!!Which!of!these!statements! (or!others)!do!you!find!yourself!believing?!!Identify!these!phony!truths!and! intentionally!engage!them!with!fact.!Experience!is!not!authoritative!in!these!matters,! but!only!engagement!with!God’s!Word,!God’s!people,!and!His!Spirit!will!prove! trustworthy.! Remember,!everything!hinges!upon!thinking!because!we!cannot!believe!what!we!do! not!know!to!believe.!!Since!believing!follows!thinking,!it!is!of!the!utmost!importance! to!think!rightly!(biblically!and!Christianly).!We!need!to!replace!false!information! (lies)!with!correct!content!(truth).!!Come!to!this!study!asking!for!a!Romans!12:2! mind,!“Do!not!be!conformed!to!this!world,!but!be!transformed!by!the!renewal!of!your! mind,!so!that!you!may!approve!what!the!will!of!God!is—that!which!is!good,!pleasing,! and!perfect.”! ! 7|! ! !!Supporter!Training!&!Raising!Techniques!!!!!!!!!!http://costart.org!!9!http://starthelp.tumblr.com/! !
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! At!the!core!of!the!command!to!give!lies!the!cross.!Giving! can!have!no!more!centrally!located!core.!!! !
“For!you!know!the!grace!of!our!Lord!Jesus!Christ,!that!though! he!was!rich,!yet!for!your!sakes!became!poor,!so!that!you! through!his!poverty!might!become!rich.�!2!Corinthians!8:9! ! ! ! 8|! ! !!Supporter!Training!&!Raising!Techniques!!!!!!!!!!http://costart.org!!9!http://starthelp.tumblr.com/! !
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!GOSPEL!&!FUNDRAISING! “FOR!YOU!KNOW!THE!GRACE!OF!OUR!LORD!JESUS!CHRIST,!THAT!THOUGH!HE!WAS! RICH,!YET!FOR!YOUR!SAKES!BECAME!POOR,!SO!THAT!YOU!THROUGH!HIS!POVERTY! MIGHT!BECOME!RICH.”!!2!CORINTHIANS!8:9!
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• ALL!GIVING!STARTS!WITH!_________.! • THE!COMMAND!TO!GIVE!IS!BORN!OUT!OF!THE!_____________.!!! ! • NO!ONE!_____________!OUR!GOD.!(ROMANS!8:32)! • WE!ARE!ALWAYS!ON!THE!_____________!END!IN!OUR!GIVING! RELATIONSHIP!WITH!GOD!
! • SUPPORT!RAISING!IS!A!REMINDER!THAT!WE!ARE!ALWAYS!A! ____________!PEOPLE.!!! ! !
• YOU!ARE!RICH,!NOT!____________.!
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“He!who!has!God!and! everything!has!no!more! than!he!who!has!God! alone.”!C.S.!Lewis!
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EVANGELISM!&!FUNDRAISINGvii! WHAT!DO!YOU!FEAR?!! ! 1. BOTH!REVEAL!______________.! ! 2.!!!BOTH!INVOLVE!________!!___!!!_________!!!!______________________.! ! 3. BOTH!CREATE!A!_____________.! ! 4. BOTH!PAINT!A!________________.!
The!3!hardest!convos!to!have:! 1. Share!the!Gospel! 2. Confront!someone!in! sin! 3. Ask!for!support! !
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!!!MINISTRY!&!FUNDRAISING! THE!FUNDRAISING!PROCESS!HAS!MANY!OVERLAPPING!AND!DEVELOPMENTAL! SKILLS!FOR!THE!PROSPECTIVE!MISSIONARY.!!IT!IS!AN!EQUIPPING!TIME!THAT! REALLY!READIES!AND!REINFORCES!ONE’S!CALLING.! ! BOTH!REQUIRE!YOU!TO!BE!A!_________!9!!______________! ______________!IS!KEY!IN!BOTH.!!! ! ____________!SKILLS!ARE!CRUCIAL.! _________!!__________________!IS!IMPERATIVE!IN!BOTH! ! BOTH!!_____________!AND!______________!ARE!NEEDED!TO!BE!EFFECTIVE.! BOTH!INVOLVE!_________!!_________________.! ________________!IS!PRACTICED!IN!BOTH.! ! BOTH!ARE!BUILT!BY!_______________.! BOTH!ARE!_________!9!_______________.!
CONVICTIONS!MUST!BE!LIVED!OUT!IN!_____________.! !! !
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!!!!!!!PARADIGM!SHIFTERSix! GOD! OUR!GOD!IS!MORE!____________!TO!HIS!MISSION!THAN!WE!COULD! EVER!BE.! ! MISSION! WE!ARE!A!_____________!PEOPLE.!!THEREFORE!GOD!IS! ACCOMPLISHING!HIS!PURPOSE!THROUGH!__________.! ! YOUR!MINISTRY! THIS!MINISTRY!IS!______________!THE!KINGDOM!OF!GOD.! ! YOU! YOU!ARE!A!GREAT!________________.!!! ! OTHERS! YOU!ARE!NOT!JUST!SUPPORT9RAISING!BUT!_____________!9!RAISING.! ! MONEY! MONEY!IS!FOR!_____________,!NOT!FOR!HOARDING.!!! ! SUPPORT! FUNDRAISING!IS!NOT!SIMPLY!AN!AFFIRMATION!STEP!TO!PROVIDE! FUNDING,!BUT!ITS!PROVIDES!ESSENTIAL!_______________.!!! ! GOSPEL! THE!GROUNDS!FOR!PAUL’S!COMMAND!TO!THE!GIVE!IS!THE! ____________.!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What!is!eternal?!!(God,! His!word,!and!human! souls)!!What!else! would!you!give!your! life!to?!!
What!your!God!thinks! about!you!is!the!most! important!thing!about! you!!
Giving!cannot!get!any! more!core!or!central!to! Christianity!because!it! is!tied!so!directly!to!the! Gospel.!
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“SUPPORT”!IN!THE!SCRIPTURE! PHILIPPIANS!4:10V20!
“I!rejoiced!in!the!Lord!greatly!that!now!at!length!you!have!revived!your!concern!for!me.!You! were! indeed! concerned! for! me,! but! you! had! no! opportunity.! 11!Not! that! I! am! speaking! of! being!in!need,!for!I!have!learned!in!whatever!situation!I!am!to!be!content.!12!I!know!how!to!be! brought!low,!and!I!know!how!to!abound.!In!any!and!every!circumstance,!I!have!learned!the! secret!of!facing!plenty!and!hunger,!abundance!and!need.!13!I!can!do!all!things!through!him! who!strengthens!me.! 14!Yet!it!was!kind!of!you!to!share!my!trouble.!15!And!you!Philippians!yourselves!know!that!in! the!beginning!of!the!gospel,!when!I!left!Macedonia,!no!church!entered!into!partnership!with! me!in!giving!and!receiving,!except!you!only.!16!Even!in!Thessalonica!you!sent!me!help!for!my! needs!once!and!again.!17!Not!that!I!seek!the!gift,!but!I!seek!the!fruit!that!increases!to!your! credit.!18!I!have!received!full!payment,!and!more.!I!am!well!supplied,!having!received!from! Epaphroditus!the!gifts!you!sent,!a!fragrant!offering,!a!sacrifice!acceptable!and!pleasing!to! God.!19!And!my!God!will!supply!every!need!of!yours!according!to!his!riches!in!glory!in!Christ! Jesus.!20!To!our!God!and!Father!be!glory!forever!and!ever.!Amen.”! !
What!conclusions!can!you!draw!about!fundraising!from!the!Philippians’! support!of!Paul?! ! ! !
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#1.!!______________,!not!just!about!money.! ! #2.!!_______________,!not!just!duty.! ! #3.!!_______________,!not!just!an!individual.! ! #4.!!________________,!not!just!an!event.! ! #5.!!________________,!not!just!optimism.! ! #6.!!________________,!not!just!a!gift.! ! #7.!!________________,!not!just!obedience!! !!!!!!!to!a!command.! ! #8.!!________________,!not!just!an!expense.!
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