Whenever possible, members of the MST are chosen by the individual missionary. Some missionaries ask friends from SMBS or other small groups to come together to form their MST. Others have asked the small group that they are involved in to also function as their support team. Everyone on the team does not have to be a GABC member, however the majority should be and the team leader must be a GABC member.

• Canada
• Costa Rica
• Columbia
• Indonesia
• United States
• Central Asia

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“You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.” 3 John 6b-8

A Mission Support Team (MST) is a small group of committed people who come together to care for their missionary in a variety of ways, striving to help meet their physical, emotional and spiritual needs. It is a group of people with whom the missionary can be open and honest, allowing them to see their needs and share their successes and failures.

Support teams help to make our missionaries feel understood. By providing them with a committed group of people who will show them practical love, support teams keep them visible before the congregation here at home and strengthened on the mission field.

The specific ways in which a support team goes about meeting their missionaries’ needs will vary depending on the specific personality and needs of the missionaries, as well as the personality and or creativity of the MST. This doesn’t mean that the MST does everything, but they do take personal responsibility to serve as that missionaries advocate at GABC.