About Missions21
Missions21 was started by a pastor to help pastors and by a missionary to help missionaries. Interestingly, the pastor and missionary just happen to be the same person. After spending seven years as a pastor of an independent Baptist, missionary supporting, church in North Carolina, God called Dr. Leland Johnson to the mission field of Brazil. While God allowed he and his family to see tremendous success on deputation by reaching 100% in just over 1 year, God also allowed them to meet many missionaries that were struggling. Even after spending over 8 years on the field, God never took the burden to help other missionaries away.
While on a medical furlough dealing with some serious family medical issues, God
finally gave the green light for Missions21. Because the site has been designed
by a person who has been both a pastor and church-planting missionary, the site
is able to meet the needs of both pastors looking for missionaries to support
and missionaries looking for churches to support them.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, it is not free. This service is very costly to operate.
We have chosen not to charge because we do not want a single missionary or pastor to miss out because of a lack of finances. We do encourage pastors and churches to consider taking on Mission21 as a part of their missions budget or as a once a year offering to help offset the operation costs.
Lord willing, we will never charge missionaries or pastors to use this service.
God is working all around this world. There are missionaries being sent out by many countries around the globe, not just the United States of America. However, when it comes to the purpose of Missions21, this service has been designed to help U.S.-based missionaries connect with pastors in the United States. Because Missions21 is based in the US, we are unable to verify the legitimacy of ministries in different countries. This does not mean that they are not legitimate, only that we are unable to verify them.
Please refer to the eligibility requirements as listed below and in our terms of service for more information.
Eligibility Requirements
Missions21 is a platform designed to facilitate connections between United States-based pastors and missionaries actively raising support within the United States. While U.S. citizenship is not mandatory, all missionaries must have a verifiable “base of operations” within the United States.
A “base of operations” is defined as the ability to actively visit, solicit and legal standing to receive financial support within the United States (generally expressed through the possession of a social security number or tax-payer identification number). We also require an affiliation with a sending church or missions board located within the U.S.
Failure to provide verifiable information regarding the sending church or missions board may result in temporary account deactivation pending further investigation. If a base of operations within the United States cannot be confirmed, the account will be permanently deactivated and deleted.
Note: While Missions21 acknowledges and respects the valuable Christian work conducted globally, this platform is specifically designed to serve the needs of U.S.-based pastors and missionaries.
No! Absolutely not!
Missions boards are helps organizations that assist the local churches in getting missionaries to the field. Missions21 is a service that aggregates missionary information and helps to connect missionaries and pastors. We are not a missions board, we are not a church, we are simply a technology service to help get missionaries to the field faster than ever before.
Missions21 was not started by a missions board and is not affiliated with any particular missions board.
No! Absolutely not!
Supporting the missionaries financially is the job of churches, many times assisted by missions boards. We do not process funds for missionaries, we do not involve or insert ourselves in to any process that is carried out by the church or the missions board. We are strictly in place to upgrade the process of raising support using 21st century technology.
While Missions21 is a registered organization with the government, it is not a 501c3. Missions21 is set up as a Limited Liability Company.
Setting up a 501c3 is expensive to do and to maintain, the government has very strict requirements for these organizations, especially when they are not a church. We are not able register in this way at this time.
However, if you would like to make a tax deductible donation to Missions21, please contact us. We do have a legal method to be able to receive a tax deductible donation to help Missions21 continue to get missionaries to the field faster than ever before.
Thank you so much for asking this question. We want to keep this service free forever, but we also need to be able to pay for the service and develop new features.
You can give online via Paypal using a credit or debit card by following this link:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8CZVKQZ7LFJDW
You can also mail a check to our mailing address: 9805 Statesville Road, Suite 6535
Charlotte, NC 28269
Please note that while Missions21 is a registered organization with the government, it is not a 501c3. Setting up a 501c3 is expensive to do and to maintain, we are not able to do this at this time. If you need your gift to be tax deducible, please contact us. We do have a different method to be able to receive a tax deductible donation.
The support raising process for missionaries has not changed since about the 19th century. The 21 in Missions21 stands for the 21st century, not for the year 2021. We are praying that Jesus returns before the 22nd century, therefore we are not planning for a Missions22.
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704-771-1821