A blog by Commission Creative about design and digital marketing for missionaries.
2 months ago Donor Relations and Fundraising Tools 7 min read
Prayer magnets do more than hold up notes on the fridge. They help keep your ministry and prayer needs front and center in the daily lives of your supporters. Because let’s face it–even your most devout supporters are still going to see their fridg...
2 months ago Design Tips and Donor Relations 4 min read
Remember when you were packing to move overseas? Maybe you had access to a shipping container and could send bigger items like pieces of furniture to your new home. Maybe you were more like my family and had to pack up your life into 14 suitcases (which kind o...
5 months ago Donor Relations and Fundraising Tools 6 min read
In A Spirituality of Fundraising, Henri Nouwen offers a reframing that has brought freedom to countless missionaries and ministry leaders. He invites us to see itineration, deputation, or support-raising not as begging or self-promotion, but as an invitation i...
8 months ago Donor Relations and Fundraising Tools 3 min read
Are you looking for end-of-year giving campaign ideas to help you meet your fundraising goals? With Giving Tuesday and a new year right around the corner, now is the time to put those plans in motion! We’ve rounded up a few important tips and deadlines t...
4 years ago Donor Relations and Fundraising Tools 8 min read
My family was at the beginning of an enormous home renovation in rural Malawi when the world shut down in 2020. Costs of labor and materials sky-rocketed, the borders closed in our small southeast African country, and we became 100% dependent on online fundrai...
5 years ago Donor Relations and Fundraising Tools 6 min read
You made that life-changing decision to become a missionary, and you are excited about the next step of your journey! You know that to serve on the mission field you will need support from others to allow you to do what God has called you to do. Your next step...
5 years ago Donor Relations and Fundraising Tools 4 min read
Even with the rise of social media, email is still one of the preferred methods of digital communication. Email is fast, convenient, and professional (at least it should be). I am pretty young and do not remember a time where the internet and email did not exi...
9 years ago Donor Relations 5 min read
Contained in the poem, Judge Softly, by Mary T Lathrap, is the familiar phrase, “Take the time to walk a mile in his moccasins.” It is a poem about knowing and understanding a person by experiencing what they have experienced. In preparation for cross-cultural...
9 years ago Donor Relations and Fundraising Tools 4 min read
We knew in returning to the Arab World that we would need to open a business to maintain our visas in the country. After much prayer and discussion with our leadership, a business plan was created and adopted. Our supporters were quick to jump on board during ...
