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Fun and meaningful ways to support missionaries besides giving money
Maybe you don’t have the means to be a monthly donor. That’s okay! You can still be a meaningful part of their support team. There are many ways to support missionaries that don’t involve giving money.
Finding Your Role in the Great Commission
There are many ways to utilize your skills and serve God intentionally and internationally. We want to highlight some of these definitions and companies as they might help you understand how your current career path, whatever it may be, can be used by God in an overseas context. God is doing neat things overseas and we want to provide an opportunity for you to hear how He may be wanting to use you!
Support Raising Resources
Raising funds for your salary is often a necessity in ministry work. However, we must not forget that support raising, although necessary, is as much a spiritual work as serving at your church, praying fervently, or reading your Bible. These all take a little bit of discipline and a lot of the Holy Spirit. Each of these gives us the greatest joy when done with the right heart, but can quickly spiral into legalism and shame if we are not careful.
Looking for your Next Step?
Everyone has a place and role in the Great Commission. God wants to use you for beautiful things! Here are some things you can do right now to start reaching the nations whoever you are, wherever you are.
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Part Two
Last week we shared part one of our review of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. This book is a practical resource for people who are feeling burnt out and spiritually deficient and wish to slow down and take up the easy yoke of Jesus. Here are two more of our favorite points.
Virtual Missions Experience
We talked to a participant of our Virtual Missions Experience and asked him some questions about missions and what he hopes to learn from VME.
In the Office: A Behind the Scenes Look at a Mobilizer's Ministry
One of our mobilizers had the opportunity to sit down with The Center for Missionary Mobilization and Retention and give some insight on their podcast into the day to day life of a mobilizer and how what many of us may perceive as mundane is an important piece of the mobilization process.
Without the Hope In Christ
We must refocus our thoughts, training, and activities on our mission. We must bring the hope of Jesus to those who are hopeless.
Cafe 1040's mission was formed around the reality that there are almost 3 billion people who have little to no access to the gospel. That’s 42% of the entire world’s population and the majority of these people groups all live in one area of the world – the 10/40 Window.
Creative Ways to Connect during COVID-19
Are you looking for creative ways to stay connected or connect with friends and family during this time? Our team has some creative ways to connect while we are socially distancing.
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World
Ramadan is 30 days set aside every year for Muslims to fast from sun up to sun down. For some places in the world, this could mean over 18 hours of fasting each day. Fasting is one of the five pillars in Islam. It’s a time set aside to focus on prayer and the reading of the Qur’an in an effort to seek God.
What it Means to be a “Learner”
"Learner" has continued to be the number one role I have played during my time here.
Fortunately, that's been a pretty easy role to fill, because believe it or not, there's a TON to learn about the Father, His plan for the world, and how I can be a part of it.
Episode: 27 Mobilizing the Next Generation
How can we make significant progress on reaching the nearly 7,000 unreached people groups in the world today? Our founder was Greg Kelly’s guest on this episode that is consumed by that challenge.
International Day for the Unreached
Cafe 1040's mission was formed around the reality that there are almost 3 billion people who have little to no access to the gospel. That’s 42% of the entire world’s population and the majority of these people groups all live in one area of the world – the 10/40 Window.
On June 9, we get to join together for the International Day for the Unreached.
16 Ways to Pray for Missionaries
Prayer is one of the greatest ways we can support those that we send out. David Platt pulled together sixteen ways he saw in Scripture to pray for our missionaries.
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World
Ramadan is 30 days set aside every year for Muslims to fast from sun up to sun down. For some places in the world, this could mean over 18 hours of fasting each day. Fasting is one of the five pillars in Islam. It’s a time set aside to focus on prayer and the reading of the Qur’an in an effort to seek God.
Resources from Cross19
CROSS exists to see our generation live for the most loving cause in the universe: bringing people from every tribe, tongue, and nation into the everlasting joy of knowing and worshiping Jesus.
7 Book and Podcast Recommendations for 2019
Do you ever feel like there are so many books you’d like to read, but then you go to pick one and you never really know where to start? Did your friend share a long list of podcast recommendations and you have no idea what to download first?
5 Unique and Easy Ways to Support Cafe 1040
Leverage your charitable giving with give unique and easy ways!