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Preparation and Training Path: Essential Steps in the Process

There are three major phases of missionary preparation and training. Each of these has a number of steps that go together. They can be clustered in the following manner:

Getting Ready – Stretching
• Personal spiritual formation (being)
• Body boost: getting on-the-job experience at home (doing)
• Exposure to other cultures (doing)
• Basic education (knowing)

Getting There – Linking
• Church and agency contact and candidacy
• Ministry assignment search
• Hands-on missionary training

Getting Established – Bonding
• Apprenticeships and internships
• Lifelong learning
• Finishing strong

Charting your journey is not so much about planning a vacation as it is about becoming intentional in joining God’s foreign policy. It’s taking time to pray and plan how you are going to get actively involved. It’s about taking specific steps forward rather than being shoved around sideways by peer and career pressure. It’s about moving from the grandstand to the playing field, whether as a grower or a goer. Your own journey will be unique. And charting your journey will be a life-changing process. These 10 steps will help you transform your ideas and commitment into a powerful plan for spiritual change.

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