[#99] The Fundraising Shift That Saved Our Ministry with Dan & Maria Hurrelbrink

Dan and Maria Hurrelbrink have been missionaries in Romania for over 33 years — planting churches, running camps, adopting five children, and building Barnabas Ministries from the ground up. But by 2017, their total ministry and family budget had quietly collapsed to $60,000. They were running out of money, couldn't leave the field, and were one bad year away from closing everything they'd built. The problem wasn't their faithfulness. It was one costly mistake almost every missionary makes: raising support for themselves instead of their ministry. In this episode, Dan and Maria share exactly how they turned it around — including the reframe that changed everything, how Dan kept supporters engaged for 5 years without setting foot on US soil, and why "out of sight is out of mind" doesn't have to be the end of your support. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. If you're a missionary feeling stuck, stretched, or invisible to your supporters… this one is for you. 📩

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[#99] The Fundraising Shift That Saved Our Ministry with Dan & Maria Hurrelbrink is an episode from Fully Funded Podcast with Mike Kim & Mary Valloni by Mary Valloni.

This episode is 27:24 long.

This episode was published on Apr 28, 2026.

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