At this stage, you get on a plane and head off for 2 years or more to serve unreached people groups!
Action Steps:
- Fill out an Austin Stone Financial Support Application. Submit this application.
- Build an Advocacy Team. An advocacy team is group of individuals (typically 6-12) who take the responsibility to coordinate our church’s support and encouragement of our Goers (single, couple, or family) and to serve as their representatives to the Austin Stone church body. The team is our primary link between the Goer and the rest of our church. Because of the strong personal relationships, the Goer can be open and honest, allowing his or her team to see needs and share successes and defeats. More information about Advocacy Teams.
- Conduct a Commissioning Service. In the style of Acts 13:1-3, we want to make sure that your Advocacy Team and our church leadership has a chance to lay hands on our Goers and pray for them. Organizing a commissioning service is the first act of serving of a Goer’s Advocacy Team.