Every church has a unique role in global missions. Improve your vision and strategy to play it well.

We want you to thrive

 

God has given people, experiences, and resources to your church to impact the nations in a particular way. Does your current missions strategy reflect the call and the gifts God has given you?

Whether you’re building a program from the ground up or you’ve been involved in cross-cultural work for decades, ACCESS consulting (Assisting and Coaching Churches to Effectively Send and Sustain), will help you evaluate your current strategies and develop structures and processes that strengthen your effectiveness in cross-cultural missions.

Take steps to your next level

  • Evaluate

    Evaluate the effectiveness of your current missions strategy and inventory your church’s resources to use them more effectively.

  • Learn

    Learn how to send and sustain cross-cultural workers, develop processes for partnering with nationals, and engage with internationals in your community.

  • Implement

    Ongoing coaching after our onsite visit helps you clarify and take your next steps.

Customized for you

ACCESS is mobile and can be held at any location convenient for you. Prior to the time onsite, we will interview pastors and missions leaders from your church to gain insight about your current missions involvement and strategies. Using this information, we will tailor the weekend to fit your unique goals to help you go from where you are to where you want to be.

ACCESS includes personalized content, interactive discussions, and practical tools for implementing what you learn. 

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Modules

  • ACCESS: Strategy

    Foundational for all other modules, in this module you will invest in refining, defining, and developing your cross-cultural vision and strategy. The Church has 3,000 times the finances and 9,000 times the personnel needed to complete the Great Commission. Whether your missions program is longstanding, getting started, or in between, you will explore what God has uniquely positioned your church to do, and craft actionable plans which align with that vision.

  • ACCESS: Caring for Global Workers

    7 of 10 global workers who return "home" prematurely leave for preventable reasons. In this module, you will engineer missionary care structures and strategies to promote flourishing workers and prevent premature departures. Architect proactive, intentional care teams that help sustain your people over the long haul.

  • ACCESS: Short-Term Trips

    Short-term missions draw 2 million participants each year from the US alone, and 84% of long­term missionaries served on a short-term trip. These trips can range from deeply formative to discouragingly fruitless. Through this module, you will engineer and construct effective short-term trips that align with your strategy, and craft a plan to steward the "before, during, and after.

  • ACCESS: Engaging Internationals

    Over 40% of the world's 220 Heads of State once studied in the US, yet 80% of international students, refugees, and other immigrants will never set foot in an American home. Many churches are eager to change the story, but the biggest challenge is often knowing where to begin. In “Engaging Internationals” modules, you will learn fresh ways to mobilize and inspire your people to engage the internationals God has brought to your backyards. Through looking at God’s heart for the foreigner and the stranger among us, your congregation will discover avenues to grow in concern for these populations and actionable ways to form lasting and meaningful gospel friendships.

  • ACCESS: Sending Church

    We believe missions agencies serve an important role in connecting cross-cultural workers with the nations they serve, and we believe the local church plays a central role in global missions. In “Sending Church” modules, you will rediscover God’s heart for the nations and His desire to work through local churches to proclaim the gospel around the world. We’ll equip you to identify, encourage, and equip cross-cultural workers in your congregation and to partner effectively with sending agencies. 

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Pricing

In ACCESS consulting, a team of Train International’s church-coaching facilitators comes to your church to connect with your leaders. Details about typical arrangements can be found in the preliminary questionnaire form. Train International asks the church to arrange for or cover the cost for facilitator's travel and lodging and lunch on Saturday.

If you have questions please contact us at 417.625.1400 or admin@traininternational.org

 

$1750

Church Size: 500 or fewer people

$2500

Church size: 500–999 people

$3000

Church size: 1000—1999 people

$3500

Church size: 2000 or more people

 FAQs

 

  • For ACCESS church consulting, the church(es) requesting training provide meals and accommodations.

  • Yes, once registered and paid, you may transfer to a later training session.

  • The delivery of the module is one weekend. We recommend you then spend at least 3-6 months implementing what you learned before progressing to the next module.

  • Most modules take one weekend.

  • We recommend that you plan 3-6 months in between modules to provide time for implementation,

  • Yes! If you want to coordinate multiple church congregations attending, please contact us at admin@traininternational.org.

  • We are an independent and unaffiliated training organization.

    We have the privilege of serving a great variety of agencies, churches, and denominations.

  • We recommend that you begin with the Strategy module. Then, based on your strategy, you choose the next relevant module.

  • A more in-depth outline of the process can be found in this PDF here.

Have a question that wasn’t answered here? Please contact our Administrative Assistant at 417.625.1400 or admin@traininternational.org

What people are saying about ACCESS

 

“This ACCESS coaching has gone beyond my expectations! So much information and freedom to adjust and fit our personal needs where we are as a church. With the trainers having been on the field themselves, serving on teams coaching global workers, and working in church contexts, it felt like they could speak so directly with wisdom for where we find ourselves and where we want to go! Great job! A+!” ~Participant, Plainfield Christian Church

“You could say our church had become stuck in our ways for some time. Thank you—your ACCESS coaching helped breathe new life into our whole leadership and church.” ~Participant, Highland Park Christian Church

“Train’s ACCESS coaching was full of great material and excellent presentation. Even better than expected! You did a really good job of generating enthusiasm for missions for our leadership and our whole church! We’ll be discussing and unpacking some of the strategic building blocks you gave us.” ~Participant, Boulevard Christian Church