M-DAT partners with AskAMissionary.com
by Peter Armstrong
I am excited to share that AskAMissionary.com is now included in M-DAT’s family of mission websites. AskAMissionary started out 10 years ago as an eNewsletter to help people get their questions about mission service answered. As questions and answers poured in, a website was launched to make them more accessible. The site now boasts 400-plus answers from experienced Christian missionaries to hundreds of questions about being a missionary for one year or longer. The email version of the service continues and has grown to 2,000 subscribers. God brought all of this about through an ordinary person who offered up a portion of his free time to encourage people in missions involvement!
Early this year M-DAT entered into an agreement with John McVay to take on the lead role in operating the service. The agreement is a one-year trial period, intended as a stepping stone toward a permanent partnership. We are happy to have John continue his involvement with the project and he is excited to see his “hobby” taken to the next level.
Our team is pleased to have the opportunity to help raise the profile of this good, solid content. Over the coming months we will overhaul AskAMissionary.com, making it a bit more user friendly, updating the look and improving the visibility of the site in major search engines. We will also integrate the Q&A content into PreparingToGo.com, which is currently in beta. No immediate changes are planned for the newsletter.
Please take a look at the site. You can post a question or contribute an answer. While you are at it, don’t forget to subscribe to the AskAMissionary eNewsletter to get the latest questions and answers!
John McVay is administrator of In His Image International and coordinator of the Tulsa Missions Mobilizers Network, as well as developer of The Journey Deepens retreats.
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