Comparing Organizational Fundraising to Personal Partnership Development
A number of years ago, someone put a copy of Henri Nouwen’s booklet “A Spirituality of Fundraising” in my hands. Near the beginning of the piece…
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I won’t come down…
This is part one of a two part article series. This first article shares the support raisers experience. The second article shares a bigger vision and…
How Getting to Full Support Changed Me as a Coach
It is stated in three simple words – get fully funded. You are a leader, a coach, a trainer, and, as such, you are an example for the supported staf…
When to Say “No” to Raising Support
When I met Jessie, everything indicated he would be a star in his ministry. The ministry he was aiming for was at the center of his passions. It was …
The Price of Effectiveness: What Organizational Change Actually Costs
In 1919, Texas Baptists began a ministry for college students. Our first Baptist Student Ministries (BSM) was planted at Texas A&M and UT, but soon in…
National African American Missions Conference Report – Day 1
Mission leaders, the people they mobilize and teams on the field need both early and ongoing conversations around race, cultural differences and confl…
Looking Beyond the Class
At first, the words were faint, harmlessly percolating in my mind, but a question soon formed and draped over my shoulders like a yoke, “Did I prepa…
Join Us as We Pray for Our Nation and Leaders
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER — May 7, 2020 On behalf of Missio Nexus and the Missio Benefits Committee we would like to invite you, your…
Wanna Go For a Sprint?
An MPD Sprint is a 30-45 day period in which full-time staff spend part-time (20 hours a week) in a support raising season supported by a coach and in…