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f. Unendorsed Missionaries
Ministers may serve as Assemblies of God missionaries
without official endorsement from the DFM. Assemblies of God
churches can and do financially support unendorsed Assemblies of
God missionaries. The DFM provides no assistance of any kind to
unendorsed missionaries; thus, unendorsed missionaries must
personally collect pledges, issue receipts, and maintain
financial records with respect to their foreign ministry.
g. The Missions Manual
The DFM has written and produced a missions manual (the
missions manual) containing both general and specific information
about foreign ministry. The DFM provides all endorsed
missionaries with a copy of the missions manual. The missions
manual provides information about the structure of the DFM, the
endorsement process, deputational ministry, budgeting, personal
allowances, disciplinary action, equipment, overseas freight and
shipping, health insurance, the pension program, children of
missionaries, foreign field housing, and vacation.
Jerry Burgess (Mr. Burgess) is a member of the Foreign
Missions Committee that is responsible for establishing foreign
mission practices and procedures and for implementing the
decisions of the Foreign Missions Board. Mr. Burgess also worked
as the financial comptroller of the DFM for 16 years. Mr.
Burgess testified at trial as follows:
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