No matter where we are on the missions journey, we all need to become LEARNERS of God’s heart and purposes for the world. Goers educate themselves on the people and places where they will go. Senders observe carefully to meet the needs of the missionaries. Intercessors learn all they can because "informed prayer is effective prayer." Welcomers build bridges when they know and understand the internationals near them, and mobilizers are most effective as they stay abreast of just what God is doing in the world.

Ways to Learn

• Study a foreign language.
• Study an unreached people group on Joshua Project’s strategic list (www.joshuaproject.net)
• Enroll in a Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course (offered in some seminaries or churches)
• Get additional Bible training
• Read a new missionary biography.
• Take seminary courses about missions.
• Attend a mission conference.
• Read books about a country, people, or culture.
• Visit websites like www.chinasmillions.org / missionfrontiers.org to know more about missions.
• Invite people to have a Bible study on missions using a Bible study guide on missions available in local bookstores.
• Listen to and learn to play ethnic music; or learn to sing a song in a different language.
• Learn to cook food from other cultures.
• Go hear missionaries speak about their ministries.