ViewPoints: Fresh Perspectives On Personal Support Raising

ViewPoints gives fresh perspectives on personal support raising for any Christian worker seeking to fund his/her ministry.

With 66 chapters full of biblical and practical advice and resources, this book is sure to provide encouragement to you during the support raising process.

Hardcover, 174 pages
Copyright 2010

Reviews:
- Scott Morton, International Director of Personal Support Development for The Navigators
"This series of practical answers to on-the-ground questions about fundraising ought to be in every Christian worker's library. Besides answering my questions, the articles inspire me not only in fundraising, but also in leadership."

- Betty Barnett, YWAM Missionary & Author of Friend Raising
"Steve Shadrach's ViewPoints is brimming with practical helps for support raising, as well as great encouragement. His experiences from many years of living on missionary support gives rich wisdom and perspective on a vast array of topics and concerns. Whatever you're struggling with regarding support raising, you'll find help in this book!"

- Claude Hickman, National Director of The Traveling Team
"Many people see support raising as a wall with a moat on the other side. It represents the barrier to get over in order to get to "real ministry." Some can scale the wall or help others scale the wall, but I truly believe God has raised up Steve Shadrach in our day to be a part of bringing the wall down - thus unleashing myriads of laborers into the world. ViewPoints will help you and your staff tear down the various walls in your own mind - like fear, lack of training, and small vision. My staff and I personally are indebted to Steve for these biblical and relevant insights. The greatest discovery you will make is that the very wall that has fallen is actually the bridge that God has placed there to carry you to where you need to be."

- Dave Flynn, National Director of the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement Study Program
"Steve Shadrach's insights and challenges run against the quick-fix, mass-mailing, email-appeal, shallow-relationship approaches that characterize much of the support raising that takes place today. Such methods often leave people disappointed and frustrated and produce little or no support. But if you are eager to work hard to develop a solid, faithful support team to under-gird your ministry, then this book is for you. Be warned in advance, ViewPoints challenges you with a very high bar. It is filled with encouraging case studies and anecdotes that will leave you with the sense that "I CAN DO THIS!" Plowing, cultivating, planting, and weeding are all arduous tasks, but the Lord does not bring forth a harvest without them."

- Sharon Epps, Executive Vice President of Content and Media at Crown Financial Ministries
"Fully-funded is a declaration of God's abundant provision for the Christian worker. In ViewPoints, Steve Shadrach captures simple yet profound support raising principles leading to that declaration of "fully funded." The staff at Crown benefit tremendously from learning and employing these principles. Whether you are a support raiser or a supporter, these short chapters contain nuggets of wisdom that will allow the declaration of "fully funded" to ring loudly throughout teams of Christian ministry workers around the world."