Half of the group sees attracting volunteers through their program as very important, while the other half split their interests between finding funds for priority needs and recruitment of partnership churches. Teams have mixed reactions about advocacy being used for public relations which came in just behind of the ideas of using advocacy in attracting new team members or building contact with other Great Commission Christians. There were a few who answered this question. Not all teams keep track of the people they contact with their advocacy programs. The average size of the team's advocacy database is 330 people.
Many teams state they are still under a state of development regarding their advocacy planning.
This suggest that the time is right for resources to be made available to train them in planning and writing an assimilation plan for mission teams. It seems the case for advocacy has been made, but the resources for equipping teams are still lacking. Some teams have some good models that could serve to assist other teams who are still in the developing stage. Two such models are very similar in that they build their contacts through Volunteers and Prayer Walkers who come. In both models the volunteers become recruiters who become the champions for the team after they return to the states.