Gospel Fellowship Association began a tentmaking program to direct committed Christian professionals to work and ministry on foreign fields. The mission of the tentmaker is to support, encourage, be an example, and help develop a Gospel ministry through evangelim, Bible studies, and in some cases formal Bible teaching. The tentmaker will, in some cases, help pioneer the Gospel ministry in creative access nations. 

Qualifications

• Relevant vocational skills.
• Adequate spiritual and academic preparation for the ministry to be performed on the field.
• Clear salvation testimony.
• Membership in a conservative, independent, Bible-believing church.
• Faithful church attendance and active involvement in ministry.
• Upright character, polite manner, and teachable spirit.
• Demonstrable zeal and effectiveness in seeing the lost saved and discipled.
• Pastoral recommendation.
• Good physical, mental, and emotional health
• If married, a testimony of faithfulness in marriage. For the sake of consistency, GFA does not process the applications of divorced persons.
• Agreement with the doctrinal positions of GFA.

Cost

• The tentmaker will usually earn much of his income from his work.
• In some cases he will also raise additional support to provide adequately for his needs.