Video Interviews

Tips, Advice and Stories about Becoming a Missionary

How to choose a mission agency

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Hundreds of mission sending agencies have been established in the United States alone. Choosing an organization to be part of can be a long and complicated process, something often likened to a marriage. In this brief video, a young couple talks about their experience in deciding on a sending agency.

Dating and missions

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One of the more common questions among young aspiring missionaries revolves around the dating life. Should I date? Who should I date? Can I date someone who isn’t interested in missions? The couple in this interview address some of these questions, drawing from personal experience.

Journey to the mission field #001

Video StillAn Operation Mobilization missionary talks about her journey to the mission field.

Setting up your home on the mission field

video thumbnailWhen you finally make it overseas, it’s important to set physical and emotional boundaries, so to speak, despite your desire to jump right into the new culture. In this video, one missionary talks about setting up house in a way that allows you respite from your new surroundings.

Operation Mobilization USA, tour

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This is a tour of Operation Mobilization’s U.S. headquarters in Georgia. It’s designed to give you an idea of the organization’s culture and opportunities via a tour of their offices and interviews with their staff.

Single women on the mission field

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Going overseas as a missionary and as a single woman can prevent unique challenges — as well as unique opportunities — that couples or single men might not have to deal with. This video begins to address some challenges single women may run up against as missionaries.

Overcoming obstacles

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On the path to becoming a missionary we encounter a variety of personal, financial and logistical obstacles. Hear a seasoned missionary talk about his own experience of overcoming a personal obstacle.

Called to be a missionary?

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Calling to missions is often an enigmatic and personal subject. How do you know you if you are called to be a missionary? Do you have to be called to serve overseas? In this video, an experienced missionary shares his perspective on God’s calling to missions.

Preparing for the mission field

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The topic of missionary preparation is daunting, and with this video we embark on a project that will hopefully make the process of getting overseas a little easier and quicker. We kick the series off with a little about God’s sovereignty and the importance of hands on ministry before serving cross culturally.

Staying motivated despite the obstacles

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Obstacles are inevitable as people prepare to serve overseas as missionaries. This couple reminds us that honoring God in the midst of planning to minster cross culturally is of utmost importance, and that our God is big enough to handle the roadblocks along the way.