A vibrant church must have a strong emphasis on Missions. When the Pastor and Church leadership show the importance of Missions, the congregation gets behind Missions with their giving and with their interest.
1) Keep the Church up to date. Have a time each week when you update a Missionary to the congregation. You can do this during a prayer service or in the weekly bulletin. Read a missionary letter or share their prayer requests.
2) Have a designated Missions area AND keep it up to date. Most churches have a bulletin board or other area where they list their missionaries and have their prayer cards. It is vital that this area is kept fresh with up to date letters. People will gravitate towards this area and read what is new.
3) Make sure the Missionaries prayer requests are available. Our church secretary takes the prayer requests from each of the missionary letters and compiles them into a concise missionary prayer list. We have at least a dozen people that take that list each month to pray specifically for the missionary needs.
