1. Reasons Why We Should Invest In Missions Through Our Local PAONL Congregation Where Should We Give Our…

2. Hundreds of Voices Clamor for Attention!

3. They Present Thousands of Needs from Around the World

4. HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE TO GIVE FOR THE GREATEST ETERNAL INVESTMENT IN SOULS?

5. OUR MISSIONS GIVING IS BEST DIRECTED THROUGH OUR LOCAL ASSEMBLY… HERE ARE SOME REASONS WHY!

6. IT SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE New believers need to know the importance of regular missions giving When you give through your local church, you set the example for others to follow

7. IT ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE When you give to missions through your local Assembly, it motivates and excites others to become partners.

8. IT HELPS US MEASURE OUR RESPONSE TO WORLD NEED It gives us a tangible way of charting what we, as a congregation, are doing to reach a lost world It will reveal whether we are, in fact, doing our part for world evangelization

9. IT INCREASES OUR EFFECTIVENESS, MAKING US BETTER STEWARDS Pooling our missions resources makes it possible for us to reach goals unattainable to us as individuals There is strength in unity

10. IT SHOWS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE LEADERSHIP AND THE MISSIONS OUTREACH OF OUR FELLOWSHIP Missions leadership prayerfully considers the appeals for monthly support and project needs They are better informed and thus are able to make better decisions

11. IT ENABLES OUR CHURCH TO INCREASE OUR SUPPORT TO OUR CURRENT MISSIONARIES AND… ADD NEW MISSIONARIES EACH YEAR

12. GIVING TO PAONL MISSIONS OFFERS THE BEST ACCOUNTABILITY 100% of your offering is spent as designated! Every missionary must submit detailed reports on all spending THERE IS NO HIGHER LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY

13. WHEN WE GIVE TO PAONL MISSIONS WE CAN BE SURE THAT: Each area of ministry is prayfully considered Each project is a long-term investment Each missionary is a person of integrity

14. WE ARE ENSURED, NOT ONLY OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THE INTEGRITY OF THE MISSIONARIES To be good stewards, we must know those whom we support “But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you…” 1 Thess 5:12 ASV

15. IT IS THE SIMPLEST, MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GIVE TO MISSIONS It is more convenient, since we can give our missions offering in any service It encourages consistency and regularity It minimizes the possibility of our forgetting to mail our offering

16. IT HAS BIBLICAL PRECEDENCE “On every Lord's Day each of you should put aside something from what you have earned during the week, and use it for this offering… Don't wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once. When I come I will send your loving gift with a letter to Jerusalem…” 1 Cor 16:2-3 TLB