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The Tabernacle program put great emphasis on Christian service in all its aspects, but especially on recruiting and supporting people to go to foreign lands to witness to the Gospel among non-Christians.

Every year a week-long missions conference would raise people's awareness about missions and often recruit new workers. The first meeting in 1922 raised $40,000. The last under Rader's leadership, during the Depression in 1932, raised almost $120,000. The Tabernacle supported over 150 missionaries around the world, including Rader's three daughters and his sister Katherine Rader Hawthorne. Twice Rader traveled around the world, visiting the missionaries supported by the Tab and preaching evangelistic campaigns in several countries. Associates such as Oswald Smith made similar trips. And it was at the Tab that many future mission leaders received inspiration and support, such as Peter Deyneka, Sr. (eastern Europe and Russia), Clarence Jones (Ecuador, missionary radio), and Paul Fleming (New Tribes Mission).

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