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PERIODICALS MISSION FESTIVALS GLOBAL OUTREACH TEAM TRAINING EQUIPPING TOOLS BY ACMC EQUIPPING TOOLS BY DUALREACH BOOKS MISC. DVDS POWERPOINTS DRAMAS & SKITS BIBLE STUDY/DEVOTIONALS BULLETIN INSERTS BROCHURES ARTICLES GENERAL ARTICLES URGENCY GENERATIONAL ISSUES PERIODICALS MOBILIZER (Come back later as this resource is finding a new home) ACMC's generic quarterly specifically created for informing, encouraging and inspiring local church missions committee/teams. Archived issues area also available on the web. top MISSIONS FESTIVALS GREAT IDEAS MISSIONS CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES compiled by David Mays Activities, personnel, and methods of communication (successfully used by various churches) that will connect with your audience and help make for a great conference. (Results from a survey of missions pastors, January, 2005) MISSION MUSIC MISSIONS SONGS Titles, lyrics, recordings, printed music sources compiled by David Culbertson top GLOBAL OUTREACH TEAM TRAINING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT 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. It is based on and includes material David has been collecting and teaching for several years. A leader's guide (which is a book in itself) 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." SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS DESIGN YOUR IMPACT by DualReach The Design Your Impact Workshop is a five-hour, fast-paced, interactive program that helps a local church discover its unique DNA and determine a strategic focus that will maximize its resources for global/local impact. The workshop employs a variety of media and an interactive learning style to help church leaders customize a strategic missions focus based on who they are as a local body of believers. THE CHURCH 360 by Larry Walker, ACMC Larry Walker, former missionary, mission pastor and mission mobilizer provides a powerful seminar that helps every church leader, lay or staff, to develop best practices for the missional church. The model presented is radically biblical, focused on global realities, relevant to 21st century America and sensitive to the unique makeup of each church, inspiring each individual to become a change agent in their own sphere of influence. It is stimulating, challenging and practical. Contact Larry at: (760) 412-2042 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it WORKSHOPS by David Mays (Available for churches in KY, IL, IN, MI, MO, OH, WI) David has helped hundreds of churches to greater missions commitment and effectiveness through his workshops, seminars, conferences, consultations, articles and manuals. He has a keen understanding of how to help churches relate missions to contemporary culture. His passionate, informal and sometimes humorous style makes him an effective speaker and consultant. See David's bio. Contact David at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Workshops Titles: ♦ Discovering God’s Global Vision for Your Church ♦ Becoming a World Changing Church ♦ Mission Leadership Challenges in Today’s Church ♦ How to Operate an Effective Missions Leadership Team ♦ How to Get Your Congregation Involved in Missions CONFERENCES ACMC CONFERENCES ACMC provides great one and two day training conferences on how to do missions in the local church. A very wide set of topics often provide great topics related to Welcoming Internationals, Business as Mission, Finishers, etc. MAXIMUM IMPACT MISSIONS TRAINING (AIMS) Intensive training in how to mobilize the church to reach the world's least reached people groups. You and your church will benefit from practical how to sessions that will help you maximize your missions impact from your Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. SIXTEEN:FIFTEEN'S ANNUAL COFFEE AND DESSERT Learn about the ministry of Sixteen:Fifteen and how it has mobilized churches across Amercia to become fully engaged in the Great Commission. Come and share the vision! See also: CONSULTING & COACHING top EQUIPPING TOOLS BY ACMC MISSIONS ASSESSMENT PROFILE (ACMC-Pamphlet) Recently updated and expanded, ACMC's Mission Assessment Profile has been especially helpful for assisting churches in an evaluating their strengths and weakness within the following twelve categories of missions involvement: Biblical Priority, Education, Involvement, Church Leaders, Missions Team, Strategy, Prayer, Giving, Short Term, Training, Missionary Care, Local Ministry “STUFF” YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DOING MISSIONS IN YOUR CHURCH VOLUMUES I, II, III & IV (ACMC) A four volume encyclopedia of all the things you wanted to know about doing missions but didn't know whom to ask. “STUFF”’s three combined volumes contains over 300 one-page lists, outlines, forms, and resources covering everything from Short Term Missions Policies to Missions Pastor Job Descriptions. Each topic is collected under one of the following categories: Foundations, Leadership, Prayer, Management, Communication, Congregational Involvement, Missionaries, and Resources. A must-have reference resource for local church leaders and those helping churches in missions. Click here for the index to all four volumes. HOW TO GET YOUR CONGREGATION INVOLVED IN MISSIONS (ACMC) A simple, story-style, easy-to-use manual for developing fresh methods of communicating missions and recruiting individual involvement. Each chapter includes key quotes, bullet lists of the main points, and a fill-in-the-blank worksheet. The primary value of the book is that it provides a few practical ways to think about how to get fresh, creative ideas. CULTIVATING A MISSIONS-ACTIVE CHURCH (ACMC) Cultivating a Missions-Active Church is the perfect primer for the missions leadership team to work through in the process of understanding its responsibilities and how to carry them out. This handbook targets the following nine key areas of mission ministry in the local church: Prayer, The Pastor, Strategy, The Missions Team, Funding, Missionary Care, Missions Conferences, Growing World Christians, Preparing Missionaries. BECOMING A WORLD CHANGING CHURCH (ACMC) By David Mays, ACMC. What would it look like if your church were organized around the Great Commission? And what would it take to make it happen? This booklet helps church leaders think about church from a fresh perspective. 31 pages, 2006. BUILDING GLOBAL VISION (ACMC) Building Global Vision is a 6-session study guide to help church leaders prepare themselves to receive from God a picture (vision) of what He wants to accomplish in the world through their church. Each session has a built-in personal Bible Study helping participants see how God has guided his servants in the past. CHURCH MISSIONS POLICY HANDBOOK (ACMC) A cornerstone publication of ACMC, The Missions Policy Handbook is unparalleled in the world of church missions resources. With this guidebook your church can thoughtfully and prayerfully evaluate critical issues and create your own a guide for confidently making future decisions regarding virtually any question or need that your missions team will face. top EQUIPING TOOLS BY DUALREACH Find DualReach at: www.dualreach.org MAP YOUR CHURCH'S DNA AND DISCOVER YOUR UNIQUE POTENTIAL FOR GLOBAL IMPACT There is no single “right” method for determining where God would have your church invest in global outreach. But spending some time identifying who God has made you to be is a great place to start. We call this process “mapping your church’s DNA.” (Read more) CHOOSING A STRATEGIC FOCUS A STRATEGIC FOCUS, as we are using the term in this context, can be simply defined as a global initiative adopted by a local church that concentrates multiple resources on the achievement of a strategic objective with a high degree of ownership and commitment on the part of the congregation. REALIGNING YOUR MISSIONS BUDGET This tool package features three prisms for examining and evaluating your church's missions investments--a focus analysis, a ministry analysis and an Acts 1:8 analysis. DEVELOPING YOUR MISSIONS BUDGET These suggestions come from a variety of churches which have wrestled through challenging issues related to their missions funding priorities and systems. EDUCATING CHILDREN IN MISSIONS Resources to help churches educate children in missions MISSIONS WEBPAGE RESOURCES Resources for mobilizing your congregation on behalf of persecuted believers RESOURCES FOR LOCAL CHURCH MISSIONS PRINT MEDIA Ideas and samples to help your church promote missions via print media MISSIONARY SERVICES INVENTORY and WELCOME BASKET Here are two global outreach tools you can use together or implement individually to expand your care for missionaries on home assignment. CARING FOR MISSIONARIES ON HOME ASSIGNMENT Great advice on how to welcome your missionaries back from the field. MINISTERING TO MISSIONARY CHILDREN Resources to help local church members show love and appreciation to MKs MISSIONARY ASSESSMENT AND PREPARATION A Readiness Assessment Evaluation, Building Guide and Personal Planning Sheet will help your church prepare future missionaries. MENTORING FUTURE MISSIONARIES Practical ideas to help you develop a mentoring program for those interested in missions. PERSECUTED CHURCH RESOURCES Resources for mobilizing your congregation on behalf of persecuted believers. SHORT-TERM TEAM FOLLOW-UP RESOURCES A resource kit for maximizing the benefits when short-term teams return. top BOOKS: MISCELLANEOUS THE CHURCH IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK, by Patrick Johnstone, author of Operation World. Essential reading for every one who wants to better understand and walk out the global purposes of our God and His Church. (Click here for David Mays' review and outquotes) SERVING AS SENDERS, by Neal Pirolo There is no rival yet to this six lesson, small group, study guide included treatment of sending, caring for and receiving back those who are sent to the mission field. OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE (free e-book on the web by OM’s George Verwer.) Respected missionary and Christian leader George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization, sums up his life experience with mission work—as a sender, a doer and a trainer—and talks straight about what is really needed in missions in the 21st century. top DVD GLOBAL PURPOSE (2006) The U.S. Center for World Mission has teamed up with Create International to produce a superb 20-minute “intro to mission” DVD. Thoughtfully laid out in five-minute segments, “Global Purpose” covers: The Biblical Basis of Mission, Mission History, The Unreached Peoples, and How to Get Involved. Now available for $14.95 from Create International. To watch a video preview of “Global Purpose,” click here. THE KINGDOM COLLECTION DVD This collection is no longer available from the Urbana.org web site. Currently there are streaming videos available at: http://www.urbana.org/u2006.webcast.cfm top POWERPOINT CALEB PROJECT INFOBYTES Eleven missions-education-oriented streaming powerpoint videos for the whole family, most of which are well under 3 minutes. These are ideal for any setting. Order the DVD for big screen use, or you can even provide links to a free web version (small screen) from your church web site. top DRAMA/SKITS DRAMA/SKITS FROM CALEB RESOURCES (Some of the best in adult and childrens drama materials, and with a strong unreached peoples focus) KIDS MISSIONS SKITS FROM CALEB RESOURCES DRAMA FOR THE CHURCH A database program, containing descriptions of over 1,300 scripts of quality. DRAMA SHARE'S LINKS TO MISSIONS-RELATED DRAMAS WORLD CLASS MISSIONS DRAMAS Twenty missions focused sketches, keyed to Perspectives Curriculum. US$15 - including shipping. Contact Ron Binder, Wycliffe Southwest, 7049 Eastondale Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805, USA Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it top BIBLE STUDY/DEVOTIONALS GOD'S MISSION PROMISES (archived from both the Old and New Testament) GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST (includes a short scripture devotional each day) top BULLETIN INSERTS FRONTIERSCAN A unique and ideal bulletin insert to introduce your congregation to unreached people groups and their prayer needs top BROCHURES FINDING YOUR NICHE This exercise will help members of your church or fellowship to find a role or niche that is specifically unique to their situation, experiences, interests and skills and the way God has put them together. top ARTICLES: GENERAL NEW MOBILIZATION STRATEGY: LEARN, CARE, GO by Nate Davis The "Learn, Care, Go" mobilizing strategy introduces a structure – a hierarchy – where individuals with ideas can find their niche. By assigning specific leadership roles and task assignments, mission ideas can take form at your church. MOBILIZATION BASICS, by Bill & Amy Stearns When a country goes to war, it isn't just the frontline soldiers whose lives are affected. An entire line of support personnel must stand behind them, supplying whatever the combat troops need to do battle. And back on the home front, massive mobilization is required to keep people aware of their part in the war. (Read more) MOBILIZATION: THE KEY TO WORLD EVANGELIZATION by Steve Shadrach Mobilizers are those who channel key resources, training and vision for world evangelization to the Body of Christ. It has been said, that to improperly appreciate and support the role of the mobilizer is to seriously hinder the functions of the goer, sender, and welcomer." (Read more) THE FISH SCALE, by Jamie Wood The Fish Scale attempts to map out the ‘typical’ process, or shifts, that a person undergoes before becoming a ‘Great Commission Christian’. SEVEN DYNAMICS FOR ADVANCING YOUR CHURCH IN MISSIONS by Larry Walker (July ’94 IJFM) In this article I would like to describe four major obstacles to missions that the North American mission community is not adequately resolving. Then I would like to describe seven dynamics that I believe will help any church advance in missions. (Read more) CATCH THE VISION, by Bill Stearns Go ahead: break out of the false impression that to join God’s family is to become part of a nice, privileged group. It’s more like being born into a family business—everybody is naturally expected to take part in the Father’s work. Do you know what the Father is doing these days? (Read more) WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WORLD CHRISTIAN , by David Bryant A powerful and concise chapter out of Bryant’s classic book, In the Gap. FINDING YOUR ROLE IN WORLD EVANGELIZATION by Todd Ahrend Ingrained in the minds of many Christians is the idea that to be involved in mission work means one thing only: living overseas long-term. This is an unhealthy way to approach missions because it excludes most people. Even those that go long-term will eventually come home and need to appropriate their vision in another way. (read more) ROLES IN WORLD MISSION by Nate Wilson Bullet point descriptor for the roles of Senders, Servicers and Missionaries. WE ARE WORLD CHRISTIANS, by Gorden Aeschelman We are world Christians. We put God's love for all people first. No race is superior to another; no government is more loved than another; no country dearer than another. We don't put our nation's economy before God's economy. He tells us to seek first His Kingdom. He will meet our needs. We are driven to action daily with the knowledge that three billion people do not know our Savior. Our passion in life, our unquenchable desire, is to take God's love to them. No task is too small for us. All that limits us is our unwillingness to believe that God can enable us to do it. (Read more) THE POWER OF INTEGRATED VISION, by Bill & Amy Stearns What is your part in the overall mission of the Body of Christ? And how can you help others find their niche in God’s plan? Consider the dynamic of an integrated vision for the work of God in the church, at home and across cultural barriers, as we walk in His blessing to be a blessing to every people. (Read more) LORDSHIP: ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, by Robertson McQuilken (God) is continually interacting with His people to bring about His dynamic plans and purposes—not only for their lives, but for whole cultures and entire nations as well. The clear testimony of the Bible is that everyone who submits his life to the Lord will be swept up into this whirlwind of action, excitement, and adventure that is a part of the very being of God. (Read more) THE MISSIONARY PROBLEM IS A PERSONAL PROBLEM, EVERY BELIEVER A SOUL WINNER, by Andrew Murray This particular article is extracted from Murray’s classic book, The Key to the Missionary Problem. WHAT OF THE UNEVANGELIZED? THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY CHRISTIAN, by J. Oswald Chambers Scripture is overwhelmingly clear that the Unevangelized are lost apart from Christ and without hope. What a burden of responsibility rests upon us! To have the knowledge of Christ imposes upon us the inescapable duty to share that knowledge with every man without delay. To withhold it is a crime of infinite magnitude against that large portion of the human race which is still in midnight gloom. (Read more) POST MODERNISM: SHORTHAND FOR THE WORLD’S WAY OF THINKING Web Evangelism Guide "Postmodernism" is a word which simply sums up the way much of the world thinks today. It includes these viewpoints: 1. There is no objective absolute truth. "Truth" is what you believe it to be. Something can be "true for you, but not true for me". 2. "Choice" is a big virtue in our consumer society. And choice extends to value systems, beliefs, and lifestyle choices. All are seen as equally valid. Choice of religous belief is by mix and match - whatever you feel comfortable with. (Read more) CALLING FOR THE RETURN OF A RARE BREED by Bill Taylor It was an incredible experience, and I knew that my son David and I were witnessing a piece of history, as well as peering into the future that night in Kijabe, Kenya. (Read more) TOP TEN THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR WORLD MISSIONS, by Justin Long Many people have wrote to tell us, "We're interested in world evangelization. What can we do?" I know other agencies face the same question daily. So, here's a 10-step program for getting involved in world missions. If we all widely promoted this program and challenged uninvolved Christians to adopt it, we could see a radical change in the nature of world missions in just a few years. (Read more) THE MISSIONAL HEART OF GOD The February 2004 issue of the WEA’s Connections contains a series of articles pertinent to mobilization top ARTICLES: URGENCY WHAT OF THE UNEVANGELIZED: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY CHRISTIAN by J. Oswald Chambers Scripture is overwhelmingly clear that the Unevangelized are lost apart from Christ and without hope. What a burden of responsibility rests upon us! To have the knowledge of Christ imposes upon us the inescapable duty to share that knowledge with every man without delay. To withhold it is a crime of infinite magnitude against that large portion of the human race which is still in midnight gloom. (Read more) A WILD AND ROMANTIC UNDERTAKING by Michael L. Brown In 1865, David Livingstone, the British missionary-explorer, returned to Africa for his third and last time. For almost seven years, this “bearded, toothless, haggard old man” did not see another European. Amidst rumors that he had died, the New York Herald sent Henry Stanley to search for him in the jungles of Africa. (It was when Stanley found him that he spoke those famous words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume.”) Stanley had been a worldly reporter who had fought for money on both sides of the Civil War. But his time with Livingstone changed him forever. This was his account: (Read more) FOR THE LOST by Tom Stebbins In April 30, 1975, I escaped Vietnam from the roof of the U.S. Embassy aboard a helicopter. Hours later, the country of my birth and boyhood, the land where I served as a missionary, fell to the communists. Three weeks earlier my wife, Donna, and I had flown by Pan Am jet to the safety of the Philippines. But then I learned that more than 500 of my Vietnamese friends and coworkers faced almost certain death or imprisonment. I felt compelled to return to Vietnam to seek an escape route for them. (Read more) top GENERATIONAL ISSUES ARTICLES GENERATIONS AT WORK, by Ron Zemke The workplace today is awash with the conflicting voices, views, and learning styles of the most age- and value-diverse work force this country has known since our great-great-grandparents abandoned field and farm for factory and office. Ron Zemke, co-author of Generations at Work examines the "generational divide" and what that means for your association in terms of membership and workplace. THE THREE POSTMODERNISMS: A SHORT EXPLANATION by Brian McLaren The first postmodernism is the one that modern people talk about a lot. It’s a big scary monster of nihilism and relativism and self-destruction that seeks to undo all that is good in modern Western civilization. This definition of postmodernism (it denies truth, denies reality, denies morality) is useful, I think, to scare people so they’ll stay loyal to their modern institutions, which, they are told, are the last bulwark against the chaos at the gate. (Read more) CHURCHES CAN HELP MILLENNIALS BY HELPING THEM FIND SIGNIFICANCE (Baptist Standard) Churches can reach "Millennials" -- the traditionalist generation of Americans born since 1982 -- by helping them "figure out the code" to life's profound questions, futurist Neil Howe advised. (Read more) THE NEXT "NEXT GENERATION" by Jim Schmotzer Born after 1980, the optimistic and community-oriented Millennials are your up-and-coming church leaders. ARTICLES FROM POSTMISSION.COM Assorted articles from an international forum on mission in post-modernity EMERGING CONFUSION by Charles Colson Distressed about my widely circulated exchanges with an "emerging church" leader, a young theologian confronted me after a conference. He urged me to try to understand them. "You might be surprised by how much you agree on," he said. (Read more) BOOKS ONE CHURCH, FOUR GENERATIONS: UNDERSTANDING AND REACHING ALL AGES IN YOUR CHURCH by Gary L. McIntosh (An updated and expanded version of Three Generations: Riding the Waves of Change in Your Church) One Church, Four Generations gives thoughtful insight into the four generations found in churches today, exploring the qualities, values, and interests of each group in relation to the historical events and social trends that have shaped them. You'll find practical suggestions for types of ministry and worship styles that will draw each generation-from the oldest generation of Builders to the youngest crowd of Bridgers. Helpful tables offer summaries of generational characteristics, common needs and concerns, and ways to reach the unchurched. GENERATIONS AT WORK by Rom Zemke, Claire Raines, Bob Filipezak Generations at Work supplies insights and practical solutions for understanding differences, resolving conflicts, and managing effectively in today's age-diverse workplace. The book gives you: profiles of four distinct generations; case studies in generational peace; a practice exercise; and answers to the 21 most frequently asked questions about managing in a multigenerational workplace. BOOMERS, XERS, AND OTHER STRANGERS: UNDERSTANDING THE GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES THAT DIVIDE US by Kathy Hicks, Rick Hicks Ever wonder why your kids, parents, and even coworkers think and feel so differently than you do on core issues? Rick and Kathy Hicks contend and demonstrate that many of our core values are shaped largely by what was going on in our culture and world when we were about ten years old. By recognizing the factors that give rise to our own values and those of other generations, we can achieve greater mutual understanding and reconciliation with our children, peers, and coworkers, rather than finding ourselves in conflict. An effective tool for bridging the generation gap. SURVEY How Young People View Their Lives, Futures and Politics A PORTRAIT OF “GENERATION NEXT” By the Pew Research Center (2007) POWERPOINT GENERATIONAL ISSUES, by Karen Simons A very professional and attractively done powerpoint presentation to walk your missions team through a study of generational distinctives. WHAT GIVES WITH GENERATION X? by Richard Tiplady A powerpoint dealing with the nature of giving among Gen-Xers. top [back to Mission Resource directory]