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We want to thank you for your interest in TETM. And we
appreciate the invitation to encourage your people with the
amazing privilege of cross-cultural mission to unreached
peoples.
TETM is going through an exciting phase of rapid growth. And
because of the many invitations to speak and teach in various
churches, conferences and missionary training schools it has
become necessary to develop some basic guidelines for our
traveling staff.
We obviously want to maximize quality interaction time with your
people. At the same time, frequent travel is exhausting. As some
of our itinerant staff log many miles and weeks away from their
homes and families in this ministry, it is important that we
devise common sense strategies which will help them accomplish
their objectives among the churches and also avoid travel
burnout and discouragement.
Unless other arrangements are agreed upon in advance, we would
like to suggest the following travel expense, accommodation and
honorarium guidelines.
Travel Expense Guidelines
It would be helpful if travel expenses are reimbursed prior to,
or by the time of, departure from your city. We will supply all
the needed receipts to justify those expenses.
Accommodation Guidelines
We are often asked our preference for housing accommodations. We
are very happy to stay in your homes. As already stated, it is
our desire to make the most of our time with your people. Some
of our greatest experiences are in the homes of believers. And
some of the most significant ministry and fellowship occur
there.
However, there are some basic needs which we want to make you
aware of.
Homes. We will be happy to be assigned a family home in which to
stay while we are with you. However, as we rest and prepare for
public ministry, we need some private space. We ask that we be
provided with a private bedroom.
Hotels are a great blessing. If your budget allows for our stay
in a hotel, we will be most appreciative. And we encourage you
to put us in a Motel 6-type motel. These are generally
inexpensive but comfortable. A chain hotel normally assures that
the basics such as a clean bed, working hot and cold water and
room temperature controls will all be functional.
If we are housed in a local hotel, please feel free to arrange
for our meals in the homes of mission interested people in the
church. We welcome and look forward to these times of
fellowship.
Honorarium Guidelines
In addition to covering the travel expenses of our missionaries,
we ask that you seriously consider taking a “love offering” for
the ministry following our presentation. This would take the
place of the usual honorarium such as would be given to someone
providing “pulpit supply.” We understand that some churches
don’t “pass the plate” as a matter of policy. But neither can we
justify the days of travel, preparation and ministry for a token
honorarium. In all honesty, we’re not really interested in
simply providing pulpit supply for a Sunday, if that’s all
you’re interested in. We are looking for churches and
individuals who are passionate about getting Christ preached and
the gospel established among unreached peoples.
Let us explain our thinking. In our experience, a usual
honorarium is in the amount of $75.00 - $200.00 dollars.
However, we are involved in an exciting adventure with Christ,
with the gospel, to the nations. And we are going to your church
with an agenda – To issue a biblical and forthright challenge
for your people to get seriously and personally involved with us
in this amazing privilege - To get the gospel established among
the remaining, least reached people groups of the world.
With this in mind, we unashamedly ask you to publicly encourage
the brethren to prepare in advance to respond monetarily to the
task of pioneer mission as presented by our TETM missionary.
We simply ask that the congregation be given an opportunity to
freely give, according to their ability and upon the merits of
the mission we describe, as the Spirit of God directs them.
Our prayer, as we prepare to be with you, is that the Lord will
cause our new relationship with your church to become a powerful
partnership as we aggressively plunge into these new regions
with Christ and the gospel.
Because of the Cross,
The To Every Tribe Ministries Team
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