National and International Missions Management
Get Help for Your Mission Trips and Missionaries
Show opportunities for your church members to get involved
Nearly all churches are involved in national and international missions trips. But if you're a larger church, broadcasting upcoming trips and the skills and resources needed gets complicated. Those leading the trip are vying for pulpit time and bulletin space but those options are limited. And what about your missionaries in the field? They could use support but how can you tell church members who they are, what they're doing, and what they need. There are plenty of people in the pews willing to help but without Meet The Need, it's hard to tell them how they can get involved.
Connect with Your Mission Partner Organizations
Automatically display and search for chances to deploy a mission team
Many times the issue is not figuring out who wants to go on a mission trip. Hopefully your church has a real heart for reaching out to those in dire need of the gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter where they are. If that's you, then your struggle may be finding opportunities that are right for your youth groups and adults anywhere in the world. Your church likely is affiliated with or knows national and international mission organizations. Through Meet The Need, search their database of upcoming trips and see details about requirements, accommodations, etc.
Features
Your Mission Trips
Let members search for skills and items needed
More members would go or give to an upcoming missions trip if they had greater awareness of where they were needed. Word of mouth and announcements aren't sufficient in most larger churches to root out the talents and resources your members could contribute. The Lord may be working on their hearts, but far too many just can't find the proper outlet for what God is pouring into them. With Meet The Need, you can show skills and items needed for upcoming trips anywhere in the world 24x7x365 via buttons on your website and Facebook page.
Your Missionaries
Communicate resource needs of mission families and groups
Few churches have effective avenues for sharing with members about the wonderful work being done by their missionaries or groups serving in the field. More than hearing stories, what if your members had an opportunity to assist and meet a family serving overseas? Those encounters could inspire them to fulfill their Great Commission calling. But they may not happen if your church has no easy way to tell your members who your missionaries are and what they need. With Meet The Need, that can all change and your impact in the world could increase dramatically.
Your Mission Partners
Find chances to serve in your country or internationally
As national and international mission organizations post trips or resource needs, decide whether you want to show those opportunities to your church. Or narrow the results you want to display to only certain countries or to specific types of projects. With Meet The Need, you're in complete control and, as always, it all looks exactly like your web site.
Track and Measure
See the impact your church is having in the world
With Meet The Need, you'll see what every member and group has done to serve in missions, whether it was giving items toward a trip, helping a partner organization or even going on a trip themselves. You can run volunteer hour and item reports by an individual's name or by type of trip over any time period.
What People are Saying
"Meet the Need has been very helpful to the Life Missions department of Christ Fellowship. Life Missions experienced great success in using Meet the Need for several of our large events, and it has been a very useful tool for mobilizing members outside of the church to serve. The metrics Meet the Need provided on the back end was incredibly helpful, especially on our projects involving thousands of people. In addition, we have been able to really bless many of our partner ministries in the community by recruiting volunteers for them through our website's use of Meet the Need. We have found Meet the Need to be helpful in relieving some of the administrative burden of our department as our congregation has become more familiar with using Meet the Need. We are grateful for this wonderful tool, and the level of service and help we have received from the staff of Meet the Need while we have been implementing it into the fabric of our church has been nothing short of phenomenal."
Christ Fellowship (West Palm Beach, FL) – Life Missions
FAQs
Q: How much does the national and international missions system cost? A: There are no required fees. Our mission is to see churches and charities doing more to bring help and hope to families in need, so we offer you all of our state-of-the-art solutions at no charge. As a non-profit, we accept voluntary donations from churches, charities and individuals who share our mission.
See More...Q: Does my staff or mission trip leaders need to be technically proficient to use Meet The Need? A: Not at all! There are no disks to load and very little training required. Everything is designed to be 1 click. Many small charities and churches and their volunteers have little "tech savvy", so we have to make Meet The Need simple to use and implement.
See More...Q: How do we integrate Meet The Need into our web site or social media? A: It's as easy as connecting a link to a button. There's no software to load – no disks! All of our software is "plug and play" – that's how you can show volunteer needs within minutes, not hours.
See More...Q: Since local searches in the U.S. through Meet The Need typically take place by zip code, how do users search nationally and overseas? A: Every country and major city in the world is in our system. Trips and needs are posted by country and the nearest large city, and searches are conducted accordingly. Opportunities in the U.S. can also be searched by city and state.
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