Congratulations to our Sponsor for
this First Edition of The Bridge!
GLOBAL OUTREACH
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Don Parrott,
President
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Welcome to the first edition of
The Bridge! This monthly eNews will keep you connected
with the amazing ministry and impact of Finishers
Project. Please read on and give us your feedback. When
you call or write, we listen!
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Boomers:
God's Provision for Kingdom
Expansion
There are 78 million of us across the
U.S. We are the healthiest,
wealthiest, most educated generation in our nation's
history! Trained by corporate America
and looking to leave a significant impact with the
investment of our coming years.
Just at the time in history when business,
management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills are
needed to access countries for kingdom impact, God has
an army of 12 million evangelical Boomers looking to
finish well. Coincidence?
Not a chance. The events and
values that shaped this unique generation have been used
by the Lord of the harvest to prepare the workers he
needs for this period in history.
Finishers exists to help connect Boomers
with thousands of local and global opportunities. We
have connected 3,000 to date, with our sights set on
5,000 in the next five
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Connection Campaign for
$235,000 -
Launched to Connect
5,000 People to a Missions Role by
2011!
In January of this year Finishers launched the
"Connection Campaign" to fund the Finishers vision. With
God's blessing and your help, we will connect 5,000
people with ministry roles by the end of
2011.
To accomplish this urgent goal, we must increase
capacity and recruit people for 10 strategic
areas: 1) Operations, 2) Church
Relations, 3) Finishers Forums, 4) Agency Relations, 5)
Coaching Network, 6) Web Development, 7) Communications,
8) Development, 9) MSO 9000/Business-As-Mission, and 10)
Prayer
Network.
Already, God has provided Paul and Colleen
Erdmann for Operations and Tom Adelsman for Church
Relations. Two down, eight to
go!
We are also trusting God to provide
$235,000 in contributions during 2007. Join us as an
advocate for Finishers Project and introduce your
colleagues to the opportunity to have a significant
impact on our world. Forward this eNews to your pastor
and several friends and pray that 5,000 more Boomers
will answer the call to a missions
career!
To
discover more about the personnel needs, click on the
"Positions With Us" link on the Finishers
website. To donate towards the
expansion of this urgent movement, click on the "Donate"
link in the eNews or at www.finishers.org. Thank
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Another Successful Connection through
Finishers
The Abrahamsons share their
story:
"We were simply
curious and had no intention of going into missions when
we took a class called Perspectives on the World
Christian Movement. What happened, instead, was
that our hearts were changed!
"The last Perspectives speaker introduced us to
the Finishers Project and we filled out the on-line
form. To our surprise we were linked to 50-60
organizations that needed people with our skills!
At this point we really needed to
talk to the different agencies to find a best fit so we
went to a Finishers' national conference to meet the
agencies. We were wrestling with
questions such as; 'Where does He want us to go?' and
'What is God's plan for us?'
"During this time we were accepted by Wycliffe
and began to raise our support. Using
techniques we learned at the Finishers conference, we
shared our assignment and vision for ministry with
everyone we knew and the Lord provided our needed
support in about eight months.
"Although we
desired to serve overseas, the Lord made it clear that
there was a strategic need for someone with Ed's
experience in Wycliffe International at Dallas. In his
new role it has become clear why the Lord gave Ed 25
years of experience developing publishing processes for
aerospace companies.
"Frances is now serving as receptionist at the
International Linguistics Center's welcome desk. She
greets newcomers to the Center, takes care of Center
registration paperwork, and ensures that they make
necessary connections at the Center. Her assignment is
just exercising the gifts that the Lord has given
her."
What
are your
next steps toward a career in missions? Come to our
Finishers Forum in Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 28-29 and
benefit from helpful seminars and opportunities to meet
with representatives from missions agencies. Check out
our website at www.finishers.org for a plethora of
information on many topics for finding your place in
missions!
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