Keys for Victory on the Mission Field

By Dr. Hazel Hill

For Christians, the great commandment should be an urgent and passionate priority. Short-term missions’ trips are an excellent way of becoming educated about the needs of others and what we can do to help. We believe that every church member should go on a short-term mission!
Keys for Victory on the mission Field, A Short-Term Missions Course, is a practical study course and guide to help believers prepare for and get to the mission field, operate and prevail while there, and return in Victory.
You will learn:
•How to prepare spiritually and practically for the mission field
•How to look for and find common ground in diverse cultures
•How to be a valuable team player
•How to resolve conflicts
•How to overcome culture shock/re-entry shock
“go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature...” Mark 16:15
Drs. George and Hazel Hill are the founders and leaders of Victory Churches International, a dynamic and fast-growing worldwide Apostolic and Prophetic Church Planting movement. They have also founded Victory Bible Colleges, Christian schools, orphanages, Christian television broadcasting, and much more. The Victory Churches International Headquarters is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Hazel Hill
• Release date: May 10, 2024
• ISBN: 9780920567869

Dr. Hazel Hill

Since their humble beginnings in Lethbridge in 1979, Dr. George and Dr. Hazel Hill, have birthed a worldwide network of churches, Bible colleges, ministry training and outreach centers, orphanages, women and children’s shelters, rescuing children from the sex trade in Cambodia as well as many other missionary endeavors.She is the author of the best selling book Praying God’s Word. Her heart is to minister to leadership and to see women reach their destiny all over the world.Dr. Hazel has been at the forefront of everything that the Lord has done in these past 3 decades. One thing is for sure - no grass will ever grow under Dr. Hazel’s feet. If she’s not leading a mission team somewhere, writing another book, speaking at a conference or encouraging one of the pastors, she’ll be posting something on Facebook.She has been heard to say, that she would “Die with her boots on”. Her tenacity, strength and vision have fueled an ever evolving movement. Through all the years of trial and triumph, her prophetic accuracy has strategically brought direction to this worldwide organization and to the thousands of lives and ministries joined to it.One of the mandates of her missions program exemplifies her courageous pioneering spirit:We will not just hand out fruit but we will plant as many trees as is possible in every nation through the planting of church-planting churches. Every tree has a limit to its potential growth but a forest has no limit as to how large it can grow!Hellen Keller once said: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all”.

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Keys for Victory on the Mission-field

A Short-Term Missions Course

Drs. George and Hazel Hill

Victory International Publishing

Keys for Victory on the Mission-field

A Short-Term Missions Course

Copyright © 2007 Drs. George and Hazel Hill

New Edition, Revised 2024

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the authors.

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked AMP are from the Amplified Bible, Old Testament copyright 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament copyright 1954, 1965, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Certain words and phrases have been printed in bold typeface and/or capital letters for emphasis by the authors. However, the content of the verses remain unchanged.

ISBN 978-0-920567-86-9

For Worldwide Distribution

Cover Design by Douglas Binet

CONTENTS

1 Introduction to Short-Term Missions

2 Personal Preparation

3. Cultural Awareness

4 Team Dynamics

5 Logistics

6 Culture Shock/Re-entry Shock

7 Conflicts and Resolution of Conflicts

Short-Term Missions Tests

Recommended Reading

Answers to Tests

VCI Policies & Procedures

Victory Bible College

Missions Contact Information

Acknowledgments

We wish to express our deep appreciation to the following people for help in putting our Short-Terms Missions Course and Policy and Procedure Manual into book form:

Bethany Roberts

For help in writing, editing, and layout

Douglas Binet

For cover design

Dear Pastors, Missionaries, and Church Family,

It is with great pleasure and concern for the nations that we continue to reach out to our Victory churches to encourage support of missions. For true Christians, the great commandment is an urgent and passionate priority.

"And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe; In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.’" (Mk 16-15-20)

We must never forget the poor, whether poor in spirit or poor in the necessities of life. The book of Ruth teaches us a great lesson in leaving the corners of our fields for the poor. Boaz instructed his reapers to leave behind stacks of grain on purpose for Ruth to glean (Ruth 2:16). Giving to the poor should not take away their dignity. That is why Victory Missions looks for ways to support start-up projects so people can work, earn a living, and then give back to the work of the church.

Victory Missions operates on the principle of planting trees instead of just handing out fruit. We believe the nationals of each nation are best able to evangelize the people in their nation. We will help them do this whatever way we can. Accordingly, Victory plants church-planting organizations in each nation along with a Bible College to disciple believers and raise up five-fold ministry leaders (Eph. 4:11-12). From these churches will spring every other ministry needed to meet the needs of the area, such as homes for the widows and orphans, feeding programs, and schools for children and adults to help stop illiteracy and related programs. Jesus is building His church, and Victory Churches International is working with Him all over this planet.

It is our desire to see every pastor and church member go on a short-term mission. Short-term mission trips are an excellent way of becoming educated about the needs of others and what we can do to help the disadvantaged.

We pray that this book will be an excellent resource for you. It is our goal to give you a better understanding of the vision and operation of VCI Missions. If the information you are looking for is not in this book, please feel free to contact our head office or visit our Victory Churches International website at www.victoryint.org.

We pray that you will join us soon on a Victory mission. You can rest assured that it will positively change your life!

In the service of Jesus Christ, our King,

Drs. George & Hazel Hill

Founders and President

Victory Churches International

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Introduction to Short-Term Missions

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This course material is designed to prepare you for short-term missions. It is not to educate you in the theories behind missionary activity, or to teach methods of evangelism. Rather, our focus is toward the practical: to show you how to prepare for and get to the mission-field, how to operate and prevail while there, and how to return.

The material in this course is a companion to VCI’s Short-Term Missions video DVD. Some of the information you will need to answer the test questions is in this book, while the video DVD contains other valuable information. Thus, if your goal is to complete the entire VCI Short-Term Missions Course, you will need to acquire the companion video DVD.

Whether this is your first trip to the mission-field or your fiftieth, the VCI Short-Term Missions Course will equip you with practical wisdom and know-how for a successful mission.

Defining Missions

Missions can be defined as the sending out of specially equipped disciple makers who cross barriers of distance, culture, and language in order to establish and strengthen the church in places beyond the normal sphere of influence of any local church.

A missionary is the one sent to the mission-field, a sent one.

The Role of Victory Churches International

The role of Victory Churches International (VCI) in missions is to confirm those that