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Introduction
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NVision is a unique, one-day encounter exposing God's people to what He is doing around the world and helping them to find their most strategic role in completing the Great Commission. This fast paced multi-media experience is informative, exciting, and life changing. Our team of speakers are some of the top mobilizers in the country, having ignited vision and passion for the world Christian movement in hundreds of thousands of students and adults. As they share powerful stories, challenge with truth from God's word, and reveal sobering worldwide facts and needs, the Holy Spirit will move the hearts of your people toward greater involvement and sacrifice.
NVision Promo Video
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NVision is a powerful seminar designed to help Christians discover what God is doing in the world, why He wants them to participate, and what is now needed to reach the nations. The seminar consists of four 50-minute fast-paced, multimedia presentations from a passionate missions mobilizer on the four components of world evangelization. The seminar includes interactive notes, Power-Point presentations, video clips, small group discussions, Q&A, bookstore and more.
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Biblical
God's desire and purpose on earth is to redeem all people. Learn to look at life and the world from God's perspective. You will find out that from Genesis to Revelation, the Word of God is really a mission book with one concurrent theme-God using man to reach all nations. |
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Historical
Hear the inspiring life stories of great pioneer missionaries who have gone before us. They have left behind their legacy as examples of commitment, faith, and vision. You will be challenged by their lives to start making a difference in the world of Jesus Christ. |
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Cultural
Over 6 billion people today inhabit the earth. Approximately one-third of those have no access to the gospel. Gain understanding of the cultural demands and implications for the Church today and learn just what it will take to reach theses peoples of diverse languages, customs, and beliefs. |
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Strategic
Whether you are a student, layman, church worker or homemaker, God has a role for you. You were meant to participate in reaching the world for Christ. Not only will you learn how to turn these truths into a lifestyle, but you will take with you the necessary tools and resources to pull it off. |
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Our Vision & History
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Vision
NVision, formerly known as Day of Discovery, was developed by Steve Shadrach, founder of Student Mobilization. Steve saw a need to help students and other believers discover God's biblical passion to reach all tribes, tongues, and nations with the gospel. While missions has been one of many themes which have been emphasized by the American evangelical movement, world evangelization is not a prevailing priority among believers in the United States. An opportunity exists to serve churches and campuses throughout the country by presenting four lively and engaging 45-50 minute sessions which thoroughly reveal our biblical, cultural, historical and strategic role in worldwide saturation of the gospel.
 While evangelical believers are generally aware of missions as a priority of the church, a huge vacuum exists when considering how to connect Americans to God's passion for reaching the nations. Presenting the heart of God to reach every nation will inspire a new level of excitement and purpose.
One of the hurdles to igniting Americans with world vision is their busy schedules and their latent belief that "missions" is a boring and threatening subject. Past experience may hold encounters with missionaries with whom they are not willing or able to relate. In order to "inject" God's mission vision into His beloved people, a calculated plan for exposure is critical. NVision can be part of that plan.
History
 Dr. Steve Shadrach, former Missions Pastor and founder of Student Mobilization, took the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course at the U.S. Center for World Missions in the summer of 1985. He then started and facilitated several Perspectives courses until 1995, when he and his family moved to Ukraine to pursue mission efforts abroad. Upon his return, he began developing a one-day condensed version of the semester-long Perspectives course. He took the main four parts of the course (Biblical, Historical, Cultural, and Strategic) and created a note taking/resource notebook along with a PowerPoint presentation and video clips to provide believers with a hard-hitting multimedia journey into the heart of God. Churches, Christian colleges, campus ministries, church and parachurch staffs, and mission conferences have benefited from this dynamic presentation seeking to help Christians become "World Christians" with God's perspective and heart for the nations.
NVision is recognized as part of the Perspectives family www.perspectivesfamily.org
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Speakers
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Todd Ahrend is a graduate of Northeastern State University and a former campus minister at Tulsa University. He has a master's degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and is pursuing a Doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Todd and his wife Jessica have been married for 10 years. Todd is the founder of The Traveling Team, a collegiate mobilization ministry and for seven years, Todd and Jessica traveled the United States speaking to college students about missions with this ministry. They have been on over 450 college campuses and have spoken to thousands of students trying to help them understand their role in world evangelization. For one year, they lived and traveled in the Arab World, gaining insight into the status of Christian witness there. Todd has recently transitioned to the International Director of The Traveling Team, which seeks to use The Traveling Team's resources in countries outside of the U.S. They have two children, Camden and Brody. |
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Dave Flynn is the National Director of the Perspectives Study Program, part of the Mobilization Division of the U.S. Center for World Mission in Fayetteville, AR. He has an BS in Missiology from Nyack College, and a Master of Science in Management in International Development from Hope International University in Fullerton, CA. Dave and his wife Liz have been part of the USCWM since 1999, working six years in Pasadena, where Dave was the Director of Recruiting, before moving to Northwest Arkansas in 2005. Dave has shared his passion for the unreached peoples of the world in churches, colleges, and seminaries, and has taught extensively in Perspectives classes throughout the U.S. He has served briefly on short-term mission projects in India, Kenya and Peru. Dave and Liz have three children; two in college and one finishing high school. |
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Claude Hickman is the executive director for The Traveling Team, a national missions mobilization movement. He and his wife Rebecca live in Oklahoma, and have experience in China, Ukraine, Philippines, and the Middle East. Over the last decade, Claude and Rebecca have traveled full time, speaking to more than two-hundred thousand students at college campuses, conferences, and churches in the U.S., casting vision for the evangelization of the world. Claude is the author of Live Life On Purpose, and speaks nationally at Perspectives classes and NVision seminars. In 2007, he was the keynote speaker for the World Evangelization Conference at Dallas Theological Seminary, where he has earned a Masters in Biblical Studies. |
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Andrew Kampmen graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Architecture. After college Andy went on staff with a campus ministry at the University of Iowa for 7 years. Since 2008 he has been the director of Every Ethne in Iowa where he mobilizes young adults to their most strategic roles in seeing the Great Commission finished. He and his wife Jamie have been married for 7 years and they have three children- Josiah, Abigail, and Anna. Andy teaches Perspectives classes and also speaks at churches, college ministries and college campuses nationally, sharing the message of God’s heart for the world. Andy has also spent time overseas in numerous countries. Andy and his family live in Iowa City, IA.
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Mike Krieg was born a Texan but grew up in Western Montana. He graduated from the University of Montana in Business Administration. After graduation, he moved to Irktusk, Siberia where he served as a missionary with Campus Crusade. He met his wife on the mission field. Kristen grew up in Houston and went to Texas Tech. Together they served in the campus ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ at the University of Arkansas and later served 4 more years in Samara, Russia. Mike and Kristen started the Bridges ministry at the University of Texas in 2008, a ministry to international students. Mike has led short-term projects with Jesus Film Mission Trips into Central Asia and the Middle East. He is passionate about helping people find their niche in God’s Global Purpose. Currently, Mike and Kristen reside in Austin, Texas and give leadership to the mobilization effort of 7NINE ministries in the Russian speaking world. They have 3 children: Madison (7), Brennan (5), and Macy (2).
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Reverend Ron Nelson, a native of Savannah, GA, serves as Director of Evangelism and Missions at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, TX, under the leadership of Senior Pastor, Dr. Tony Evans. Rev. Nelson has also served as an Associate Minister at St. Mark Baptist Church, Little Rock, AR, and as Director of Ministries at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee, FL. Prior to those positions, he worked seven years as an officer with the Tallahassee Police Department. Rev. Nelson earned a B.S. degree at FSU in Vocational, Rehabilitation,and Counseling, and sought a seminary degree at Baptist Missionary Association Seminary in Jacksonville, TX. Nelson and his wife, Star, are certified Perspectives coordinators, and have a passion to profess the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Married for 29 years, Rev. Nelson and Star have two children, Chanel age 26 and Michael age 23.
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Dave Rofkahr has a tremendous background in grass roots campus ministry, in cross-cultural church planting (in Asia for thirteen years), in BAM--Business As Mission, strategy, training, and leadership. He has a Masters of Theology with an emphasis in church planting from Dallas Theological Seminary. From 1984-1990, he served on staff with Student Mobilization at the University of Arkansas and University of Central Arkansas. He has also served as a Youth Pastor and Senior Pastor for churches in the US and Asia. He most recently served as the International Director for all of Asia for EFCA ReachGlobal and now serves as their US Director of Recruiting. He is married with three children and now makes his home in Woodbury, MN. He hopes to bring glory to God by using the talents and opportunities He has entrusted to him to strategically multiply healthy leaders and churches among all people!
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Dr. Steve Shadrach has a passion for developing laborers for Christ to reach the world. He has been involved with many different collegiate ministries, and has served as Pastor of Students and Missions at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, AR. He is also the founder of Student Mobilization, which focuses on evangelizing and discipling college students in the U.S. and abroad, The Traveling Team, and The Bodybuilders ministry, seeking to “build up the body of Christ” through the development of seminars and publications. Dr. Shadrach has a Masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Parachurch Executive Leadership from Denver Seminary. He has written three books, The Fuel and the Flame: Ten Keys to Ignite Your Campus for Jesus Christ, Brown Like Coffee: For Students Who Think Outside the Box, and ViewPoints: Fresh Perspectives on Personal Support Raising. Steve and his family reside in Fayetteville, AR, where he serves as the Director of Mobilization for the U.S. Center for World Mission. |
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Brian Zunigha graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Business Administration, but the most important thing he learned there was how to share the gospel and disciple people. After working for a short time as a systems analyst/database designer, he pursued full-time ministry and joined the staff of Max Barnett, Director of the Baptist Campus Ministries at the University of Oklahoma. After completing his Masters of Divinity degree, Brian and his wife, Jennifer, went on staff and traveled for several years with The Traveling Team whose purpose is to “ignite vision and passion for the world” among college students all across the United States. During that time, Brian was a team leader and primary speaker on hundreds of campuses, conferences, and church services. Their last semester of traveling was in California where they currently reside, and Brian now serves as Director of Campus Ministries for California Baptist University where he continues to win, build, and send laborers for Christ. |
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Endorsements
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Tim Feaver
ACMC, Northwest Director (Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment)
"NVision is the best one-day overview of world missions I have experienced. In six hours, you'll go away seeing how God has worked throughout history and what we need to be aware of today as we continue to take His Gospel to the world. If you're serious about world missions, and you want to get others involved, NVision is right for you and your church."
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Mark Lewis
The Navigators, South-Central Regional Director
"God has uniquely equipped The Bodybuilders ministry to encourage world vision to students and those working with students. The NVision seminar is a concentrated antidote to apathy for God's great heart for the nations. I heartily recommend the NVision to generate both heat and light, passion and facts, for those wanting to build a sense of God's heart and plan."
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Dr. Waylon B. Moore
Missions Unlimited & Mentoring Disciples, President, Pastor and Author
"NVision gives a powerful message about our opportunity to reap a staggering harvest worldwide. Schedule the NVision seminar. You'll find God working deeply in your peoples' hearts."
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Dr. Joe White
Kanakuk Kamps, President and Author
"This team of national leaders make some of the greatest stories that are happening today. It is nothing less than thrilling to watch what God is doing through this wonderful ministry."
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Dr. Robert Lewis
Fellowship Bible Church, Author and Pastor
"I can wholeheartedly recommend this ministry for those who would come in contact with it. It has integrity in every way and is committed in reaching our world for Christ."
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Churches & Ministries Served
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Student Mobilization -Conway, AR
Fellowship Bible Church -Little Rock, AR
John Brown University -Siloam Springs, AR
Fellowship Bible Church -Northwest Arkansas
KALEO - Student Mobilization Colorado Summer Project
KALEO- Student Mobilization Florida Summer Project
The Navigators -Dallas, TX
University Baptist Church -Fayetteville, AR
Camp Balcones Springs -Marble Falls, TX
University of Oklahoma-Norman, OK
The Navigators- Colorado Springs, CO
Central Baptist College, Conway, AR
Northwest Arkansas MissionsFest, Springdale, AR
Park Cities Presbyterian Church-Dallas, TX
St. Mark Baptist Church -Little Rock, AR
Spring Lake Wesleyan Church-Spring Lake, MI
River Valley Community Church-Grants Pass, OR
First Evangelical Presbyterian Church-Renton, WA
Grace Bible Church-College Station, TX
2nd Baptist Church-Conway, AR
Lakewood Evangelical Free Church-Baxter, MN
New Life Church-Conway, AR
Christ Community Church-Milpitas, CA
Sutherlin Family Church-Sutherlin, OR
Bethany Christian Reformed Church-Bellflower, CA
Grace Fellowship Church-Russellville, AR
Federal Way Mission Church-Federal Way, WA
Community Christian Fellowship-Siloam Springs, AR
Tulsa Bible Church-Tulsa, OK
Parkview Evangelical Free Church-Iowa City, IA
Covenant Presbyterian Church-Austin, TX
Canal Street Presbyterian Church-New Orleans, LA
Nazareth Lutheran Church-Cedar Falls, IA
First Baptist Church-Amherst, MA
In His Image, Physicians in Missions-Tulsa, OK
Heartland Missions Association-Tulsa, OK
Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church-Tulsa, OK
Asbury United Methodist Church-Tulsa, OK
First Baptist Broken Arrow-Broken Arrow, OK
First Baptist Church-Eugene, OR
Hill Country Bible Church-Cedar Park, TX
Westlake Bible Church-Austin, TX
Parkview Evangelical Free Church-Iowa City, IA
Covenant Presbyterian Church-Austin, TX
Valley Creek Church-Flower Mound, TX
The Summit Church-North Little Rock, AR
Wabash Friends Church-Wabash, IN
Faith Evangelical Church-Billings, MT
Trinity Wesleyan Church-Indianapolis, IN
Cypress Bible Church-Cypress, TX
McKinney Memorial Bible Church-Fort Worth, TX
Campus Outreach Indianapolis-Indianapolis, IN
Olathe Bible Church-Olathe, KS
Lake Family Church-Camdenton, MO
Doylestown Baptist Church-Doylestown, PA
Central Wesleyan Church-Holland, MI
Hill Country Bible Church-Pflugerville, TX
Mountain View Community Church-Culpeper, VA
First Baptist Church-Corvallis, OR
McKinney Fellowship Bible Church-McKinney, TX
Christ Community Church-Franklin, TN
Grace Church-San Luis Obispo, CA
International Fellowship-Shenzhen, China
Campus Outreach Memphis-Memphis, TN
Woodland Presbyterian Church-Philadelphia, PA
Crossroads Christian Church-Newburgh, IN
Roswell United Methodist Church-Roswell, GA
Fellowship Bible Church-Topeka, KS
ICF Oberursel-Frankfurt, Germany
Frontline Community Church-Frankfurt, Germany
Wyatt Baptist Church-El Dorado, AR
Lakewood Christian Church-McAlester, OK
Mountain Park Community Church-Phoenix, AZ
Willow Creek Baptist Church-West Des Moines, IA
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How To Schedule a Seminar
BRINGING IN A SEMINAR
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Each NVision seminar is unique depending on its purpose and audience. For seminars hosted by churches, we prefer to speak at the Sunday morning service for maximum impact. This will also lead many more to attend the rest of the seminar after getting a small taste. For a large NVision seminar in a community, it is not uncommon to have a group of six or more churches and ministries hosting together. We will work with you to provide recruiting materials and strategies to help you have a powerful, life changing seminar. Click here for ideas on recruiting.
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CHAIN OF EVENTS
- Your church/organization completes an "Interest Sheet" which helps us to discern if we are a good fit for you, and how we can make your seminar most impactful.
- You choose a scheduling option for the seminar (all day Sunday, Friday night/Saturday morning, etc.)
- We solidify a date, and a contract is signed specifying the speaker, date, location, and costs.
- Download a sample Contract.
- Send in your $500 deposit to P.O. Box 3556, Fayetteville, AR 72702 (please make it payable to The Bodybuilders).
- We make the travel and housing arrangements for the speaker.
- We work with you to begin marketing and recruitment for the seminar. (Click here for more on this.)
- You begin Pre-registration for the seminar if you plan to charge participants.
- Two weeks before the seminar, you give the final projected attendance to us, and we ship the NVision postcards.
- The speaker comes and administers the seminar.
- You make copies of the decision sheets, keep the originals for your own follow up, and send the copies to us (please use P.O. Box address above).
- Mail back the unsold bookstore books and book money collected to 26 W. Center St., Fayetteville, AR 72701.
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SCHEDULING OPTIONS
OPTION A (Sunday--Best Format)
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A-1 - Biblical Basis starts in the morning
Morning Service(s)—40 (or 45) minute Biblical Session
12:00-1:00- Lunch
1:00-1:50-Historical Session
2:00-2:50-Cultural Session
3:00-3:50-Strategic Session
3:50-4:00-Wrap up/dismiss
A-2 - Biblical Basis starts in the afternoon
1:00-1:50-Biblical Session
2:00-2:50-Historical Session
3:00-3:50-Cultural Session
4:00-4:50-Strategic Session
4:50-5:00-Wrap up/dismiss
Check with us for alternate Sunday formats.
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OPTION B (Friday night/Saturday morning)
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Friday night
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6:15-6:30 Registration if needed
6:30-7:25-Biblical Session
7:35-8:30-Historical Session
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Saturday morning
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9:30-10:25-Cultural Session
10:35-11:30-Strategic Session
11:30-11:40-Wrap up/dismiss
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OPTION C (All-day Saturday)
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Saturday
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9:15-9:30- Registration if needed
10:00-10:55-Biblical Session
11:05-12:00-Historical Session
12:00-1:00- Lunch
1:15-2:10-Cultural Session
2:20-3:15-Strategic Session
3:15-3:25-Wrap Up/dismiss
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Cost
Contact us to request an Information Packet. See the Scheduling page to find out the steps for hosting an NVision seminar.
Costs include the speaker's travel expenses and seminar fees. Promotional materials will be provided. A $500 deposit is required upon scheduling the event.
Seminar Fee
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Type of Seminar
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Base Price of Seminar
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PSP Promotional Discount
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Seminar Cost (does not include speaker expenses)
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Sunday church or
para-church training
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$800
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$100
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$700 or $800
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Two-day (Fri/Sat) or
all-day Saturday church/community/
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$1200
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$100
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$1100 or $1200
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*If your church is using the NVision seminar to help promote/recruit people to an upcoming Perspectives on the World Christian Movement class, or if you're using it as a follow-up tool to the course, you will receive a $100 discount.
Speaker Expenses
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Travel, housing, and meals for the speaker for one or two nights.
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Depending on your location, the travel expense will either be $0.50 a mile for trips less than 200 miles one way, or airfare and rental car, if needed.
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Notes: Free - You will copy
We will provide you with a master copy of the notes for you to copy. There are 25 pages of notes with quotes and fill-in-the-blanks. You must provide notes (or Notebooks) for everyone attending. If you are not able to furnish notes, we can ship them at $1.00 each, plus shipping. FYI...we are working to produce printed versions of the notes in the coming months, so stay tuned!
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Bookstore: We send you a bookstore of approximately 10 hand-picked titles related to missions. We also include some great resources that are free to pick up by your participants. We ship them to you and you ship what is remaining back to us.
Optional Finance Models
For Churches:
Some churches do not have the budgeted funds for the seminar, but still desire to educate and impassion their congregation. In this case, you may choose to have a seminar fee for participants. Examples range from $10 to $20. Discounts for students and couples are helpful.
For Community or College ministry based seminars:
If you are the point person bringing this seminar to a community or college campus and you have no funds at your disposal, you will probably need to charge participants. It is still a good idea to find churches that will co-sponsor the seminar for speaker expenses, notebooks, and scholarships. Christian businessmen are also great investors in seminars and can play a strategic role in mobilizing students and adults for the Great Commission.
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Tips on Hosting
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View and print the Coordinator's Manual - CLICK HERE
Chain of Events
- Your organization completes an NVision Interest Sheet which helps us to discern if we are a good fit and how we can work together to make your seminar have the most impact.
- We solidify a date, and a contract is signed specifying the speaker, date, location, and costs.
 You arrange a meeting place supplied with a large projector screen and house sound.
- We make the travel and housing arrangements for the speaker.
- We work with you to begin marketing and recruitment for the conference. It is up to you to decide how much outside participation you desire for the seminar.
- We have developed an NVision Coordinators Manual that acts as a playbook for recruiting and setting up a successful, life-changing seminar.
- We assist you in developing a Task Force for both recruiting and the event itself.
- You begin Pre-Registration for the seminar if you plan to charge participants.
- You give us the approximate attendance 2 weeks in advance and we ship you the postcards.
- The speaker comes and administers the seminar.
- You make copies of the decision sheet and send us the copies. You keep the originals for your own follow-up.
- Send back the bookstore book money and any unsold books to 26 West Center St., Fayetteville, AR, 72701.
Materials
These materials are included in the seminar fee
- 20 11"x17" full color posters
- NVision postcards (for each participant)
- Coordinator's Manual (to help you plan your event)
If you feel you need additional promotional materials, you can purchase them:
- Posters: need more than 20? Order more for $1.00 each
- Postcards: $.50 each
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