Telephone Conference with Fred Price

This morning I had my telephone conference with Fred Price concerning issues we raised at our October SEJ Mission Secretaries' Meeting.

1. Keeping Contact with the Mission Candidates: Fred believes he has found someone who is willing and able to keep contact with missionary candidates on a basis of at least twice a year. He will follow up on this and get back with us.
2. Mission Priorities: At this point the General Board of Global Ministries cannot provide a list of priority placements for missionary service. GBGM is working to prioritize its missionary placement along the lines of the 4 focus areas: Poverty, Health, churches, and Leaders.
3. Constant Needs: The most constant needs for missionary service continues to be for Area Financial Executives and the medical field.

GBGM has a scheduled Spring class for missionaries. Many of these missionary candidates are in the medical field. A class is scheduled for the Fall and more details on whether or not this class will be held will be sent in the future.