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WHO IS MISSIONSMART?
Purpose
The idea behind MissionSmart is to provide a single point of contact
for anyone interested in Christian missions education, missions mobilization,
and missions involvement. The focus is on providing individuals,
small groups, and churches with the tools they need to assess their
missions efforts, to generate ideas and plan a balanced approach
to missions, and to find the resources they need to make their missions
plans successful.
History
A group of experienced missions planners felt the need for a set
of tools to help churches evaluate and plan their missions involvement.
They envisioned a library of tried and proven ideas, some planning
tools, and a single catalog of missions education resources from
a diverse set of publishers and agencies. They enlisted other leaders
and sought the help of a well-established missions organization.
The MissionSmart Web site was released June, 2001.
Partnership
MissionSmart is the result of a cooperative effort between Baptist
state conventions, state WMU organizations, International Mission
Board, New Hope Publishers, North American Mission Board Education
Team, and WMU, auxiliary to Southern Baptist Convention. About half
the development funds have come from the states' WMU conventions,
and about half from national WMU. National WMU has also provided
project management and will provide ongoing administration of the
Web site. To fulfill its goal, MissionSmart will continue to welcome
new partners to contribute new ideas and opportunities and new resources
beyond the initial set.
For More Information
About the MissionSmart Web site:
missionsmart@wmu.org
About becoming a MissionSmart field consultant:
missionsmart@wmu.org
About contributing ideas and resources to MissionSmart:
missionsmart@wmu.org
Administrative
Partner
WMU: www.wmu.com
Current
Partners
International Mission Board: www.imb.org
New Hope Publishers: www.newhopepubl.com
North
American Mission Board: www.sbcmissioneducation.com
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