1. For the highest levels of leadership within denominations and church planting movements that they would be blessed with insight and vision for mobilizing their constituencies to catch, build and run with a vision for world evangelization, and to recognize and network with the global Body of Christ.

2. Mission Mobilization Agencies - that these would be blessed with servant-leaders and servant-hearted staff members who are filled with the Holy Spirit and wisdom, empowered to succeed in their respective rolls and knit together in collaborative relationships with every member of the mission mobilization "industry")

3. Mission Mobilization Conferences, Courses, Seminars, Workshops & Roundtables - that these would get excellent publicity and exposure, the Holy Spirit would draw participants to come and that He would also anoint the speakers and foster kingdom advancing relationships between the participants.

4. Mission Mobilization Print and Web Communications - that these would be empowered and effective in keeping every constituency member connected and encouraged in their mission involvement.

5. Mission Mobilization Resource Development - for existing resources to be upgraded where needed and for new resources to be developed as needs are discovered. Also, for good commumnications between ministries to prevent duplication and to see colloaborative efforts producing better products.

6. Networking Major North American Cities - that they would be blessed with visionary mission networkers, leaders, intercessors and mobilizers.

7. Mission Mobilization Consultants & Coaches - that they would be well recognized, utilized and that their work would be a great blessing to the churches they minister to.

8. Mission Mobilization Finances - for every mobilization ministry to be fully staffed, every staff member and project fully funded and all finances wisely leveraged for the greatest possible impact on the kingdom.

9. The Perspectives Course - for God to continue the increase in students, staff, volunteers, professors and new church involvement. Pray for the continued upgrading of the Perspectives new and more robust web site and that strong vision is cast and new coordinator teams and classes are raised up where needed and that alumni are followed up with increasing connectivity)

10. Prayer Campaigns, Church Prayer Leaders Networks, Denominational Prayer Links, and Networkers - that mission mobilization ministries would be empowered and supplied to engage many of North America's prayer networks to the end that they would be blessed with strategic mission vision and increasing participation in the World Christian movement.

11. National Association of Missions Pastors (NAMP) - that these would be well attended, serviced and greatly anointed by God to impart vision, knowledge and passion for His glory among all peoples. And, for God’s blessing on existing leadership and missions pastors as well as for new leaders and networking where none exist)

12. Strategic Initiatives: Call2All, Finishing the Task, The PEACE Plan (that God would guide and bless these initiatives with Spirit-led, humble servent-leaders and provide all that is necessary for bearing much fruit for the kingdom)

13. The USCWM’s Million Person Campaign - Though this has yet to be fully developed, this promising campaign needs prayer and personnel so that it would be empowered to rapidly spread vision to thousands of churches for reaching the unreached peoples.

14. Christian Universities, Colleges and Pastoral Training Programs - that they would be graced to recognize the priority of world mission and solidly teach their students World Christian Discipleship.

15. Business As Mission - that various ministries promoting this relatively new concept would be greatly blessed, illuminated in best practices and networked for synergistic impact.

16. Strategic North American Mission Umbrellas & Movements: CrossGlobal Link, The Mission Exchange, AERDO, Mission America Coalition, Vision Synergy, Call2All , Transform World - that God would grant wisdom, guidance and resources for the leadership of these services to member agencies and services to church and field partnerships.

17. The Finishers Movement - that God would continue to empower this ministry to connect early retirees—and those still not ready to retire—with opportunities to get involved in missions as a next step career.

18. MissionNext.org - that God would bless, guide and supply this start-up, off-shoot of the Finishers movement as they target GenXers—those in their 20’s and 30’s—to get them radically committed to the great commission.

19. RightNow.org (that God would continue to bless, supply and guide this ministry as it has been instrumental in connecting students and twentysomethings with mission opportunities around the world)

20. Citywide Missions "Celebrations" - This concept is still "incubating" but it would ideally include: 1) mission leadership training and, 2) a larger gathering [examples would be: a Missionsfest event or Portland's Mission Connexion] where local churches have their members connect with speakers and workshops; helping them learn what it means to be a sender, goer, mobilizer and welcomer, while discovering a host of outreach opportunities. This powerful tandem event could be recognized, funded and utilized by citywide mission networkers as a key part of their mobilization strategy. Pray and see if God would be pleased to bless your city with such a celebration.

21. Urbana, Passion and other student missions conferences - that they would continue be empowered with leadership, vision and finances to persistently call forth today’s young people to commit their lives to sending, going, welcoming, mobilizing and networking for the expansion of the kingdom.

22. Campus Crusade, Intervarsity, Navigators, Chi Alpha and Baptist Student Unions - that these would all become increasingly focused on awakening their constituencies to God's heart for the nations and servicing this vision in a spirit of collaboration.

23. Missions Periodicals & Ezines: Brigada Today, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, International Journal of Frontier Mission, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Lausanne World Pulse, Mission Frontiers, Missions Catalyst, Mobilizer, Momentum, Networker, Women of the Harvest and your own denomination’s missions bulletin (for increased readership and for mission vision to be powerfully imparted and acted upon)

24. The Adopt-A-People Strategy (for those facilitating campaigns, including various denominations and independent sending agencies…and for a rapid increase in local church involvement, including the raising up of thousands of local church adoption “champions” who will help their churches stay the course for the long haul)

25. The Joshua Project Office (for increased staff, finances, wisdom, networking and information flow—in and out—to help the global Body of Christ know where best to channel their resources and personnel in reaching the least reached peoples of the world.

26. Missionary Training (for denominational and non-denominational agencies to be blessed with wisdom and personnel to effectively train missionaries and missionary candidates)

27. Missionary Sending Agencies (for denominational and non-denominational agencies to be blessed with vision, personnel, finances and wisdom to send out only those whom God has called and to service them in the truest sense of partnership with the church(es) that send them)

28. Children’s Missions Education (that God would bless and network workers and ministries dedicated to equipping children’s ministries [jostly Sunday Schools] with the vision and tools to solidly disciple children in missions involvement)

29. Short-Term Ministries (that these would increasingly refine their strategies and training to reflect the best practices in short-term mission, to the end that more short-termers will be equipped to recognize and respond to a life-time calling to send, go, welcome, mobilize or network for the kingdom)

30. Ministries to Refugees, Immigrants and International Students (that these would be empowered to equip the Church with the vision and tools available to impact those whom God has brought to our shores)

31. Church Mission Web Pages (that churches will prioritize seeing that their web sites and missions pages are easily managed, high quality, generationally sensitive, regularly updated, interactive and filled with both static and new material geared to helping their members catch, build and run with a world vision) (that these would be blessed with strong, servant-hearted visionary leadership that makes missions a sustained priority for their ministries and for every member)


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