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What Is MissionSmart and What Can I Do On This Web Site?
MissionSmart is a Global Missions Connection. It is continually being updated to include more and more
resources to assist individuals, groups, and churches grow in their missions awareness and involvement. Using
MissionSmart you can:
- Assess your Christian missions involvement
- Plan for greater involvement, and
- Find resources to make your plans successful.
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Why Would I Want to JOIN MissionSmart?
You don't "have" to join. However, if you do, you'll get to enjoy added benefits, like:
- USE THE ASSESSMENT TOOLS to evaluate your group's involvement in missions, and,
- USE THE PLANNING TOOLS to create one or more plans for your group.
- You will even be able to SAVE YOUR PLANS AND UPDATE THEM AUTOMATICALLY as related resources change!
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What Are The Benefits of Joining MissionSmart?
- Assessment tools to evaluate your group's involvement in missions.
- Planning tools to create one or more plans for your group.
- Links to resources that can support the plans you create.
- Saved plans that can be edited, updated, or expanded in time or scope.
- AND MORE! Click on "Join" for more information.
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How Do I JOIN MissionSmart?
Click on "Join," fill in the required information, and your FREE MissionSmart member account will be set up automatically. It's EASY, and it's FREE. All you need to submit is your name, email address, and password (all other information is optional).
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What if I decide not to JOIN MissionSmart?
- You can see SAMPLE PLANS like those you could build to meet your unique needs if you JOIN.
- You can BROWSE RESOURCES. You will be able to choose the emphasis topics, choose the audiences, set the resource types and produce a list customized to your choices. Links on each resource will take you to sources and ordering sites. You will not be able to produce plans with the related ideas and resources available to members.
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What information do I have to give in order to JOIN MissionSmart?
When you join MissionSmart, you will create a User Profile. The only required items are Name, Email address, and Password.
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What if I change my email address?
If your email address changes, just log in to MissionSmart with your old email address and update your email address by editing your User Profile.
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What is MissionSmart's Privacy Policy?
If you provide your email address, you may occasionally receive direct communications or promotional material from us. Your email address will not be shared with a third party. For detailed information, go to: http://www.missionsmart.net/Content/privacy.asp
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What are MissionSmart's Member Tools?
Links on the Member Tools Menu carry you to areas where you can:
- Build a Plan: Create a new plan or edit an existing plan using the ideas database and planning tools.
- Edit Your Profile: Edit your member profile or change your password.
- Create Group Profiles: Create a group profile of information which allows us to know how to assist you in creating effective plans for your group or church.
- Question / Comment: Send us your question, suggestion for improvement, or idea for a new feature of MissionSmart.
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What is a Plan?
MissionSmart guides you to build a monthly, quarterly, or annual missions plan with resources and ideas you choose to meet the needs of your church or group. Access to new resources and new ideas are being added to MissionSmart data on an on-going basis.
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What 10 Areas Are Surveyed In The Assessment Inventory?
Leadership, Missions Bible Study, Church Planting, Evangelism, Ministry, Missions Awareness, Prayer, Spiritual Development, Stewardship, and Volunteerism.
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How Will The Assessment Inventory Help Me And My Church?
Answering five, multiple choice questions on each of the assessment's ten survey areas will automatically produce a bar graph showing the missions strengths and weaknesses of your group or church. Links from the bar graph will take you to related resources, which can be used to strengthen the weaker areas.
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How do I change the information on my User Profile?
When you log in to MissionSmart, one item on the Tools menu is: "EDIT YOUR USER PROFILE" A click on that link takes you to the information you entered when you joined MissionSmart. Just make changes and submit that information, and your User Profile will be updated
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Can I "Browse Ideas" like I can "Browse Resources" in MissionSmart?
Yes. The "Browse Ideas" option is now available, and may be accessed by clicking here.
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