MOP February 2015

Facilitator: Ken Guenther

We all long to hear those cherished words “well done, good and faithful servant. Come and share your master’s happiness.” But what does it look like to do your ministry “well”? What serves as authentic measures of “success”? We will see that missionaries define success differently and that one’s understanding of success change over the life of a missionary career. A study of Paul’s measure of success in his apostolic ministry will guide us in our development of a personal definition of success for our first term of service.

1. To discuss various ways that missionaries define whether they have been successful or not
2. To study the Apostle Paul’s markers of successful ministry.
3. To write out a personal definition of success for the first term

• In Google Docs format
• In Word format

• Series of blog posts by Ken on the definition of success for missionaries

A short introduction to SEND U, explaining how the training, coaching and resources provided by SEND U can help you develop as a missionary.

• SEND U short introduction in Google Docs

• SEND U wiki
• SEND U blog
• Training opportunities in the life of a SEND missionary
• MOP-up explanation > the three-month on-field training and coaching for all first term missionaries in the middle of the first term
• IGP guide > A guide developed by SEND U to help you create your own annual Individual Growth Plan
• Am I ready for coaching? self-assessment
• Multiplying Churches Globally > annual training workshop for church planters in Minneapolis, co-sponsored by SEND U.

• Women to Women > support, member care and training for women, coordinated by the Women's Ministry Team
• Missio Nexus > A network dedicated to advancing the Great Commission. SEND is a member organization of Missio Nexus.
• As a member of SEND International, you have access to many free resources from Mission Nexus. If you were a member of MissioNexus prior to March 2016, you will need to request a new password to log-in.
• Ann Baur at mailto:abaur@send.org is the primary administrative contact for SEND. If you don't have a profile, contact Ann.
• Once someone is logged in, the live webinars can be found on the calendar or under the Categories: Event Proceedings-Webinars in the column on the right hand side. Old webinars are also available for viewing at the samelocation.
• Grow2Serve > the online platform that SEND uses for online courses. World Team and ReachGlobal also offer courses on this platform.
• Missio Nexus > A network dedicated to advancing the Great Commission. SEND is a premium access member of Missio Nexus.
• See the range of benefits available to SEND missionaries who create a profile on the Missio Nexus website, and identify themselves as SEND members.
• Create a profile on Missio Nexus so that you have access to webinars, book reviews
• Grow2Serve > the online platform that SEND uses for online courses. World Team and ReachGlobal also offer courses on this platform.
• Creative Results Management > provides the curriculum for The Coaching Workshop and further training in coaching. See coaching page on wiki.
• Simply the Story > training in orality. See Story-telling page on wiki.

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