NEWS FLASH regional missionary in trouble? - Page 8

Thad · #71 03-12-2007, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rrford

Nor do I. But thus far no one has came up with a better idea.

umm, couldn't they get private sponsors? isnt there a way to invest this money to earn a greater profit?

Felicity · #72 03-12-2007, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Guy

Even when dodoes at home

Thad · #73 03-12-2007, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Guy

HQ has tried other things to alleviate the burden of traveling with limited success. The benefit of the traveling is that it raises the missions profile in the local churches.
What we need is a genius with a plan that no one else has come up with.
Then with the petty and small minded withholding missions support just because they can it exacerbates the problem.

seems to be a growing problem with the invention of the internet too

#74 03-12-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam

Shouldn't it be well published what percentage of income (offerings that come in) go to overhead? That way you could tell folks when you take up the offering, "75 (or whatever the figure is) out of every 100 dollars you give will go to some missionary (maybe not the one you designate but to some missionary as per the FMD formula)."

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the administrative stuff about 15 percent?
Any reasonable person recognizes and expects the costs of a support network.

Steve Epley · #75 03-12-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam

Shouldn't it be well published what percentage of income (offerings that come in) go to overhead? That way you could tell folks when you take up the offering, "75 (or whatever the figure is) out of every 100 dollars you give will go to some missionary (maybe not the one you designate but to some missionary as per the FMD formula)."

Yep the folks will knock you down putting money in that pan.

Felicity · #76 03-12-2007, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Guy

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the administrative stuff about 15 percent?
Any reasonable person recognizes and expects the costs of a support network.

I think the 15% figure is about right.

#77 03-12-2007, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Felicity

Had to check my spelling.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
do·do /ˈdoʊdoʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[doh-doh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -dos, -does. 1. any of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez.
2. Slang. a dull-witted, slow-reacting person.
3. a person with old-fashioned, conservative, or outmoded ideas.
4. a thing that is outmoded or obsolete.

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[Origin: 1620–30; < Pg doudo, fool, madman (of uncert. orig.); the bird appar. so called from its clumsy appearance]

#78 03-12-2007, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Epley

Yep the folks will knock you down putting money in that pan.

Assuming they have a heart for the work of the kingdom they probably would. It is to be hoped that the work of the kingdom is bigger than any one personality.