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Mobilization

The work of awakening, recruiting, and sending people into cross-cultural mission service. At a missions gathering, mobilization sessions connect candidates with agencies, training paths, and field opportunities.

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Sending agency

A church, denomination, or mission organization that assesses, trains, funds, sends, and cares for field workers. Agencies usually host tables or appointments at mission conferences.

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Field worker

A person serving long-term in a cross-cultural context, often responsible for building a partnership team of churches and individuals who pray, give, and advocate.

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Unreached people group

A population without an indigenous church movement able to evangelize the group without outside help. Mission strategy sessions often organize prayer and recruitment around these groups.

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Partnership development

The process of building a team of prayer partners, financial supporters, and sending churches for a field worker. Conferences often run workshops on building and sustaining that team.

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Member care

Ongoing pastoral, emotional, and practical support for field workers and their families, including debriefing, counseling, and re-entry care.

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Short-term mission

A trip of weeks to months that supports field work, often used for exposure, service, and recruitment toward longer-term assignment.

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Third-culture kid

A child raised in a culture different from their parents passport culture, often called an MK or global nomad. Mission conferences may offer dedicated family or youth tracks.

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Church planting

Starting new congregations, often treated as a central measure of mission work. Sessions may cover models, funding, and local leadership development.

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Indigenous church

A locally led, self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating church. The term is used in strategy discussions about long-term sustainability.

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Diaspora ministry

Mission work among people groups living outside their homeland. Houston's international communities make this a practical local focus for some agencies.

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Creative access

Serving in locations where traditional religious worker visas are restricted, often through professional, business, or humanitarian platforms.

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Sending church

The local congregation that commissions, funds, and supports a missionary. Conference sessions often help churches build a sending culture.

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Re-entry and debrief

Structured processing for field workers returning from assignment, covering grief, transition, family needs, and next-step discernment.

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Prayer advocate

A volunteer who mobilizes prayer for a field worker, people group, or project. Agencies often recruit prayer advocates alongside financial partners.

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Field partner

A local church, NGO, or network that receives and works alongside visiting mission workers. Healthy partnerships emphasize local leadership and shared goals.