80% of the world’s evangelical Christians live in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Over the last 50 years, God’s church has grown exponentially in these areas.

These regions have tremendous mission sending potential to help bring the gospel to unreached peoples, but they currently send only 20% of the world’s cross-cultural missionaries!

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In Galatians 6:2 Paul says, "Carry each other's burdens and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ."
This makes sense to our idea of biblical community.
But a few short verses later in Galatians 6:5, he says, &ldquo;Each one should carry his own load."
So, what's the deal?
Are we to help each other, or is each person supposed to take care of his own stuff?
Looking at the Greek meaning helps us find the distinction.
In verse 2, &ldquo;burden&rdquo; refers to that which someone cannot take care of on their own.
The word translated &ldquo;load&rdquo; in verse 5 refers to a much smaller load- it is actually the same word used for a soldier's backpack.
Each soldier should be expected to carry his own backpack without needing his buddy to help him.
But should a soldier encounter a "burden," such as storming an enemy stronghold, he should be able to expect help.
And his buddy should want to help him.
This is where we step in as Ministry Partner Development coaches, right?
We are champions of best practices, statistics keepers and problem solvers as well as mentors and encouragers.
Each one of these roles is a gift for us to walk in alongside support raising staff.
However there are moments this load can become a burden if we don't recognize the differences between our role, the role of the onboarders, and the role of Jesus.

We offer help, encouragement, wisdom with tools learned and advocacy of support raising. BUT, we aren&rsquo;t called to do their work for them.
We equip and train them, which is why every single one of our staff must go through the&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Support Raising Solutions two-day bootcamp (opens in a new tab)" href="https://supportraisingsolutions.org/bootcamp/" target="_blank">Support Raising Solutions two-day bootcamp</a>.
We teach them how to do the work needed to accomplish their goals, but we don&rsquo;t make the calls and present their &lsquo;Asks&rsquo; for them.

One more role we cannot take upon ourselves as coaches is the role of Provider.
Jesus provides through His people, in His way, and in His time.
Personally, this is an easier one for me to release and not carry, but in an effort to care for our future staff, I might be tempted to step in to meet needs they should be looking to Jesus to provide for.
I have found when I am in weary seasons as a coach, I have usually crossed some burden/load line.
I am carrying my own load and the load of the staff raising funds and found myself frustrated with those coming up in the ministry.
The sooner we realize it is best for them to learn to carry their own backpack, the better we are equipping them to help carry the burden of others when they are called to do so in full-time ministry.
Learning to release this&nbsp;<a href="/generosity/articles/underfunded-staff-what-to-do-with-them" aria-label="burden of their responsibilities (opens in a new tab)">burden of their responsibilities</a> while keeping to my own load of equipping, training and encouraging has been hard.
One practical step I have learned is at the end of each meeting and/or each day, to take a moment and pray for the staff I am coaching.
I pray for the Lord to take what I am carrying and carry it for me.
He tells us His burden is light and His yoke is easy.
We will never go wrong giving to Him what He wants to carry.

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