Local Campus Strategy
•    Invite a pastor/staff member or member of your Advisory Committee to be a part of your team
o    Ask a pastor/staff to help with witness training
o    Ask pastor/staff to help with cultural training

•    Have students ask parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts to
add your mission team to their local church prayer list.

•    Have students ask at 5 to10 people from their church to commit to pray for them each day of the mission
o    Send prayer partners a detailed schedule and/or prayer card reminder
o    Send prayer partners a thank you at the end of project
o    Tell them you will be happy to give a report to the church when you return home

•    Ask a nurse to be a female chaperone
o    Nurses are great mission partners
o    Female chaperones help me keep track of all my student’s needs

•    Send a letter to team member’s pastor outlining students appointment and project objectives
o    Invite pastor/staff and family to a commissioning service
o    Have student ask pastor/staff to have a part in the program
o    Make this a focus on all your missions and leadership programming

•    Be a Missions Mentor
o    Let pastors/staff know “you can do this also!”
o    Offer a “vision” element to your projects
o    Include participants in your fund raising activities
o    Show them how to make it happen by showing them how you make it happen
o    Explore partnership possibilities

Benefits to BSU
•    Increased awareness of your program
•    Increased support for future students out of these churches
•    Increased BSU budget support
•    Increased opportunities to speak to local congregations
•    More congregations involved in missions
•    BSU Alumni serving in area churches who are advocates for BSU