by Jon Konnerup
The BBFI Mission Office, founded in 1950, serves as the World Mission Service Center for BBFI churches and their missionaries. One of our primary responsibilities is to administrate the mission policies of the BBFI — set forth by pastors who joined together with a vision to establish a mission-focused service center that would provide services and support for BBFI missionaries and churches, yet recognize the sending church as the missionary’s final authority and biblical sending agency.
Most pastors appreciate the process our missionaries go through to become partners with BBFI churches. It is not a perfect process, but it assures the supporting pastor that the missionaries have met certain doctrinal, educational, practical, and other requirements.
Following are some of the services we provide for missionaries sent out by BBFI Fellowship churches:
Processing of Funds — 100% of what is sent for a missionary is given to the missionary. Monthly statements and annual reports are provided.
Financial Services include assistance with any type of foreign government requirements, bank letters of credit, letters of guarantee, loans for vehicles, emergencies, and foreign churches, retirement options from support and assistance with quarterly estimated tax payments.
Personal Benefits including worldwide medical coverage including evacuation for medical emergencies, life insurance, and a disability program.
Training/Networking through our candidate school and annual missionary family reunion.
Website Services such as access to current and archived statements and reports, and data that can be exported.
We strive to efficiently and effectively serve your missionaries every day as the bridge between those who give and those who go.
The operational cost for each missionary contribution we process is approximately $3.50. We encourage each church or donor to contribute a minimum of this amount every month for each missionary they support. For example, if a church supports 10 missionaries through the BBFI, a $35 monthly gift to the Mission Office helps cover these operational expenses.
Each Mission Office director is a former missionary. They are able to answer questions concerning the needs of our missionaries, their fields, processing of funds, or the internal workings of the BBFI Mission Office. They are available to speak in mission conferences or to preach in special services.
Consider what the BBFI World Mission Service Center has to offer as you choose a service center for your missionaries.