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General Guidelines
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Read through the service options on the Services
Offered page. If you are interested in applying for membership
after reading through the services, call the IMF office 763 571-5967
and request a General Fellowship application packet, along with
a Missions packet, to be sent to you. Fill out the application for
membership in the Fellowship and provide the information requested
on the IMF Missionary Preliminary Application Form (found below).
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The IMF Missions Agency suggests that you complete
a video/workbook program which is available to you through the IMF
office. You will also receive a copy of the book Friend Raising
by Betty Barnett and People Raising by William P. Dillon,
which we recommend that you read. In addition a week long training
class in fund-raising in Orlando, Florida is available to IMF members
who desire to take specialized training in this subject as well
as missions candidacy school (additional costs required).
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Send in your list of supporters or potential supporters
to IMF. If you already have been working with a group of people,
our aim will be to maintain or improve the caliber of your mailings
and correspondence. If you are just beginning to establish your
support base, we will send out your first letter along with a letter
of recommendation from your pastor or IMF as well as a response
card for the recipients of your letters to fill out. We have numerous
member clients who enthusiastically recommend our services to others.
Contact our office for references.
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IMF is unable to directly furnish you with names
and addresses of potential supporters. We will, however, make every
effort to present your ministry to the members and friends of the
Fellowship.
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Telephone and in person interviews are available
with the IMF Director of Missions or an other Missions' Representative.
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Once you receive a missions packet, you will need
to fill out the questions on page 5 (the questions
are also found below, for your reference, when you click on the
Missions Application link).
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Agency missionaries come under the active covering of the IMF Missions
Department. We work with you to develop specific ministry goals and a
system to report your progress towards them. We help you publish regular
attractive newsletters, and we try to work with churches and individuals
to develop your support on the field. Agency missionaries pay a flat monthly
fee based on the size of their mailing list or at a rate established by
the IMF Board of Directors depending on services required. Agency Missionaries
are given counsel regarding ministry vision, strategies and tactics, oversight
and accountability in ministry, and field visits when possible. Member
missionaries are IMF members in good standing who use our support services
on an occasional basis, but who are not formally enrolled in the Missions
Agency itself. General donations are tax deductible and we provide timely
receipts to donors.
We require that all new missionaries in either program be members
in good standing with IMF and under the Spiritual covering of this
ministry.
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Publishing, printing and mailing of bi-monthly newsletter. |
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Reception of support checks and depositing donations |
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 Thank you
letter with tax-deductible receipt sent to donors. |
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 Monthly notification
to missionaries of gifts received from those who
help support their ministries. |
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 Spiritual
covering for you. |
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 Fellowship,
mutual nurturing and encouragement. |
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 A quarterly
magazine, The Gathering from our President, staff members
and IMF Consultants sharing information, ministry resources
and spiritual insights while encouraging one another “unto
love and good works” Hebrews 10:24. |
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 Bi-monthly
letters of supporting encouragement sent from our
Director of Missions to all missionaries. |
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 Consultation
and networking on ministry-related issues and programs. |
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 Membership
in an International network of ministers with
approximately 1,100 members in 34 countries. |
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Rates: The IMF Missions Agency is structured on a fee-for-service basis. You will be billed according to the services provided through one of two formulas listed below. General
Policies (Fees are subject to change without notice.) |
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Salary and benefits as established by Board of Directors. |
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Explanation
of rates: Although newsletters are sent out bi-monthly,
the thank-you receipts are sent out monthly. Financial support processing
and mailing list maintenance are also weekly services. Therefore
our rates are pro-rated on a monthly basis. Base rates here contained
are subject to change. Members are always notified well in advance. |
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Billing:
Your payment is due each month. Each time your newsletter is sent
out the monthly rate could increase or decrease due to the number
on your list or size of newsletter. A bill will be sent each month.
You will be assigned a date by which your newsletter is due. Your
bill must be up-to-date in order for your newsletter to be mailed
out. You will be provided a publication and mailing schedule for
your newsletter and payment is due each month. Example: If you have
100 people on your mailing list, all with US addresses, your monthly
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Billing is determined
by Board resolution. Notice of any changes would be given in advance. |
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Unpaid bills:
No newsletters will be mailed if service fees remain outstanding.
If any service fees remain outstanding more than four months, all
agency services will be terminated. |
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Debt:
If it is learned that the missionary or missionary candidate has
incurred personal which is not being satisfactorily managed, the
agency reserves the right to terminate agency services. |
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Statement of Faith: IMF is an Evangelical Fellowship
with an emphasis on the centrality of Christ and the Person and
Work of the Holy Spirit which offers fellowship, multiple members’
resources including appropriate ministerial credentials, ecclesiastical
endorsement and the service of a missions sending agency. We will
not publish or mail newsletters that contradict the IMF Statement
of Faith. If it is learned that the subscribing party does not
adhere to the IMF Statement of Faith and code of ethics, agency
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Click here to review IMF's Statement
of Faith, or click on the Statement of Faith link located
on the menu bar. If you are interested in missions please read and print the following:
Please note:
The online versions of these files are in Adobe PDF format. If
your browser or operating system does not currently support PDF
files, please download and install the free reader software. |
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Ministerial
Credentials including special ministry license as a
