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How to coach your long-distance champions

“I love TG, but we’re an international ministry [or I’m a missionary heading to the field] and my champions aren’t local. How can I coach them?” It’s a valid, vital question and one I receive a lot. That’s why I was … Continue reading

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Want to increase donations? Demand difficult deeds.

I loved Kristin Ivie’s whole piece on millenial activitism (Is it activism 2.0 or slacktivism?). It’s worth reading in its entirety, but she definitely buries the lead: Research on what motivates people to give shows that people are more likely to … Continue reading

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Why do missionaries only have time for me when I break up with them?

I received a thank you card in the mail today. Handwritten. First class stamp. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Foley, Thank you so much for your support of [our ministry]. Through kind donations like yours, we are able to feed children … Continue reading

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