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Finance
Crosslinks relies mainly on donations from churches and individuals, and hopes supporting Churches will be able to contribute a realistic proportion of their mission partner's costs. Crosslinks is normally responsible for funding mission partners' allowances and other expenses, including travel, medical care and education of children. The majority of your giving in connection with your mission partner will be for such budgeted expenses.
Crosslinks also recognises the obligation to provide mission partners with necessary and appropriate resources for their ministry. You may feel your mission partner could use a special item of equipment and decide to collect money for it. However, a very expensive gift might prove inappropriate in terms of the local culture and could be counterproductive to Christian witness in the local community. It might raise difficult questions about ownership (does it belong to the mission partner or to the local Church, and can it easily be taken over later by the Church?). So please consult with the
Finance Department before sending such gifts.
Occasional small gifts, not exceeding £50, are another matter - but remember they may attract customs dues far in excess of their value to the recipient! Money for approved equipment, and for personal gifts, may be sent via Crosslinks. Support for specific projects involving your mission partner's work is also welcome. Details can be obtained from the
Finance Department
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Family
Your mission partner may be grateful for the Church's sensitive support of members of their family who may live in your neighbourhood. But please talk this over with your mission partner first.
For further reading:
A Task Unfinished, Michael Griffiths, Monarch, £5.99, ISBN 1 85424 313 6 (especially chapters 2, 5 and 7)
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