Whether alongside the equipping period or afterwards, there will need to be a further process of raising your support. That could mean fundraising, unless your church is intending to fully support you financially. It also definitely means raising up a team of supporters who will pray and stand with you as you go to the field - this will be your PACTeam. Depending on how this works in your own church, this could also take a whole lot of time – more need for patience and trust! We have some resources to help you here as well.

If the church endorses, hopefully they will also partner with the pre-field missionary in the matter of financial support. Clarification of the level of that support is needed at this point and mentoring through the process of fundraising and support-team raising (whatever the method preferred by this particular church). Affirmation is vital – it is much easier for others, particularly those in authority in the church, to advocate for their financial support than for the candidate to do that on their own behalf! Someone in their support team might take on helping with crowd funding or managing the financial side of their preparations to go.

Whether alongside the equipping period or afterwards, there will need to be a further process of raising your support. That could mean fundraising, unless your church is intending to fully support you financially. It also definitely means raising up a team of supporters who will pray and stand with you as you go to the field - this will be your PACTeam. Depending on how this works in your own church, this could also take a whole lot of time – more need for patience and trust! We have some resources to help you here as well.

If the church endorses, hopefully they will also partner with the pre-field missionary in the matter of financial support. Clarification of the level of that support is needed at this point and mentoring through the process of fundraising and support-team raising (whatever the method preferred by this particular church). Affirmation is vital – it is much easier for others, particularly those in authority in the church, to advocate for their financial support than for the candidate to do that on their own behalf! Someone in their support team might take on helping with crowd funding or managing the financial side of their preparations to go.