Chapter 2 highlights the importance of "missionary care". Sending churches take care of the missionaries they send. Churches should be involved in missionary care because this is a biblical aspect of mission (Philippians 4:10-19 and 1 Cor. 8:1-15). When missionary care is high on the list of importance at a church, then it becomes easier to mobilize your church for mission because people are exposed to the work of mission. The ways to care for missionaries is to communicate with them, show them great hospitality when they are home, pray for them constantly, connect them to Small Groups, send teams to do ministry with them, stay involved in their lives even though they are overseas and holding them accountable to report back to the church.
As Fellowship sends missionaries from our church, I hope that we are able to support those we are sending. One of the guiding principles that our mission team has established is that we want to "partner well" with those we are partnering with. This means that we want to there to be a vibrant relationship between the church and those we are sending.
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