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Associate Ministries
Application
Process:
- 1Complete the Application and Pay $150 online
- 2 Phone or Virtual Meeting with IMF Director of Strategic Partnerships and Church Representative
- 3 Finalize submission of documents
- 4Review Application by IMF Team
- 5Virtual Meeting with IMF Team and Church Representative(s)
- 6The approval and onboarding process begins
Services
& Benefits
- Spiritual covering – a loving arm of encouragement and support
- Ordination and licensing for the staff team
- 20% discount on member’s dues
- Pastoral Support – calls, Regional Gatherings, e-newsletter, etc
- Ministry consulting and leadership training upon request
- IMF can recommend guest speakers for weekend worship, special events, retreats
- Retirement planning – 403(b)(9) for staff team
- Network of Church and ministry leaders for building relationships
- Succession Planning
- Seal of membership for your church website
- Your church is listed on the IMF website
- Discount on resources through our ministry partners
- Group rates on conferences/events
- Unscripted with IMF leadership podcast
Fee
Structure
- Ministry Annual Income of $10,000-50,000 dues to IMF is 1%
- Ministry Annual Income of $50,000-$250,000 dues to IMF is $2,000 /year
- Ministry Annual Income of $250,000-$750,000 dues to IMF is $4,000 /year
- Ministry Annual Income over $750,000 dues to IMF is $10,000 /year
Dues can be made monthly, quarterly, or annually to IMF. Please communicate how you would like to process the annual fees.
IMF Membership Benefits
- A Spiritual and Legal Covering for You
- Weekly Prayer for our Members
- Webinars, Book Clubs, and Other Ministry Training Sessions
- Monthly Newsletter Highlighting Happenings Across the IMF Family
- Member Care Resources
- IMF Cares Fund
- Regional Gatherings
- Ministry Consultation Services
- Ecclesiastical Endorsement for Military and Civilian Chaplaincy
- Annual Chaplain Training Event
- Mission Sending Agency
I was privileged to join IMF in 2002. Without a doubt, IMF is an exceptional support ministry! Staff are very responsive & efficient, with any requests I have made. I have been so blessed by the encouragement for my nursing home ministry. Being a member of IMF is one of the biggest blessings of my life!
Becky Albright
Missionary
Credentials from IMF have equipped me and many others to work in fields of ministry around the globe. Read of some of the work accomplished by our members, of the great variety of types of preparation and positions that support their devotion to The Great Commission. None of us work alone. God has blessed us with this agency to help us in many ways.
Carol Collins
Civilian Chaplain
I have been an ordained member of IMF for 23 years and have always found them to be supportive of my ministry through prayer, informational articles that impact my ministry and life and an overall caring and loving attitude. Many at IMF have personally reached out to help me regarding various aspects of my ministry and I am so thankful to have them walk beside me in my ministry.
Randy Mayfield
General Member
I had a number of reasons why I decided that joining IMF would be for endorsement ONLY. The process was rather cumbersome and cost unaffordable. I joined and remained on the edge as I listened out to God on why I ended up with IMF. The icing on the cake for me was the IMF Chaplaincy Training! To be a member just to be part of this gathering of spirit filled ministers is definitely worthwhile. The entire training, from cocktail - which I had actually dreamt about, to the tour, was Holy Spirit charged and the energy was great.
Omolola Omoteso
Military Chaplain
I have appreciated the availability of staff to help me with difficulties. The support during the past year and a half through zoom have been helpful and encouraging.
June Friesen
General Member
This group of men and women have been, and are family. As my myself and my wife went through major hospitalization last year, the IMF team were following our recovery coming alongside us with so much prayer support and love. I have made some lifelong friendships and it has been under two years that I joined the family. I am particularly moved by how much love and support there is ongoing with active duty people in uniform. The Holy Spirit has convicted me in serving God through jails, drug and alcohol treatment centers and those caught up in Sex/Human Trafficking. This domestic mission will eventually expand regionally and beyond.
Michael Scott Hume
Civilian Chaplain