• 2/29 ~ ISLAM ~ Turkey in Radical Revision of Islamic Texts by Robert Piggot (BBC News)
  "Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion." (Found on CBNNews.com)
  
• 2/28 ~ TRANSLATION ACCELERATION ~ Open Source Mission (opensourcemission.com)
  Here's a new mission organization focused on greatly accelerating the translation of gospel literature into as many languages as possible ... and utilizing a wiki for their effort, called GospelTranslations.org. (Found on George Verwer's web site)
• 2/27 ~ BOOK REVIEW ~ Bob Roberts New Book on Church Multiplication by Ed Stetzer (edstetzer.com)
  Recently, Ed Stetzer produced an insightful review of Bob Roberts' new book, The Multiplying Church: The New Math for Starting New Churches. Especially impressive is Bob's strategy of annually training church-planting couples using a nine-month on-site training program and making sure that 50% of the couples are non-anglo.
  
• 2/26 ~ GLOBAL PRAYER MOVEMENT ~ 2008 Global Day of Prayer Newsletter (globaldayofprayer.com)
  The latest newsletter from the GDOP movement highlights the amazing history and exponential growth of this relatively young movement and casts the vision for this year's emphasis on praying over strategic locations. With such a powerful influence on the global church, may God grace us to both participate and pray that this annual event will be infused with increasing vision and prayer for the unreached and least evangelized peoples of the world.
  
• 2/25 ~ REACHING WOMEN ~ The Greatest Story Ever Told — through the eyes of a woman by Michael Ireland (Assist News Service)
  "With the U.S. release of the film Magdalena: Released from Shame, the JESUS Film Project has begun distributing a unique new view of Jesus' life through the eyes of Mary Magdalena. Instead of a new translation into a different language, this film uses a new perspective to tell the Jesus story—a female point-of-view."
  
• 2/23 ~ FOR MISSIONARIES ~ Encouragement Online Magazine - February 2008 (Barnabas Int'l)
  This month's articles include:
  » Family Matters - Do your children think they're less imporant than your ministry?
  » Who Is My Mission Field? - Serving Single
  » Mothering & Ministering: How Two Roles Can Work Together
  » Understanding the World of MKs, Growing Giant Sequoias
  » "Family On the Field" - Encouragement Online's Statement of Purpose
  » Heart Matters - The Relationship Between Family and Ministry
  » The Stress Factor - Water, Water Everywhere!
  NOTE: Make sure you pass this on to your missionaries ... and how about putting it on your church's web site to help your members cultivate a deeper understanding and care for your church's missionaries.
  
• 2/22 ~ STRATEGY ~ Developing a Missions Strategy that Fits Your Church by David Mays (davidmays.org)
  "This CD is more than a book: it is a full-orbed resource. A leader's guide and PowerPoint slides are included for teaching a workshop or facilitating a consultation. A participant workbook is included for participants who attend a workshop or participate on a strategy development team. There are multiple documents containing Scripture verses, missions definitions, budgeting and funding grids, survey forms, and sample church strategies. A strategy template, individual worksheets, and numerous supplemental articles and resources are also included."
  
• 2/21 ~ PRAYER & REVIVAL ~ Videos & MP3's of J. Edwin Orr (jedwinorr.com)
  One great way to prepare your heart to hunger for more of God – and to see the moving of His Spirit in our generation – is to expose yourself to explicit accounts of revivals from the past, and as a student of revival, Orr has no equal.
  
• 2/20 ~ PRAYER CAMPAIGN ~ 808 China Blessing (808chinablessing.org)
  Calling all Christians around the world to stand together as one Body united in prayer for God's blessings over China on the 8th of August, 2008, 8:08 pm.
  
• 2/19 ~ ISLAM ~ Livingstone on "A Common Word" by Abraham Piper (Desiring God)
  Greg Livingstone, founder of Frontiers, responds to a question regarding his signing a document (Yale response) from numerous Christian leaders to a document (A Common Word) sent by a broad representation of Islamic leaders. Included are links to John Piper's response to the Yale response, as well as Rick Love's thoughts on the same.
  
• 2/18 ~ STRATEGY ~ Mission Agency Outsources to India with Great Success (Business As Mission Network)
  "By utilizing offshore resources in India for software development, Wycliffe Bible Translators is making a significant addition to its IT development team, re-engaging lapsed donors and ultimately developing tools that are estimated to accelerate the Bible translation process by ten years or more."
  
• 2/16 ~ INNOVATION ~ The Cleverest Idea I've Seen in Years by Guy Kawasaki (blog.guykawasaki.com)
  "This is the cleverest idea I've seen in years (and Apple had nothing to do with it as far as I know): PlayPumps. Kids play on a merry-go-round and pump water for villages at the same time." —This is worth letting many of our missionary friends know about as it could open some doors for the gospel.
  
• 2/15 ~ HELPING THE POOR ~ Free Malaria Bed Nets by Dave Richards (defeatglobalpoverty.com)
  "A new survey by the World Health Organization on the impact of widespread distribution of free bed nets combined with anti-malarial medicines notes some very positive results." (Found via tonysheng.blogspot.com)
  
• 2/14 ~ E-MAGAZINE ~ Practical Mobilization: Vacations with a Purpose by Shane Bennett (missionscatalyst.org)
  "Maybe some mobilizers do not go on vacations. Some of the people we aim to mobilize, however, just might still take vacations. What if we could persuade them to choose ones that don't involve long naps on warm beaches, but rather, joint-pain inducing work in rugged mission outposts around the world? Seems unlikely doesn't it? But it's happening. Check out excerpts from the article ... I've interjected some thoughts and questions throughout to help us consider the ramifications of this idea for us as mobilizers.
  
• 2/13 ~ STRATEGIC PLANNING ~ Rapid Response Teams by Phyliss Brien Hammerstrom (Catalyst Services)
  Catalyst Services has provided an excellent "mini-manual" on the subject of Rapid Response. The primary article is followed by the following subsets of related information and helps:
  » Advice from Others Who Have Organized Teams
  » Resources for Developing Rapid Response Team Ministries
  » Opportunities for Churches
  » Opportunities for Mission Agencies
  
• 2/12 ~ RAISING THE NEXT GENERATION ~ The Mission, Vision, and Ministry of Children Desiring God (childrendesiringgod.com)
  "Children Desiring God exists to equip the body of Christ to spread to the next generations a passion for the supremacy of God in all things, for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ."
  
• 2/11 ~ SHORT-TERM MISSIONS ~ Ten Ways to Guide a Missile by Karen Hatley (WorldConneX)
  "Short-term missions ... is indeed alive. As David Mays notes the trend has increased dramatically over the past few decades. The prevailing issue concerning short-term missions is conducting them in a healthy way for all involved: (1) The Senders (the church) (2) The Goer-Guests; and (3) The Host-Receivers. How can the fast-flying often out of control projectile of short-term missions be guided? Here are ten recommendations."
  
• 2/09 ~ REACHING OUR SAMARIA ~ The Samaritan Life by Tim Stafford (Christianity Today)
  "Denis Haack, who critiques films, books, and music on his Ransom Fellowship website, says that Christians often act like they live in Jerusalem. Not so, argues Haack—we live in Babylon, as aliens and strangers. Why, therefore, are we surprised when we see a movie that offends our values? Babylonian movies reflect Babylonian values, not Christian ones. I liked Haack's point, but I had a nagging sense that he was missing something. Eventually I figured out what: We don't live in Babylon. We live in Samaria."
  
• 2/08 ~ GLOBAL CONFERENCE ~ Gathering the Global Church by Doug Birdsall (lausanne.org)
  The Lausanne Movement's new blog highlights planning leading up to the Cape Town 2010 World Congress on World Evangelization. If you are relatively new to mission mobilization and networking, you will want to become familiar with the Lausanne Movement's history, covenant, documents, World Pulse, E-Newsletter, blog, the upcoming 2010 World Congress (and other specialized focus gatherings), as well as their global and North American leadership.
  
• 2/07 ~ TENTMAKING ~ Tentmaking Courses Offered by GLOBAL Opportunities & TENT (Global Opportunities)
  "Five days of intensive, high quality training for people interested in tentmaking. The course ... will be built around plenary teaching, discussion, tentmaker stories, small group interaction, intensive Bible study, and prayer." (Make sure you check out the testimonials from previous participants ... quite revealing!)
  
• 2/06 ~ STUDENTS / CALL TO PRAYER ~ Return to the Fountain ~ 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer (SVM2)
  February 15 through March 6 ~ " Purpose: Encourage the emerging generation to Return to Christ as the Fountain of Life. Highlighted in each of the 21 days will be the core elements of repentance, personal holiness, finding joy, healing, and satisfaction in Christ, and being channels of that Fountain to the nations."
  
• 2/05 ~ CONTEXTUALIZATION ~ Teaching Outside the Western Way by Bill Walsh (Desiring God Blog)
  " How does a group of Westerners develop curriculum relevant to non-Western cultures? A few of us on the International Outreach team have been grappling with this question. We’ve started to plan and dream about writing non-formal curriculum for training indigenous church leaders, based on Piper sermon manuscripts."
  
• 2/04 ~ MISSION & MUSIC ~ Bach the Evangelist by Nathan Hoff (trinitypastor.blogspot.com)
  " ... why do Bach’s melodies and harmonies, so alien to the Asian ear, appeal to the Japanese? Some musicologists attribute this to Francis Xavier and other Jesuit missionaries, who introduced the Gregorian chant to Japan and built organs from bamboo pipes 400 years ago. Though Christianity was soon squashed, elements of its music infiltrated traditional folk song. Four centuries later, this curious fact is now enabling tens of thousands of people in one of the most secularized nations on earth to turn to Christianity via Bach."
  
• 2/03 ~ MISSION HISTORY / FILM ~ NANKING (nankingthefilm.com)
  Released in December 2007, NANGKING is a documentary of the Japanese invasion and destruction of Nanking, China, but it's also a major documentation of the valient efforts of missionaries and others who stared death in the face to protect the Chinese. WARNING: Nanking is R rated and only appropriate for mature audiences.
  
• 2/02 ~ KENYA ~ Christians Respond to Crisis in Kenya by Marti Smith (Missions Catalyst E-Magazine)
  » Kenyan Children Pray for their Country
  » Stories of Hope
  » Links to Additional Stories
  
• 2/01 ~ REFUGEE HIGHWAY ~ Iraqi Refugees by Jerrid (1615mobilize.blogspot.com)
  "I've just returned from a trip to Jordan with one of our partner churches. Our purpose in going was to access the situation of Iraqi refugees living there. I was, of course, prepared to see difficult living conditions - but I was still not prepared for what we saw."
  
  

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