BIBLE BAPTIST TEMPLE 5401 Mitchell Ave. St. Joseph, MO 64507 (816) 279-9967 Pastor Bill G. Marshall
MISSIONARY QUESTIONNAIRE Please answer all questions as accurately and complete as possible. If necessary, use additional paper. There are four (4) main sections designed to gather information about you and your ministry: General, Doctrinal, Accountability, and Miscellaneous. General Information: 1. Please provide the following information, including children currently living at home. Name:
Birthday:
Wife’s Name:
Birthday:
Child’s Name:
Birthday:
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2. What is the date of your wedding anniversary (including year)? 2a.
Have you or your wife previously been married?
2b.
If yes, please explain:
2c.
Does she share your fundamental doctrinal beliefs?
2d.
If no, please explain:
2e.
Is she in agreement with and does she support your service to the Lord as a missionary?
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No
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3. Give the name and mailing address of the church that you are now a member:
3a.
What is your pastor’s name?
3b.
Does that church support you?
3c.
Is that church your sending church?
Yes
4. Are you connected with a mission board or clearinghouse?
4a.
No
If yes, please provide name and address of the agency.
5. Please list all Bible Institutes, Colleges, or Seminaries that you have attended: Name and Location:
Date:
Graduated
5a.
Have you ever been the pastor of a church?
5b.
If yes, name the church/churches and the dates:
Yes
No
6. Give a testimony of your salvation. (Please use paper provided- page 8.) 7. Give a testimony of your call to preach. (Please use paper provided – page 8.) 8. Give a testimony of your call to the mission field. (Please use paper provided – page 9.) 8a.
Where is the field to which you have been called?
8b.
Have you ever personally been to this field?
Yes
No
8c.
Have you personally organized a church on any field?
Yes
No
8d.
If yes, how many?
8e.
Do you have a field address?
Yes
No
8f.
If yes, please provide field address:
8g.
What is the total number of churches and missions with which you work at present on the field, if any?
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Bible Baptist Temple Pastor Bill G. Marshall Doctrinal Information: 9. Church Truth: 9a.
In the New Testament, what does the word “church” mean?
Universal and invisible.
Local and visible.
Both.
9b.
What is the “Body of Christ”?
9c.
When was the first church established?
10.
Church Ordinances – Baptism: 10a. Who has the authority to baptize?
10b. What kind of baptism is found in I Corinthians 12:13?
10c. Would you receive into membership those who have been baptized by churches other than Baptist churches of like faith, order, and practice?
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No
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No
10d. If yes, which ones would you accept? 10e. Application: If a man desired to join your church possessing “Bible Church” baptism that claimed to be ”Baptistic” in conviction, would you receive him?
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Church Ordinances – The Lord’s Supper: 11a. What is your position on who may partake of the Lord’s Supper? Open – Freely available to any Christian. Close – Available to members of other churches of like faith. Closed – Only available to the membership of the administering church.
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11b. What is the reason for having the Lord’s Supper?
11c. What, specifically, are the elements used in observing the Lord’s Supper?
11d. Application: If a missionary or pastor from another church of like faith, order, and practice were visiting on a night your church was administering the Lord’s Supper, would you allow that missionary or pastor to participate in that ordinance? 12.
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The Bible: 12a. From what Bible do you preach and teach? 12b. Do you believe the Authorized King James Version to be the only Bible for the English-speaking people? 12c. If no, what other version(s) would you accept?
13.
Salvation: 13a. What is “Repentance”?
13b. Is Repentance necessary for Salvation?
13d. What will be/is the focus of your work? Please provide examples of the outreach programs you will be/are operating. What results do you anticipate/have you seen?
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Christ’s Return: 14a. What is your position on the return of Christ? Premillennial Post millennial Amillennial
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Standards: 15a. What is your position on separation?
15b. Briefly describe your philosophy of music:
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Missions: 16a. Briefly describe your philosophy of missions:
Accountability Information: 17.
What will/do you teach on giving and missions support?
17b. Do you practice this teaching?
Yes
No
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Will your home church have disciplinary power over you while you are a missionary? Will your home church hold you accountable for moral, doctrinal, and ethical practices on the field? Does your home church have the authority to recall you for moral and doctrinal reasons? Will your home church promptly notify your supporters as soon as they positively know of any condition that would affect your moral or doctrinal standing? Will you expect a church to continue support on the field if there is a breach of your promise, a change of doctrine, or a lapse of morality? Will your supporting churches be notified when you leave the field or change fields of service?
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How often will/do you supply reports or updates to your sending church and to the churches supporting your ministry?
Miscellaneous Information: Answers in this section will not necessarily weigh in the Bible Baptist Temple’s decision to take a missionary on for support—unless it is found that the truth was misrepresented in some fashion in the first three sections. Please answer truthfully and fully. 25.
Did you resent answering any of the questions on this document?
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No
25a. If yes, which ones?
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Are there additional comments or information that you wish to make known to us?
27.
Please give telephone number where we can reach you in case we need to contact you:
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Bible Baptist Temple Pastor Bill G. Marshall Signature: By signing and dating this document, you are testifying that all answers you have stated are completely honest and without guile. Bible Baptist Temple views this signature as a statement of your forthrightness and trustworthiness. Please consider carefully your answers.
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Give a testimony of your Salvation:
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Give a testimony of your call to preach:
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Give a testimony of your call to the mission field:
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