Becoming A World Changing Family
Fun & Innovative Ways to Spread The Good News
By Donna S. Thomas
This book is full of creative ideas that will help readers discover how to see the world as God does and bring the gospel's transforming message to those around them. Its suggestions are not only fun but also practical for even the busiest of families.
Christian Heroes: Then and Now
http://www.ywampublishing.com/c-70-christian-heroes-then-now.aspx
Christian Heroes: Then and Now is a series of books about Famous Christian personalities from the past like Adoniram Judson, Corrie Ten Boom, Amy Carmichael, Eric Liddel, C.S. Lewis, and more. You can buy these books individually or in bundle on YWAM's website.
Get Connected: Mobilizing Your Church for God's Mission
By Johnny M. Hunt
https://www.amazon.com/Connected-Mobilizing-Your-Church-Mission/dp/0976764571
Johnny Hunt, a pastor of one of the most dynamic churches in America, shares his experience and insight with other pastors and ministry leaders on church planting. His book shares inspiring stories of how Woodstock and four other churches of different shapes and sizes connected with God's global mission.
God's Heart for the Nations
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Heart-Nations-Jeff-Lewis/dp/0989954528
God's Heart for the Nations rips apart the old, traditional understandings of God's plan and purpose for our lives. In 8 lessons, this book lays bare the heart and mind of God. It combines powerful Bible passages with challenging and provocative questions. Each lesson is followed by a time of meditation and focus on an unreached people group.
Serving As Senders
By Neal Pirolo
http://www.eri.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37&Itemid=27
A missionary needs care in at least six areas: Moral Support, Logistics Support, Financial Support, Prayer Support, Communication Support, and Reentry Support. This book gives scores of practical ideas in how a team can provide the necessary care for a missionary. Chapter One tells "when" and "why" a missionary needs care. Chapters Two through Seven deal with each of the six areas of care. Chapter Eight brings it back to the individual's involvement in caregiving.
Today's All-Star Missions Churches
By Tom Telford and Lois Shaw
This book uses case studies from churches representing a variety of denominations, sizes, and locations. Each chapter focuses on the unique qualities of a church that has succeeded, ranging from excellence in missionary care to involving children in missions. The successful methods highlighted in this book can be implemented in churches of any size. Missions organization leaders, pastors, and laypeople who want to involve their churches in missions will appreciate this practical and informative book.
Window on the World: When We Pray God Works
By Daphne Spraggett and Jill Johnstone
http://www.amazon.com/Window-World-When-Pray-Works/dp/0830857826
This book is an A to Z collection of countries and people groups providing an exciting learning experience and guide for prayer. Designed for children, this book contains short stories about featured countries or people groups to help relate foreign lands and people to kids in the West. Each page includes a small map putting the country into perspective with neighboring countries, a fact box with essential country, and people information and prayer points that children can ask God, as well as thank God for. This invaluable resource develops cultural, political, and geographical awareness through a Christian lens.
Ask A Missionary
This website helps prospective missionaries along on their journey to long-term mission service. Aspiring missionaries can search or browse questions and answers that have already been published. The most helpful questions and answers are published on this website.
Catalyst Services
Catalyst Services offers Postings, a free monthly e-newsletter of practical articles in church missions mobilization. You will find many benefits on each issue. For past articles, please visit their website.
Center for Mission Mobilization Press
Center for Mission Mobilization
Center For Mission Mobilization invites and inspires believers to share in God's passion to see all peoples of every nation worshiping and glorifying His name. They empower believers with the knowledge and wisdom to understand the complexity of world evangelization while training them to thrive in a lifetime of ministry. They also guide believers to the right information, people, and opportunities where they can maximize their life in bringing glory to God in all nations.
Global Frontier Missions
http://globalfrontiermissions.org
GFM is a non-profit organization that offers short-term missions and missionary training to those who are called to become missionaries.
GMI
GMI is an international team of evangelical research, GIS and IT professionals passionate about informing, equipping and connecting the Church for more appropriate and effective mission. They partner with different organizations around the world to produce and present world-class research that fuels emerging mission movements and leaders.
Mission Frontiers
http://www.missionfrontiers.org
Mission Frontiers is a bi-monthly magazine of the US Center for World Mission. Mission Frontiers provides innovative insights on a wide range of topics from the most creative minds and well-known thought leaders in missiology.
Mission ONE
Mission ONE mobilizes and trains the church for partnership with national missionaries, focusing on unreached people groups and serving the poor and oppressed.
Operation World
Operation World is a definitive guide to global prayer. Now on its 7th edition, Operation World gives you the information you need to focus your prayers and play a vital role to advance God's plan for the nations. Operation World is available in printed form (hardcover and paperback), CD-rom, and DVD-rom.
PeopleGroups
PeopleGroups provides reliable, relevant and real-time information to help you engage unreached people groups around the world.
Perspective on the World Christian Movement
Perspectives brings fresh knowledge and understanding of God's unchanging purposes and why they're relevant to your life. Perspectives is a 15-week course designed around four vantage points: Biblical, Historical, Cultural and Strategic. Each point highlights different aspects of God's global purpose.
Pioneers
Samaritan's Purse
http://www.samaritanspurse.org
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Samaritan's Purse help meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through Jesus Christ.
The Traveling Team
http://www.thetravelingteam.org/team_resources/12-lessons
http://www.thetravelingteam.org
Complete these 12 lessons and become a world Christian. To find out what this world Christian is, visit The Traveling Team's website. The Traveling Team educates and equips college students to become World Christians who fulfill their responsibility in World Evangelization. They also provide missionary students with resources such as books, magazines, websites, videos, and more.
Urbana Student Missions Conference
This website has a list of mission videos.
World Changer Kids
http://www.worldchangerkids.org
World Changer Kids offers various Christian curriculum for your children or kids' Sunday school class. Their curriculum is classified into four: Who Wants to be a Missionary, The Really Amazing Race, References & Websites, and Hands-on Experience.
Online Articles
The Key to World Evangelization
By Steve Shadrach
http://www.thetravelingteam.org/articles/mobilization
http://www.thetravelingteam.org
Online Videos
Videos
Mission Videos
http://www.askamissionary.com/resources/videos.php
http://www.askamissionary.com
Share the Best Missions Mobilization Video You've Seen
http://www.brigada.org/2011/04/29_7026
The Best YouTube/Vimeo Missions Mobilization Videos