Training Resources
A Comprehensive, Up-to-Date Guide for Training, Supporting, and Developing Missionaries
In a world where cross-cultural ministry is more complex than ever, the new Missio Nexus Improve Series title, Essentials for ...
Facilitating Dialogue between the Global North and Global South
By Sheryl Takagi Silzer | Global mission teams are becoming more and more multicultural. This presents challenges particularly to the ...
Navigating Between Worlds
By David R. Dunaetz | Understanding acculturation strategies helps missionaries know what they personally experience and what members of a ...
Strengthening the Indigenous Church
By Trudy Seng, Meiry Yakawa, and Vera Bergson | In the heart of South America, the Ammi Training Center brings ...
Navigating Uncharted Territories
By Chondeug Joseph Jang | In mission history with First Nations in Canada, relationships were broken and Christianity often meant ...
Training for Polycentric Mission
By Mark Hedinger and Kate Wiseman | Polycentric mission brings the joy of multiplied expansion, and at the same time, ...
Language Learning in the 21st Century: Press for Success!
The role of language learning in effective global missions in the 21st century remains an overlooked yet monumental piece of ...
How and Why I Built My Online Training Platform — “The Mission Academy”
Whether you've led many mission trips or just one,"The Missions Academy" provides students engaging online access to content that prepares ...
Q&A with Brian Fikkert
Q&A with Brian Fikkert on leadership implications of leadership in Needs based vs Asset based partnerships ...
The Cost of Caring: Service Among Survivors of Trauma
Trauma is the lasting emotional response that often results from living through a distressing event. Experiencing a traumatic event can ...
Preparing Today’s Missionaries for Practical Peacemaking
Conflict between committed, passionate global workers is common, and unresolved conflicts threaten team dynamics, fruitful ministry, and field longevity ...
Developing Best Training Practices for Retention: What Current Attrition Research
New data is available on why missionaries leave the field and return home. How do we put it into practice ...
Funnels and Loops: How Mass Communication is Accelerating Movements
By Josiah Palusky | Innovative strategies are linking new and existing methods of evangelism and discipleship in ways not previously explored ...
What Is the Minimum Training Needed to Be Effective?
What defines effective? Obviously that they have the money needed. But it ALSO includes a healthy perspective of inviting partners ...
I won’t come down…
This is part one of a two part article series. This first article shares the support raisers experience. The second ...
What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Development Professional
I am not so dissimilar to other fundraising professionals of my baby boomer generation. Most of us fell into our ...
Seeing Ministry Partners as People – or Targets?
A few years ago, a prayer formed in my head and heart, ”Lord Jesus, help me see the person, not ...
How We Train Our People for Ministry Partnership Matters
As we seek to help our new and veteran ministry workers become and remain spiritually healthy, vision-driven, and fully funded, ...
MPD and Non-MPD Staff: A Clear Call and United Front
When talking about support raising, I try whenever possible to stay away from the words “fundraising” and “donor“when describing support ...
What Are You Looking for in a Coach?
When I started support raising, I had no clue what I was doing. I knew that God was calling me ...
It’s All About Perspective
When talking about support raising, I try whenever possible to stay away from the words “fundraising” and “donor“when describing support ...
INVITING is UNITING: Partnership with the Local Church
When I was a child and my parents would go away on a trip, I was always a bit anxious ...
Learning that Connects
As children, we are expected to learn. Our parents, teachers, and coaches dictate the things we need to know, often ...
Five Essential Anchors for MPD
My father was a ship fitter at the US’s first Naval Shipyard, that included everything for the fabrication and repairs ...
How Getting to Full Support Changed Me as a Coach
It is stated in three simple words – get fully funded. You are a leader, a coach, a trainer, and, ...
New Member Benefit: Missio Nexus Bible Certificate Program
Missio Nexus has partnered with BibleMesh to create a new certificate program designed to meet the requirements for theological preparation ...
Support Raising and the Art of Storytelling
Support Raising for ethnic minorities usually conjures up words like shame and honor. But no longer are these terms relegated ...
Ethnic Minority Support Raising is an Untapped Goldmine for Your MPD!
Support Raising for ethnic minorities usually conjures up words like shame and honor. But no longer are these terms relegated ...
Design Thinking for Training and Development: Creating Learning Journeys That Get Results
This is a practical how-to manual for applying design thinking to training programs. Design thinking, typically used in product development, ...
Why and How Jews for Jesus Moved Our New Staff Training Online
Thursday | 3:45 PM | Josh Sofaer, Senior Advisor, Jews for Jesus ...
Build Your Own E-Learning Workshop or Conference. Real Relationships Can Happen!
Thursday | 1:45 PM | Amy Young ...
Design and Implement Capacity-Building Training for Your Gen Z Staff
Wednesday | 3:45 PM | James Aaron Brown ...
Learned Helplessness
Dread. That’s what I felt before my weekly check-in as an MPD coach with this staff. The litany of excuses, ...
The Price of Effectiveness: What Organizational Change Actually Costs
In 1919, Texas Baptists began a ministry for college students. Our first Baptist Student Ministries (BSM) was planted at Texas ...
5 Things to Look for in an MPD Coach
In 1 Corinthians 11:1 Paul says, “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ (NIV).” It is interesting ...
Wanna Go For a Sprint?
An MPD Sprint is a 30-45 day period in which full-time staff spend part-time (20 hours a week) in a ...
Build Your Own E-Learning Workshop or Conference. Real Relationships Can Happen!
Thursday, 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Amy Young ...
Shining Light on the Lies
If you are doing God’s work, the devil will try to get you to not do it, using whatever tactics ...
Missionary Training That Works – Lessons From the African-American Church
Saturday, 9:30 - 10:45 AM | Ron & Star Nelson ...
What Training Do Missionaries Actually Want and Need? Are They Willing to Get It?
Friday, 1:30 - 2:45 PM | Richard Voegt ...
Missionary Training Best Practices – A Collective Project for Being Better and Doing Better
Friday, 8:30 - 9:45 AM | Dick Freed ...
Preparing and Equipping Singles and Marrieds to Work Well Together in Their Cross-Cultural Ministry Teams
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Barry Danylak, Suzanne Grumelot & Catherine Thompson ...
OnMission 2019 Von Golder
Von Golder Media and Training Frontiers www.frontiers.org Audio and Video ...
OnMission 2019 Dick Brogden
Dick Brogden Training of First-Term Missionaries Live|Dead www.livedead.org Transcript Discussion Questions Audio and Video ...
How to Implement a Media Strategy to Reach Diaspora Peoples
“God”, “Hope”, “Bible”, “How do I get out of depression?” Every day millions seek out popular search engines for some of life’s deepest ...
Stewarding the Purpose Inside Your People
Presenter: Mark Stevenson, Founder and Practice Leader, Clarity for Christian Leaders Description: In this webinar, Mark will share with you ...
Relationship as the Non-negotiable Foundation for Effective Missionary Preparation
Presented by: Mark Hedinger Description: We will explore biblical and practical reasons why training for mission work needs to be ...
Cultural Self Discovery for Multicultural Interaction
Presented by: Sheryl Silzer Description: The major challenge for multicultural interaction is recognizing cultural misunderstandings in order to better reflect ...
The Varied World of Learning Technologies – Assembling Your Unique Combination
Presented by: Mark Morgenstern Description: Are you suspicious, skeptical, or just plain burned-out on technology? Today there is much talk ...
Transformissional Coaching: MultiplyYour Equipping and Leadership Effectiveness
Presented by: Tim Roehl Description: What if you could Increase the effectiveness of your training by over 400%? Provide ongoing ...
Truth in Advertising: Balancing Idealistic Recruiting and the Realities of Missionary Service
Presented by: John Gilberts Description: It's a tension all industries struggle withÉ Our leaders are pressuring mobilizers to grow the ...
Sprinting Toward MPD Success
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions. At the Support Raising Leaders Conference, InterVarsity leaders shared their exciting results ...
The Crucible of the First Term: Understanding and Helping So It is not the Last
Description of workshop: The First Term missionary has multiple adjustments to make, losses to mourn, an identity to shed and ...
Resources and Relationships in Missions: Navigating the Minefield of Dependency
Presented by Jeffrey Fussner, formerly Special Assistant to the International Director, and then most recently Director of People Development, TEAM ...
The Local Church: Mentoring Healthy Missionary Candidates
Recognizing the rigors of cross-cultural living, astute church leadership will have a planned approach in its preparation of future international ...
Marching Off the Map: Inspire Students to Navigate a Brand New World
With a focus on the youngest up and coming generation, Elmore outlines the differences that these kids bring to our ...
Making Teams Work in Missions
David Sedlacek, Consultant for Team & Leader Development, TEAM Teamwork is an essential skill for cross-cultural, multicultural mission. What does ...
Doing Bible Interpretation!
Drawing from his years of experience teaching Bible interpretation in the Philippines and other Majority World contexts (as well as ...
STM Emergencies: Preparing Team Leaders to Respond in a Crisis
STM goers want to courageously share Christ in word and action around the globe. Yet, there are risks associated with ...
Diaspora Missions: “OK, We Get it! Now What?”
Critical Questions for Effective Diaspora Involvement The case has been made in the missions community for what God is doing ...
Anthology May 2017
How do we best prepare for the dangers that lay ahead and respond effectively in crisis? ...
Cybersecurity Checklist
Use this checklist to help ensure that you have the best cybersecurity defenses in place and identify any areas that ...
Risk From a Field Perspective
For almost two decades, my husband Neal and I have lived in or near war zones with our children, or ...
Inspired HR: The Intersection of Law, Spirituality, and Common Sense
Employment law is changing fast, particularly in ways that impact religious organizations. Religious liberties are being challenged daily. Current issues ...
Seven Transitions Facing those Serving in China
A combination of factors internal to China and in the external environment are reshaping the China ministry landscape. As a ...
Member Care in Middle Age: Trends, Unintended Outcomes, Potential Solutions
Member Care/Health/Development (CHD) is well into middle age. We could say it has exploded into the Mission Ecosphere, and has ...
Innovation in World Mission: A Framework for Thinking About the Future
We serve a timeless gospel in a rapidly changing world. With mass urbanization, secularization, ubiquitous connectivity, political unrest, changes in ...
The Growing Marketplace Missions Movement
Over the course of the last few years, many in the missions world have been struggling with the changing landscape ...
Cybermissions and the Unreached
The emergence of various digital technologies has initiated a conversation on engaging people everywhere for the Gospel. This webinar explores ...
Insights from Three Surveys of Aspiring Long Termers
Do you want to recruit more long-term missionaries? A previous survey of long-termers presented best practices they recommended. This webinar ...
Crossing Cultures – Redeeming Mankind (Week 3)
Based on Marv Newell’s book, Crossing Cultures in Scripture: Biblical Principles for Mission Practice, a survey of Scripture from Genesis ...
Crossing Cultures – Redeeming Mankind (Week 1)
Based on Marv Newell’s book, Crossing Cultures in Scripture: Biblical Principles for Mission Practice, a survey of Scripture from Genesis ...
Crossing Cultures – Redeeming Mankind (Week 2)
Based on Marv Newell’s book, Crossing Cultures in Scripture: Biblical Principles for Mission Practice, a survey of Scripture from Genesis ...
Deaf: The Final Frontier of the Great Commission
Deaf people collectively are considered to be one of the largest unreached people groups in the world today. In this ...
Curious George finds an iPhone
Can you imagine Curious George with an iPhone? The silly monkey would be...,well, changed. He would be different. Silly monkeys ...
Training Missionaries
This book is written for people who train missionaries. Missionaries must 1) know God, 2) be able to relate well ...
Pioneering Movements
Steve Addison, head of the sending agency MOVE, formerly CRM (Church Resource Ministries) Australia, defines a movement as “a group ...
Disciple Making Movements: A Biblical, Holistic, Exponential Solution for the Remaining Task
This discussion will examine how and why Jesus’ pattern of discipling whole groups or “households” (social units) together is the ...
The Status of the Remaining Task
Are you wondering what’s left in world evangelization? Curious about how global trends in demography, urbanization and globalization fit in? ...
Key insights from the 2016 CEO and Church Mission Leader Survey
In our continuing tradition, Mission Nexus is working to advance the effectiveness of the Great Commission community in North America. ...
Fresh Air for Mission Leaders
As Mission Leaders you have lots of ongoing work on your plate, as well as challenges and limitations. You are ...
A Fresh Perspective on the Insider Movement
The “insider movement” has received much attention in recent years and is often portrayed in ways that are polarized or ...
Ethics & Discipleship in Honor-Shame Cultures
Westerners can falsely think, “Honor-shame cultures don’t believe in right and wrong!” But honor-shame cultures do indeed have a sense ...
Webinar: Using Scripture to Teach CrossCultural Success
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a cross cultural book. Scripture is full of narratives of God's people crossing ...
Protecting Your Ministry from Sexual Identity and Gender Issues
The idea that one person’s “sexual liberty” trumps another’s religious freedom is prevalent. Focus groups are working diligently to challenge ...
Rethinking the Question “Who is a Missionary?”
Rethinking the Question “Who is a Missionary?” in Light of 21st Century Diaspora Realities, with Implications for its Missionaries, Churches ...
Ministry Evaluation Toolbox
Celebrate and sharpen your ministry’s impact through effective evaluation. Learn how to use four practical tools for evaluation (with minimal ...
Home Office Morale Busters: What Puts Staff on Edge
Marv Newell has personally visited more than 85 mission offices across North America. In so doing, he couldn’t help but notice ...
Trends and Needs in Mission Training
This webinar shared results from a qualitative research study designed to understand trends and needs for North American workers living ...
