- Read a missionary biography.
- Pray for people you see in world news reports.
- Take a course like Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.
- Go to the library and check out books about countries or people groups that interest you.
- Visit JoshuaProject.net.
- Use the internet to explore different areas of the world.
- Do an internship at a missions agency.
- Ask God to show you for whom you should pray.
- Sign up to receive prayer letters or e-mail updates from workers and pray regularly for them.
- Request country- or people-specific prayer points for your computer or mobile phone.
- Join or start a prayer group through your church or among your friends.
- Purchase the Operation World book and pray for people in a different country each day.
- Go on a short-term cross-cultural trip with your church or college group.
- Use your profession to share the good news and Christ’s love among the nations.
- Students can go on a “back and forth” trip with their college group or seminary. Serve Asia is one opportunity.
- Contact a few mission agencies to see how they might utilize your skills short term or long term.
- Pray about a missions worker God might want you to encourage.
- Create a local sending group. Consider sending care packages.
- Encourage a missions worker by e-mail, Facebook, telephone or video call.
- Share a meal, your professional skills, a car or guest room with a missions worker.
- Financially support a missionary or project.
- Start/join a home ministry team to encourage/support a missionary.
- Welcome missionaries home in practical ways.
- Become a friendship partner with an international student through organizations like International Students Inc.
- Introduce yourself to internationals in your neighborhood or while shopping.
- Start an English class for internationals at your church.
- Volunteer at a food bank or refugee outreach.
- Connect with a local welcome ministry to a specific people group.
- Go to a seminar on reaching your East Asian neighbor
- Advocate for a people group or a cause.
- Invite friends to an internationally focused class or event.
- Volunteer with a mission organization.
- Facilitate a Global Ministry Group to help your friends in their missions journey.
- Invite a friend to join you on a short-term trip.
- Help bring a global vision course like Perspectives on the World Christian Movement to your church.