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You can take your career and be a part of a church-planting team at the same time as a Global Professional with Pioneers.

What does it mean, and what does it look like, for your church to partner with Pioneers? How can you, your church and Pioneers work together?

What does it really take to go and stay in hard places? We asked those doing it why they stayed and what advice they'd give others coming behind them.

Knowing you are called to the ministry of reconciliation doesn’t tell you how it should take shape in your life. So, how do you discern that?

How do you prepare to serve among the unreached? Each path is different. Use the Charting Your Course worksheet to brainstorm areas to pursue.

PALM is Pioneers ministry offering Bible courses, discipleship and leadership training for people at all stages of Christian maturity.

My preparation has required a tremendous amount of hard work and pressing into the Lord for the work that only He can do. But it’s been worth it.

Got questions? Here’s how Pioneers answers five commonly asked questions about preparing for effective cross-cultural ministry.

We see the process of sending out field workers as a partnership between the mission agency and the local church. Your church may feel the same.

Two fundamental obstacles to mission: We don’t know if we are the right people for the task, and we don’t know where we fit. How can we overcome paralysis?

A voice may sound from heaven and call you to a specific ministry, but for most of us, it is a more gradual process of discernment.

IT and missions are such a great fit! Read how Jon uses his IT skills to bring needed resources to his host community in Asia.

How do you find a mission agency that’s a good fit for you? Here’s how Pioneers would answer 21 important and frequently asked questions.

In this article, part of a series on barriers to serving in missions, a Pioneer shares how he’s come to appreciate the privilege of raising support.

Sensing God calling you to something crazy, but, in the immortal words of Will Smith, parents just don’t understand? It's a tricky issue. But we can help.

God gives great gifts to His kids. Like marriage. Children. Houses. Cash. Has one of these has become an idol keeping you from pursuing your mission vision?

Mission mentors talk, text or exchange emails with more than 2,000 people a year. Recently we picked their brains about the questions people ask.

After years building community with people in my church, I had to start over with a new sending church. But what would that look like? Who would send me?

Millions of questions swirled in my head as I prepared for my move to North Africa. But the two that loomed largest were about singleness.

You’re thinking about a life overseas. Maybe you feel ready to sign up and get started. But God has slowed you down. What can you do while waiting?

Your support is raised. Your bags are packed. You’re heading out for your first term as a newly minted missionary. What are you forgetting?

Experience in corporate America helped a Pioneer open a business in the Middle East that provided jobs, gave him credibility and yielded spiritual fruit.

Nothing can eliminate all the surprises, twists and turns that come with a cross-cultural move, but visiting the field can really help. Take a survey trip.

Let us so live as the first believers did. Committed to Christ, each other, and whatever it takes … for as long as it takes.