Even if your next mission trip is still a year away, it’s never too early to start financially planning for it. Here are some fundraising tips to consider to help ease the stress of raising money for your next trip.

Although the missionary is traditionally seen as being on the field, there are many roles which a modern missionary may take, (it could even be a desk job). So what does a missionary actually do?

Read five tips for lessening the impact of culture shock when studying abroad and doing international missions, written by Professor Nathan Cameron.

God says to honor your parents, but what do you do when your parents don’t want you to honor what you believe God is calling you to do?

If you want to be a missionary, you’ll need to come up with a way to make ends meet, so here are the 5 most common methods missionaries use to garner support while abroad.

How can you know for certain if you have been called by God?

It can be hard to decide on a missions training program, as you want to choose the one which will prepare you best for the mission field. However, without diving into a commitment, how do you know which program will properly develop you into the missionary who can fulfill all that God is calling you to do?

When people decide they want to do missions but lack the training, they may look for the quickest track to get them on the field. However, shortcutting the educational process will leave one unequipped…

Before you commit to a college mission training program, make sure it will train you in methods that are good for the people you serve, and for you.

An Institute for G.O.D. gives advice on how to pray for kids when they’re far away from home.

Institute Dean Jeffrey Sherrod talks about his experience teaching the Bible in India, and how experiences in the third world have changed the way he reads the Bible.

Institute Alumni Ashley Moore writes what she learned in her studies abroad, and why every college student should consider doing them.