• Direction and Counsel Concerning Field Choices

  For a missionary candidate who is seeking God's will, GFA provides information concerning the needs and opportunities for missionary service around the world and assists him in discerning God's call.

• Credibility

  GFA helps give credibility to the individual missionary. The testimony of GFA adds Christian recognition and weight to the missionary's calling. Pastors have greater confidence to invite a missionary to speak when they know he is with a board that will maintain a strong Biblical position over the years of the missionary's service.

• Training

  GFA assists in the preparation of its missionary appointees through its yearly missionary conference and through individual instruction to help them have active and fruitful deputation and on-field ministries.

• Transmission of Funds

  GFA keeps financial support records for each missionary and project and provides him a monthly statement of support and supporters. Support sent through GFA will be sent to the missionary and receipts sent to donors.

• Representation

  GFA is recognized by many foreign governments and can therefore deal more effectively with difficult problems, visas, etc., that the missionary may encounter on the field.

• Practical Assistance

  GFA strives to maintain open channels with the missionary on deputation, on furlough, and on the field and offers assistance whenever needed.

• Insurance

  GFA arranges group insurance coverage for each missionary and handles the processing of claims.

• Communication

  GFA communicates with the missionary's supporters and friends around the world to keep them up-to-date with his ministry and needs. This is accomplished through a variety of means: literature, letters, and radio broadcasts. 

• Consultation and Encouragement

  GFA provides its missionaries with solid counsel in matters relating to deputation, furlough, and field ministries. While on the field, the missionaries are visited by mission personnel, and during furloughs debriefings are held with each missionary to help the mission maintain a clear understanding of the needs and challenges of each field and missionary.

• Mediation

  GFA is able to act as mediator in problems which may occur on the field. Problems on a field can involve several missionaries and mission agencies, as well as several home churches. The mission board, as a neutral mediator, can effectively help resolve these conflicts.

• Coordination of On-Field Ministries

  GFA assists by helping to coordinate missionary endeavors. Because of its extensive association with strong Fundamental churches at home and with mission fields around the world, GFA can provide a solid pivotal point for coordination between them.

• MK Education

  GFA provides materials for educating its missionary children on the field. GFA also provides special training for those who homeschool their children on the field.

Providing Assistance

Many logistical issues confront missionaries who seek to travel to and work as missionaries on the foreign field today. GFA Missions is able to assist missionaries by providing:

• representation before foreign governments
• contacts for support
• training and counsel from experienced missions personnel
• coordination of on-field ministries
• affordable insurance
• materials for children's education
• helpful literature

How Does GFA Do It?

GFA offers all of these services to the missionaries with no required service charge. One hundred percent of all funds received at the home office for missionaries goes to them. GFA does not automatically take for home office operational costs from the missionary's support. We depend largely on gifts from churches and friends of GFA.