Partnership Resources
Pursuing Partnership: Moving Mountains of Strongholds Stronghold #2
Stronghold #2 – Independence ...
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Pursuing Partnership: Moving Mountains of Strongholds – Stronghold #1
Stronghold #1 – Satan Hates Women ...
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Pursuing Partnership: Moving Mountains of Strongholds
Engaging the Battle for Men and Women in Partnership ...
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Pursuing Partnership: 5 Needed Conversations
Conversation #5: Representation Matters ...
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Pursuing Partnership: 5 Needed Conversations
Conversation #4: Boundaries ...
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Pursuing Partnership: 5 Needed Conversations
Conversation #3: Performing a Cultural Analysis ...
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Pursuing Partnership: 5 Needed Conversations
Conversation #2 – Theology Matters ...
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Pursuing Partnership: 5 Needed Conversations
Conversation #1 - The Power of Story Sharing ...
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Pursuing Partnership: 5 Needed Conversations
An Interview with the author: Rob Dixon drrobdixon.com ...
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Thriving Partnerships with Churches
Development Track | Workshop Set 2 Thursday, September 29, 2022 8:30 AM Description Primary Audience Development professionals engaging with churches ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 22
More Resources for Revisiting Gender in the Church ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 21
Ephesians 5: Paul and His Subversive Passage on the Family ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 20
Does Paul Really Think Women are Gossips and Busybodies? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 19
1 Cor 11:5 - Who were the women with shaved heads? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 18
Was Abigail Right to Go Behind Nabal’s Back? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 17
What Does it Mean that Woman is “Helper” (Ezer) ...
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10 Training Resources for Men and Women Partnerships
by Wendy Wilson To see men and women partner more fully in thriving gospel efforts, we attempt to provide a ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 16
Are the Women in 1 Timothy Leaders, Needers, or Both? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 15
The Influence of Artemis on the Issues of 1 Tim 2:8-15 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 14
Who Was Artemis and Why Does it Matter (Part 2) ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 13
Who Was Artemis and Why Does it Matter (Part 1) ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 12
Biblical Womanhood, Part 2: What is a Woman? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 11
Biblical Womanhood, Part 1: What is a Woman? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 10
Shepherd Like a Girl ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 9
Why Don’t We See More Women in the Biblical Text ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 8
When “He” Also Means “She” (Gender in Bible Translation) ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 7
Sandra Glahn’s Interview w/ Eugene Peterson: On the Role of Women ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 6
Sandra Glahn’s Interview w/ Eugene Peterson: On the Role of Women ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 5
The Bible: Women Are More Present Than We Might Think ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 4
Women and Theological Education: Capitulating to Culture or Historically Rooted? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 3
Church History: What Do We Learn about Women in Public Ministry? ...
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Pursuing Partnership: New Light on Timeless Texts – Week 2
Historical Reserach: Time for an Update on Women ...
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Pursuing Partnership, Part 28: Engaging our “Hidden” Women
Pursuing Partnership, Part 28: Engaging our “Hidden” Women ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 12
The Blessed Alliance - Just the Beginning ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 11
The Blessed Alliance, Week 11 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 10
The Blessed Alliance, Week 10 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 9
The Blessed Alliance, Week 9 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 8
The Blessed Alliance, Week 8 ...
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Comparing Organizational Fundraising to Personal Partnership Development
A number of years ago, someone put a copy of Henri Nouwen’s booklet “A Spirituality of Fundraising” in my hands ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 7
The Blessed Alliance, Week 7 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 6
The Blessed Alliance, Week 6 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 5
The Blessed Alliance, Week 5 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 4
The Blessed Alliance, Week 4 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 3
The Blessed Alliance, Week 1 ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 2
The Blessed Alliance, Week 1 ...
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Leadership Resources International is now WordPartners
A ministry developing global partners to train pastors changes its name to reflect how God has been shaping their strategy ...
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Pursuing Partnership: The Blessed Alliance – Week 1
The Blessed Alliance, Week 1 ...
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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 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 27: Leadership Profile on Marti Williams
Part 27: Leadership Profile on Marti Williams ...
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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, ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 26: Leadership Profile on Karin Primuth
Part 26: Leadership Profile on Karin Primuth ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 25: Leadership Profile on Patrice Hunt
Part 25: Leadership Profile on Patrice Hunt ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 24: Leadership Profile on Karen Beijani
Part 24: Leadership Profile on Karen Beijani ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 23: Leadership Profile on Hmong and Lao-American Ministry Leader Mani Khy
Part 23: Leadership Profile on Hmong and Lao-American Ministry Leader Mani Khy ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 22: Profile – Cindy Lopez. “Men, Let Women be Part of Your Circle”
Part 22: Profile - Cindy Lopez. “Men, Let Women be Part of Your Circle” ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 21: What Does the Bible Say? Carrying on as we Wrap Up
Part 21: What Does the Bible Say? Carrying on as we Wrap Up ...
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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 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 20: What Does the Bible Say? Interpretive Challenges in 1 Cor 14:26-40
Part 20: What Does the Bible Say? Interpretive Challenges in 1 Cor 14:26-40 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 19: What Does the Bible Say? Interpretive Challenges in 1 Cor 11:2-16
What Does the Bible Say? Interpretive Challenges in 1 Cor 11:2-16 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 18D: What Does the Bible Say? More on the Interpretive Difficulties in 1 Timothy 2
The Disputed Passages: A Second Look at 1 Timothy 2:8–15 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 18C: What Does the Bible Say? More on the Interpretive Difficulties in 1 Timothy 2
The Disputed Passages: A Second Look at 1 Timothy 2:8–15 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 18B: What Does the Bible Say? The Interpretive Difficulties in 1 Timothy 2
The Disputed Passages: A Second Look at 1 Timothy 2:8–15 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 18A: What Does the Bible Say? The Interpretive Difficulties in 1 Timothy 2
The Disputed Passages: A Second Look at 1 Timothy 2:8–15 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 17: Consider the Biblical Woman
Taking a Break to Consider the Practical Impact of our Theology? Before we move on in our series to the ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 16C: Why the Confusion? The Interpretive Difficulties in 1 Peter 3
The Disputed Passages: Taking a Second Look at 1 Peter 3:1-9 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 16B: Why the Confusion? The Interpretive Difficulties in 1 Peter 3
The Disputed Passages: Taking a Second Look at 1 Peter 3:1-9 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 16A: Why the Confusion? The Interpretive Difficulties in 1 Peter 3
The Disputed Passages: Taking a Second Look at 1 Peter 3:1-9 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 15B: What Does the Bible Say? The Disputed Passages, Eph 5 (continued)
A Second Look at Ephesians 5:21-33, continued ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 15A: What Does the Bible Say? The Disputed Passages, Eph 5
A Second Look at Ephesians 5:21-33 ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 14B: What Does the Bible Say? Interpretive Traditions
“Nothing helps more powerfully against the devil, the world, the flesh, and all evil thoughts than occupying oneself with God’s ...
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Enabling Partners to Find Missionaries
In traditional partnership development, missionaries seek financial support based on personal relationships. But what if it could also go the ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 14A: What Does the Bible Say? Taking Another Look
What does the Bible Actually Say? The Topic of Women in Leadership Deserves a Second Look ...
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Embracing Your Community in Ministry Partner Development
Diwali. Lunar New Year. Cinco de Mayo. Eid al-Fitr. Passover. Christmas ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 13: Got a ‘Billy Graham Rule?’ 4 Opportunities You May Be Missing
Billy Graham set up a boundary of never being physically alone with a woman who was not his wife because ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 12: The Place of Care over Fear?
Betsy, a single woman, co-directed an internship in a cross-cultural setting with a married man. On one occasion, their group ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 11: A Brother’s Cycle to Action
These days, my ministry is focused on helping the church affirm and empower women in the context of our Kingdom ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 10: A Brother’s Journey
These days, my ministry is focused on helping the church affirm and empower women in the context of our Kingdom ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 9: A Leadership Profile: Melanie Lachcik
Melanie Lachcik took a job as an executive assistant at a Christian nonprofit organization because she wanted to serve with ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 8: Seeing What They See
Diverse church, diverse mission. If the Great Commission is a calling to bring redemption in Christ into the diversity of ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 7: A Leadership Profile: Shesnarda Rivera
Shesnarda Rivera has learned to walk and talk twice in her life. She’s adjusted to several different versions of her ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 6: Limping through Mixed Messages
I (Eva) grew up in a missionary home, with mixed messages regarding women. At home I saw my parent's version ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 5: A Leadership Profile: Jennifer Hoines
Some of Jennifer Hoines’ patients are a several-hour commute away on Guatemalan mountain roads. She sometimes makes the sacrificial journey ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 4b: Brother to Brother – An Invitation to Evaluation
“So I ended up having to write up a statement and having a man read it to the church.” ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 4a: Brother to Brother – Why are We Benching Key Kingdom Players?
“So I ended up having to write up a statement and having a man read it to the church.” ...
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Church to Global Partners in the Majority World Church Era
Friday | 9:00 AM | Mark Byrom ...
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Partnering with the Black Church in Key Trends in 21st Century Missions
Thursday | 3:45 PM | Craig Denison, Jennifer Abohosh ...
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Convergence as Mission Innovation: Keys to Unlocking Synergistic Partnerships
Thursday | 1:45 PM | Sonji Y. Pass ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 3: Why the Discussion Matters
I continue to be challenged, overwhelmed . . . and hopeful as the Lord takes me further into the many ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 2: The Spectrum of Guiding Thought
Among North American evangelicals who hold a high view of Scripture, there is a wide spectrum of views on biblical ...
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Pursuing Partnership Part 1: A Special Movement of God’s Spirit?
What special work may God be doing among us in these days? We’ve seen new discoveries in archeology and biblical ...
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Announcing Missio Nexus/Sixteen:Fifteen Partnership
Sixteen:Fifteen and Missio Nexus: Together for the Great Commission We are thrilled to announce that Sixteen:Fifteen and Missio Nexus have ...
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Partnership Development and the Coronavirus
Many of you in the middle of raising support may be wondering what to do during this unprecedented time ...
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Church and Agency Partnerships
Perspectives from Churches - A report by Jennifer Holloran, COO - Wycliffe Bible Translators On January 21, 2020, more than ...
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Announcing the Wheaton and Missio Nexus Partnership
We are pleased to announce our new Missio Nexus partnership with the Wheaton College Graduate School and the Wheaton College ...
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Linking Arms to Fight for Religious Freedom: The Religious Liberty Partnership
By Brian F. O’Connell ...
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Calling the Church to Compassion for Refugees: Refugee Highway Partnership
By Jude Simion and David Rihani ...
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Beyond the Newsletter: Communicating Value to Ministry Partners
Keeping in touch with people who we don’t see regularly takes initiative ...
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Partnership or Handout?
My biggest struggle when I first sensed God calling me into ministry was fundraising. I just could not see myself ...
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From Power to Partnership: Reducing Unconscious Bias Toward Women Leaders
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Leanne Dzubinski ...
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Supporting a Culture of Godly Mixed Gender Ministry Partnerships
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Rob Dixon ...
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Partnering Well
Churches engaged in mission want their missionary partnerships to positively affect their church, and missionaries want their church to do ...
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Missio Nexus Podcast Episode 40: Carlos Calderon of Partners International
In this episode Ted interviews Carlos Calderon of Partners International ...
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Into the Word: Partnership
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Principles and Practices for Partnership
By Ken Katayama ...
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Reflections on Partnership
By Bill Taylor ...
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14 Ways to Collaborate & Partner in Christian Mission
An Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Articles, Books, Websites, and Videos ...
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Giving Honor: A Key to Fruitful Cross-Cultural Partnerships
Werner Mischke ...
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Equipping Your Field Leadership for Effective Partnerships
Presented by: Jose de Dios, Russ Simons Description: New realities on the mission field call for partnering and not just ...
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International Local Church Partnerships
Presented by: Randy Schmor Description: The 21st century local church sees itself more and more as a primary player in ...
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Giving Honor: a Key to Healthy Cross-Cultural Partnerships
Presented by: Werner Mischke Description: PROBLEM: Objective 1: Observe from Scripture and social science that RIVALRY was a problem in ...
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North America Churches’ Fit in Global Networks and Partnerships
Presented by: Ellen Livingood Description: Only a tiny fraction of the vast number of churches across America have found their ...
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Developing a Network Engagement Strategy for Effective Partnerships
Presented by: Eldon Porter Description: This workshop will focus on the practical steps required to build an effective network engagement ...
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Flourishing Male/Female Ministry Partnerships in the Era of #ChurchToo
Presented by: Rob Dixon Description: In the era of #metoo and #churchtoo, are healthy and thriving ministry partnerships between women ...
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Healthy Missions Partnerships and Effective Short-term Teams
Presented by: Larry Ragan Description: How do you identify, build, and maintain healthy international partnerships for your church/organization? How do ...
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Partnership Is the Future of World Mission
Presented by: Kärin Butler Primuth Description: Watch Listen Download Audio ...
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Partnering Together to Maximize Effectiveness: Churches & STM
Presented by: Jesse Kroeze Description: Learning from each other is essential to navigating short-term missions in a way that will ...
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Becoming Partnership Friendly: Redefining the “We”
Presented by: Eldon Porter Description: Why are western agencies often seen as not partnership friendly and how is that being ...
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Member Care and HR Working in Partnership: A Dialogue
Presented by: Faith De La Cour Description: How can mission Member Care and HR teams work together for the greater ...
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Partnership: Matchmaking for Missionary Training
Partnership: Matchmaking for Missionary Training Written by Mark Morgenstern Mark is one of our fourteen Mission Advisors focused on assisting ...
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Partnership and the Strategic Role of Networks
Description: We live in an unprecedented period of mission history. The new paradigm of “from anywhere to everywhere” is by ...
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Partnering with Oral Learners
Presenters: Rob Harvey, Executive Director, Orality Nexus Stephen and Tricia Stringer, Scripture Resource Strategists, IMB Develop your oral strategy and ...
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Men and Women Leading Together: Pursuing Godly Partnerships
About Our Facilitators Wendy Wilson Ms. Wendy Wilson expresses her joy and privilege as envisioning and equipping women to bring ...
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Degrees of Partnership
Partnership is something we long for but often have a difficult time defining. North American churches and organizations are seeking ...
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Finances on the Field: Choosing a Missionary Banking Partner
Originally published on eccu.org Missionaries are always on the move, so choosing a bank that understands and serves your unique international ...
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Partnerships and the Strategic Role of Networks
We live in an unprecedented period of mission history. The new paradigm of “from anywhere to everywhere” is by nature ...
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A Biblical Theology of Partnership in Mission
by Atul Y. Aghamkar, PhD ...
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Missio Nexus Podcast Episode 15: Eldon Porter on Partnerships and Networks
Tune in as Ted interviews Eldon Porter about the rising tide of networks and partnerships ...
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The Macedonian Call in the Twenty-first Century: Partnering for Contextual Equipping of International Missionaries
The late 1980s and early 1990s were perhaps the most exciting days of modern missions—the Iron Curtain fell, and immediately ...
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Effective Partnering: The Church and Cross-cultural Worker On-Task Together
Everyone agrees that we must work together to accomplish the task of Matthew 28:19-20 so that we may move closer ...
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Managing Complex Kingdom Partnerships
Partnering is something we all do, but many of us know little about. Partnering in a cross-cultural setting can get ...
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Missions Partnering with the Body of Christ
By Mark Stebbins, The Navigators How should we prioritize partnering with other missions’ sending organizations who want to recruit collegiate laborers to ...
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Sister Church Partnerships: An Integrated Process and Timeline
Sister Church Partnerships: An Integrated Process and Timeline Randy Schmor 2016 Mission Leaders Conference Short-Term Mission Partnerships between North American ...
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Partnership at Work: A Conversation Between the Church and Agency Leaders (MOB)
Partnership at Work: A Conversation Between the Church and Agency Leaders (MOB) John Ward & Joe Caruso 2016 Mission Leaders ...
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Missional Living on on a Global Scale: A Case for Sister Church Partnerships
COMPARTMENTALIZING, categorization, and silo making. You may not realize it, but if you are a North American or a church ...
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A Common Mission: Healthy Patterns in Congregational Mission Partnerships
by David WesleyWipf and Stock. 2014. —Reviewed by Alexander K. Zell, adjunct professor, Crown College, St. Bonifacius, Minnesota; former international ...
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Resolving Conflict with Cross Cultural Partners
Resolving Conflict with Cross-Cultural Partners Mary Lederleitner, Cross-Cultural Consultant, Wycliffe International April 14, 2011 Description: Understand your own and your ...
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Authentic Intercultural Partnerships
Description: Authentic Intercultural Partnerships Authentic Intercultural Partnership: Nine Things Every Partnership Needs to Succeed Daniel Rickett, Ph.D., Vice President, Sisters ...
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Partner-Friendly Organizations
Partner friendly organization maximizing kingdom impact through Partnering Intelligence Brian O'Connell, President, May 22, 2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern Over ...
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Three Rails of Partnership Development
Three Rails of Partnership Development with Ellen Livingood Three Rails of Partnership Development: Field, Church, and Logistics Ellen Livingood, Catalyst ...
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On-Site Facilitators: The Pivotal Link for Global Church Partnerships
On-Site Facilitators: The Pivotal Link for Global Church Partnerships Ellen Livingood, Founder and Director, Catalyst Services April 10, 2008 Local ...
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Results Focused Partnership w/ Brian O’Connell
Dec 10, 2009 - Results Focused Partnerships Brian O'Connell, President, REACT Services Description:This webinar focuses on principles and best practices ...
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Global Church-to-Church Partnership Essentials
Global Church-to-Church Partnership Essentials Michael VanHuis, Global Advancement Officer, Pioneers December 2, 2010 Key Words: Partnership, Partnerships, Church to church ...
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Overcoming Global Partnership Hurdles
Overcoming Global Partnership Hurdles Presenter: Ellen Livingood, Catalyst Services Date: January 18, 2011 Description: Local churches are collaborating with partners ...
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Partnerships and Resources for Church Planting
Partnerships and Resources in Church Planting Speaker: Craig Ott Organization: Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Original Air Date: November 1, 2012 ...
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Metrics for Missions Workshop: Results Focused Partnership w/ Brian O’Connell
Metrics for Missions: Results Focused Partnership: A 90-minute workshop (audio recording with handouts)Presenter - Brian O'Connell, President, REACT Services This ...
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Short-term Mission Partnerships: Lessons from Paul and the Philippians
In recent years, much has been said about the good and the bad of short-term missions. Short-term missions have been ...
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Think Big, Think Small: Partnerships as a Revolution in Global Missions
We think small about the gospel. Over the past fifty years, Christians have usually defined the gospel like this: “We ...
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What a Strange Family! Church-Agency Partnerships
Despite blemishes both the church and the agency have, there is also incredible potential. What would it look like if ...
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A Vision for Partnership: Radio as a Case Study
For agencies to thrive in the future, partnerships must be more and more at the core of strategy, and those ...
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Sister Churches: American Congregations and Their Partners Abroad
by Janel Kragt Bakker Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY, 10016, 320 pages, 2013, $29.95. —Reviewed by ...
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Essential Mission Partnering Principles
Only when we understand the spiritual foundation of our fellowship with God and one another will we find the motivation ...
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The Beauty of Partnership Study Guide (Standard Edition)
by Werner Mischke, designer/editor Mission One, Inc., P.O. Box 5960, Scottsdale, AZ 85261, 212 pages, 2011, $29.95 (free DVD discussion ...
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Resolving Conflict with Cross-cultural Partners
How we personally make meaning of situations is a critical component in conflict ...
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The Role of Best Practice Principles in a Partnership Culture
An organization that functions well in the partnership culture will be better positioned to manage the variety of partnership scenarios ...
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Cross-cultural Partnerships: Navigating the Complexities of Money and Mission
Understanding and avoiding the pitfalls associated with such relationships is the subject of this timely new book ...
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Successful Partnership: A Case Study
A tremendously effective partnership between a group of missionaries to North Africans in France and a local French church led ...
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How Convictions Catalyze Fruitful Cross-cultural Partnerships
An inside look at fruitful cross-cultural partnerships in Latin America as seen through the eyes of David Brooks and Jōse ...
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Of Partnerships and Power Trips
The differences between true partnerships and power trips disguised as partnerships are significant ...
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Reflection on a Missions Partnership
Now that the Alliance has completed its ministry, how can we evaluate its effectiveness? By God’s grace there is good ...
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Short-term Missions for Long-term Partnership
The author asks, “Are we tourists or are we God’s missionary people?” Rickett shares why many STMs are not working ...
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The Devil is in the Details: Avoiding Common Pitfalls when Funding New Partnership Endeavors
Having clearly defined objectives and guidelines at the outset of a partnership with an international ministry can prevent many problems ...
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Well Connected: Releasing Power, Restoring Hope Through Kingdom Partnerships
Powerful global forces are motivating organizations of many kinds to bridge traditional barriers by attempting new partnerships and alliances. But ...
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Partnerships in Ministry: Moving from Misguided Metaphors to Sustainable Strategies
Effectively partnering with ministries cross-culturally is important to avoid the use of three common (and misguided) metaphors ...
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Partnership Revisited
Sometimes you’ve just got to go back to the basics. When Vince Lombardi, former coach of the National Football League’s ...
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The Effective Use of Resources in Missions Partnerships
This is what an African national staff member told his Western missionary leader after ten years of working with a ...
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Mission and Church Partnership Dynamics: Lessons from SIM-ECWA in Nigeria
What happens when an international, interdenominational faith mission agency decides that a national church it birthed has reached maturity and ...
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Western-National Church Partnerships: Are They Really A Good Idea?
In recent decades many Western churches have moved from sending their own missionaries into developing nations to supporting indigenous ministries ...
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Building Strategic Relationships: A Practical Guide to Partnering with Non-Western Missions
Daniel Rickett examines partnerships between Western churches and their international counterparts ...
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Making Your Partnership Work
We are in the midst of a major paradigm shift in missions. It is now neither possible nor desirable for ...
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Toward Interdependent Ministry Partnerships: Fueling Ministry without Fostering Dependency
Partnership, Self-reliance, Accountability, Dependency. These are buzzwords that came to dominate table talk about missions in the last decade of ...
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Serve. Assist. Partner. How to Help the Church in China Meet the Challenges of a New Generation
How do individuals, churches, or organizations assist, serve and partner with the church in China? ...
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Fine-tuning Financing: Principles of Giving and Receiving in Missions Partnerships
Giving and receiving of money in missions partnerships ...
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Partnership Resources on the Web
Our focus in this article is how international mission agencies can work together in functional collaborative partnerships ...
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Partnership— More than a Buzzword
The purpose of this article is to attempt to clarify biblical and missiological issues behind the contemporary use of the ...
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Seven Mistakes Partners Make and How to Avoid Them
I was inspired recently by the title of an article in a business magazine, “Failure: The Secret to My Success.” ...
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Sri Lankan Leader Eyes Partnerships
Ajith Fernando, national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka, spoke about partnership and related issues during a recent ...
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Preventing Dependency: Developmental Partnering
Developmental partnering can be summed up in one word: brotherhood ...
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Sending and Receiving in Light of Equal Partnerships in Mission
The concept of partnership in mission is the focus of discussion and debate across a wide spectrum of mission agencies ...
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Unique and United: A Partnership in South Africa
This month marks 13 years of missionary service for me. I have learned that missionary and national church relationships are ...
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Lessons of Partnership
Some suggestions from my experience to help your mission partnerships take shape and function effectively ...
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Webinar: Sharing Your Story: Becoming a Media-Savvy Communicator
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Listening to Learn: Perspective of Young Black Christians on Faith and Missions
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Translating for Transformation: The Missional Impulse of Translation
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Posture Over Program: OMF’s Creation Care Journey
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A Missional Theology of Creation Care
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Pray with Haiti
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Webinar: Diversity and Mission Mobilization
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Church Mission Leaders Peer2Peer Virtual
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Webinar: How to Share Your Organization’s Message Through Self-Publishing Books
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Prayer Releases Young People into Missions
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The Power of Teaching Children to Pray
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Purpose and Power of Prayer Guides
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Praying through 12 Common Characteristics of Disciple Making Movements
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Decade of Harvest: the Convergence of Gospel and Prayer Movements
By Jason Hubbard | 2033 marks 2,000 years of the Great Commission and the birthday of the Church. As we ...
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Holding the Rope: Making Space for Prayer in the Bible Translation Movement
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She prayed, hoping God would hear her. And though she wasn’t sure if God was really there, he heard her ...
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Webinar: Organization Initiatives for Sexual Wholeness
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I could watch people going out, rejoicing in what God has given to them. I was like the only dry ...
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Women Missing in Church History: Filling Out the Historical Record – Week 9
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This book discusses the work of mobilizing Gen Z (young people born between 1996 and 2010) for global ministry in ...
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By Evi Rodemann | Missions conferences around the world have played an important part in mobilising young people into long-term ...
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Gen Z has several positive and negative characteristics that may affect their willingness and motivation to engage in global missions ...
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Three Strategies for Engaging Gen Z in Missions
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Costly: Non-Negotiables in Relating to Nationals and Persecution
Executive Leadership Track | Workshop Set 4 Thursday, September 29, 2022 15:45 PM Description Primary Audience Missionaries, mission agency leaders ...
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Empower Your Global Worker with Modern Giving Technologies
Information Technology | Workshop Set 3 Thursday, September 29, 2022 13:45 PM Description Primary Audience CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CTOs, Directors, ...
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Essential Keys to a Mobilized Church
Local Church Missions Essentials | Workshop Set 4 Thursday, September 29, 2022 15:45 PM Description Primary Audience Pastors, mission pastors, ...
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Getting Started in Planned Giving
Development Track | Workshop Set 4 Thursday, September 29, 2022 15:45 PM Description Primary Audience Development professionals interested in planned ...
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How to Mobilize Your Senior Pastor and Church Staff for Missions (Combined)
Local Church Missions Essentials | Workshop Set 3 Thursday, September 29, 2022 13:45 PM Description Primary Audience Church mission leaders: ...
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Ukraine Ministry Update
Global Strategies Track | Workshop Set 3 Thursday, September 29, 2022 13:45 PM Description Primary Audience Those wanting to learn ...
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What Research Reveals about Generation Z
By Patricia Savage | As we at OneHope researched characteristics of Gen Z youth across the world, we discovered they ...
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Bringing Open Hearts to Engage Generation Z
By James Choung with Mary Tindall | Generational theory helps us understand generations as distinct cultures. This demystifies how we ...
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Good to Great: 7 Principles to Maximize your STM Impact
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Apostolic Imagination: Recovering a Biblical Vision for the Church’s Mission Today
This book argues that the “Church has ventured away from the apostolic path and continues down a road involving numerous ...
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STM: Standards Introductory Workshop – Part 1
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Women Missing in Church History: Filling Out the Historical Record – Week 3
Week 3 - A Taste of Chapter 1: Patrons, Missionaries, Apostles, Widows, and Martyrs ...
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No Choice Network & Church Renewal with Missie Nederland
How churches were affected by the pandemic and what church renewal in the Netherlands might look like ...
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Women Missing in Church History: Filling Out the Historical Record – Week 2
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Equipping Global Workers to Tell Their Stories
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Webinar: A New Word: Redeploying Returning Missionaries among Diaspora People
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Women Missing in Church History: Filling Out the Historical Record – Week 1
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How to Be Spiritually Healthy, Vision-Driven and Fully Funded
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40-Day Devotional Series: Counting the Cost
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Invaluable Investment: Counting the Complex Costs of Bible Translation
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8 Lessons Learned in 80 Years of Bible Translation
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Oral Bible Translation is Key to Seeing Scripture in Every Language
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Solving the Consultant Dilemma
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Collaboration in Bible Translation
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Multilingualism and Ministry
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The Landscape of Bible Translation in the 21st Century
By Phil King and Dick Kroneman | The rich and diverse landscape of Bible translation, today, brings together past wisdom ...
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Turning Points in the Expansion of Christianity
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Baptisms in Middle East
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Not Called: Recovering the Biblical Framework of Divine Guidance
This book appeals to a fresh look at the biblical data on the concept of vocational call, comparing differing definitions ...
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Raising up a team of partners is a journey and process, not just a process of connecting with people and ...
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Agency Mobilizer Training Survey Report
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Webinar: Peer 2 Peer for Marketing and Communications Staff: Harvesting Those Ripe Fields – Digital Marketing for the Kingdom
Digital marketing is a very effective way to expand the reach of your ministry. But today's digital media landscape is ...
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14 Reasons to Attend Counting the Cost
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Webinar: Risk in Missions – Practical insights for Agencies and Churches
Risk in missions is something we take very seriously. This year the On Mission virtual conference is dedicated to the ...
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60+ Expert-Led Sessions in 12 Workshop Tracks
From executive leadership, development, and global strategies, to people care, mobilization, and training, there is a workshop track for everyone ...
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Personalized Missionary Prayer
What a heart-breaking tragedy to have fine young men wiped out at an advanced post by enemy fire simply through ...
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Today’s Missions in the Latin American Social Revolution
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Embrace Your Humanity: What to Write When It’s Not Butterflies and Rainbows
2020 was a hard year for us all. It was an especially hard year for writing newsletters and knowing what ...
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Help! How to Renew Stale Vision
Paper, glue, and markers lay scattered around the table as we crafted cards for the Church’s partner ministries ...
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24/7 prayer campaign There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world and a good majority of them remain unreached by ...
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Join the Global Movement Praying for Muslims during Ramadan
While Muslims fast and intentionally seek Allah for 30 days, we invite you to pray for them during this significant ...
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Member Care: Loving Those We’ve Sent
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All Creation Groans: Toward a Theology of Disease and Global Health
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Institutional Intelligence: How to Build an Effective Organization
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Attempt Great Things for God: Theological Education in Diaspora
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A Guide for Member Care Engagement
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Spiritual Miscarriage: The Death of a Vision
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Safe Harbor: The Role of Hospitality in Member Care
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Safe Harbor: The Role of Hospitality in Member Care
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Missionary Care from a Latin American Perspective
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Member Care from an Asian Perspective
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Member Care in Nigerian Missions
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Unprecedented advances in technology, innovation and collaboration among the global church are accelerating the pace of Bible translation like never ...
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Lack of knowledge about women in church history is problematic for many reasons. The old phrase “Those who don’t know ...
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Carpe Diem Redeemed: Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times
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Pillars of a “Theology of Teams”
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Making Disciples of the Nations—10 Years After 2010
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Becoming an Ally: More Men Becoming More Effective Allies to Women
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Engaging STM Senders and Supporters
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Everything’s Changed! Or Has It? Providing Strategic Financial Leadership in the Midst of Crisis
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Enabling Collaboration Through Technology
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The Only One: Living Fully In, By, And For God
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The Rise and Fall of Movements: A Roadmap for Leaders
Simply put, movements are the multiplication of disciples and churches. Drawing on both the ministry of Jesus and also reflections ...
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China: Statistical Highlights
Statistical highlights that give us a glimpse of the current political situation and status of religion in China ...
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Are You Bulldozing Your Appointments?
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Missio Nexus Podcast Episode 49 – USAID
In this episode Ted interviews USAID personnel Randy Tift and Diana Lighfoot ...
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Three Fundraising Culs-de-sac: Extremely logical half-truths that take you in circles
Funding coaches and leaders need to be alert for three subtle fundraising “sayings.” These half-truths seem logical, but following them ...
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Wang, Sophia
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Funding Principles Go Beyond Borders
The perception exists in some Non-Westerners that the West are “rich,” and so it is easy for them to support ...
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How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority
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The Spirituality of William Ward
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South Asia: God’s Kingdom Advancing through Discovery Bible Studies
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N. Saloff-Astakhoff and Russian Tent Missions: Reflections on History That Unites
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Conceptualizing a Mission to the Chala Peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Conversation and Conversion: The Gospel of John and an Alternative Orality Strategy in Mozambique
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The Mobilized Church Workshop: Keys to Unlock Missions Potential
Has your church’s unique, God-given potential to reach the nations been UNLOCKED? ...
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Loonshots, How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Unlike so many leadership books published over the past two decades, this one emphasizes structure instead of culture as the ...
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Burden vs. Load: Living in the Tension as a Coach
In Galatians 6:2 Paul says, “Carry each other’s burdens and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.” ...
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Packing a Parachute and Other Superpowers
About Our Facilitators Karen Hawkins Karen brings nearly 30 years of experience and a passion for the partnership between assistants ...
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Where Are the African-American Missionaries?
There are some unique barriers many African-Americans face as it relates to fundraising ...
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Jesus in the Secular World #2: Responding to Global Secularization Webinar
Description: Fueled by global secularization, the Global Youth Culture is largely influenced by one predominant worldview: Secular Humanism. In this ...
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Mapping Church Missions: A Compass for Ministry Strategy
Description: The terrain of church missions is often bewildering. Should we prioritize evangelism or works of service? ...
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Jesus in the Secular World #1: Understanding Global Secularization Webinar
Description: Global secularization, a trend closely tied to the globalization of culture among urban youth, presents a unique challenge to ...
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2018 – 2019 Webinars
Mapping Church Missions: A Compass for Ministry Strategy - presented on May 2nd by Sharon R. Hoover, Director of Missions ...
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Ten Reasons Why the Global Campus is the Future of Mission
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Diaspora Dynamics for Doing Reverse Mission in Canada
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From Sea to Sea: Reflections on the Canadian Mission Movement
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Praying for Your Missionary: How Prayers from Home Can Reach the Nations
The author explores Scripture’s teachings on how to live a disciplined life while offering practical strategies for growth based on ...
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International Grantmaking
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Ted Batson, Jr. & Matt Sheers ...
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Missionary Training That Works – Lessons From the African-American Church
Saturday, 9:30 - 10:45 AM | Ron & Star Nelson ...
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When Receivers Become Senders
Friday, 8:30 - 9:45 AM | Randy Schmor ...
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Mobilizing From the Church’s Perspective
Friday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Matthew Ellison ...
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A Vision for Becoming a Fully Mobilized Church
Friday, 1:30 - 2:45 PM | Todd Engstrom ...
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Mapping Church Missions 101: Introducing a Tool for Ministry Strategy
Friday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Sharon Hoover ...
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MomentumYes: Going Deeper to Customize the Curriculum for Your Group
Friday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Lori Rogers & Mark Whited ...
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Diversity in Missions: Moving From Color Blind to Color Blessed
Friday, 1:30 - 2:45 PM | Brittany Gardner ...
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Discover the Church-Agency-Missionary Round Table
Friday, 8:30 - 9:45AM | Ivan Liew ...
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Models of Church Engagement in Global Missions
Friday, 8:30 - 9:45 AM | Ed Stetzer ...
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Strengthening Church-Agency Relationships
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM | Lisa Freyenberger Smart ...
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OnMission 2019 OnDemand
OnMission 2019 is still available! Check out - OnMission OnDemand Watch the full broadcast, or access all the videos at ...
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OnMission 2019 Jeff Neely
Jeff Neely Partnering Together with MBB's Vision 5:9 Discussion Questions Transcript Audio & Video ...
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Mike Latsko ...
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Women in God’s Mission
In my research I have been astounded by this: when women encountering difficult gender hurdles choose forgiveness over bitterness, God ...
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Author Interview: Mary Lederleitner
Mission researcher, Mary Lederleitner, interviewed and surveyed respected women in mission leadership from across the globe to gather their insights, ...
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The Toronto Missions Hub: Anatomy of a Missions’ Mobilization Movement
Would it be like God to give His Body in America a prescient model and prophetic message for missions’ mobilization ...
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Freed, Dick
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Richard Voegt ...
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Grados de asociación
La asociación es algo que anhelamos, pero a menudo nos cuesta definirlo. Las iglesias y organizaciones de América del Norte están ...
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Moving Missions Beyond Simple Charity and Short-Term Fixes
Is your organization torn between conflicting needs and priorities? Are you using resources that are given to your organization, but ...
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Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Unchartered Territory
Utilizing “on the map” and “off the map” as two ways that leaders must understand their challenge, Bolsinger challenges the ...
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Kingdom Pursuit: Exploring the Many Facets of Missions
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Going Global: A Congregation’s Introduction to Mission Beyond Our Borders
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How TW2020 is a Catalyst for Church Planting
Luis Bush and Paul Eshleman ...
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The Place of Orality in Church Planting
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Business as Mission and the Planting of Churches
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The Growth Challenge: Do We Dare to Take an Honest Look?
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All Nations Letter to Missio Nexus Members
December 13, 2018 Dear Leader in the Missions and Ministry Community — Greetings to you from All Nations, in the ...
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Rising Wave of Support for Unreached Peoples Brings Hope of Global Flood of New Believers
International Day for the Unreached drive gains further traction with addition of four new organizing partners, bringing years of Great Commission ...
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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 ...
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Focus on Fruit! Movement Case Studies & Fruitful Practices
Movements belong to God. We see what God is doing to bear fruit and follow His lead. When we notice ...
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Resource Library (draft)
Missionary Evaluation Form Partnership Agreement between a Canadian and US office Employee Handbook Samples Expense Report Policy Donation card Samples ...
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Insights From Respected Women In God’s Mission
Presenter: Mary Lederleitner, Executive Director Missional Intelligence Description: There are a lot of books written about leadership generally, and leading ...
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The Importance of Orality in the Church, Missions, and the Academy
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Four Trends that Leave No Place for Going it Alone
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Editor’s Note: Networks
by Ted Esler ...
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A Divine Tapestry
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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 ...
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Global Gates
Interview with Chris Clayman co-founder of Global Gates Written by David Garrison - Mission Advisor for Church Planting David is ...
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Welcoming the Stranger
Presenter: Matthew Soerens, US Director of Church Mobilization, World Relief Description: Refugee and immigration issues have dominated headlines globally recently ...
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Acclimated to Africa: Cultural Competence for Westerners
Reviewed by Birgit Herppich ...
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The House Church and World Missions: A Case Study
Leanne M. Dzubinski, Jacqueline Parke, and Christa L. McKirland ...
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Network Leaders: New Mission Leadership for a Globalized Church
Kärin Butler Primuth ...
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A Missionary Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Canadian Thanksgiving is Monday, October 8; American Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 22. These holidays present the ideal opportunity for those ...
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Panel Discussion: Mobilization vs. Recruitment
Presented by: Dave and Lorene Wilson Description: So what's the difference between Mobilizing and Recruiting missionaries? Is missions just a ...
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Understanding and Leading Generation Z in Short-term Missions
Presented by: Jolene Erlacher Description: Short attention spans, addiction to technology, and lack of interpersonal skills are a few of ...
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How to Monitor the Quality of Cross-cultural Relationships
Presented by: Julie Green Description: Responsible leaders audit their finances to make sure everything is right and supporting their ends ...
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From Mission Field to Mission Force Latinos Are Stepping Up
Presented by: Alexandra Zamora Description: Latin Americans are crucial members of the Body of Christ and are also called to ...
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Screening and Vetting to Avoid Screaming and Venting
Presented by: Mary Rayburn Description: Embedding the Seven Standards of Excellence into the application/selection process will ensure that your short-term ...
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President/CEO/ED as Fundraising Professional
Presented by: Kurt Nelson, Michael Johnson, Ed Weaver Description: Who is the Chief Development Officer in your organization? While an ...
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Mobilizing in Tandem: the Church and the Agency Shoulder to Shoulder
Presented by: Steve Beirn Description: This workshop will address the foundation upon which you build an agency/church partnership and teamwork ...
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Creating a Culture of Philanthropy: Leadership Take Notice!
Presented by: Barbara Bowman, Kristen Shuler Description: Often fundraising is limited more by organizational culture, structure, and systems than by ...
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NOT Merger BUT Deep and Generous Collaboration
Presented by: Warren Janzen, Kirk Ogden Description: Is it possible to move past agency competition and really seek the best ...
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General Session – David Pierce
Presented by: David Pierce Description: David Pierce talks about Partnership at the 2018 Mission Leaders Conference. Watch Listen Download Audio ...
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Navigating the Landscape of Networks
Presented by: David Hackett Description: In today's interconnected world, networks are playing a key role to shape mission strategies and ...
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Solving People Problems Through a Strategic Communications Plan
Presented by: Robin Schwartz Description: Robin will introduce a strategic approach to problem solving your communications challenges by assessing your ...
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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 ...
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The Mind of a Missionary: What Global Kingdom Workers Tell Us About Thriving on Mission Today
In this book David Joannes challenges the reader to find his/her role in God’s Kingdom narrative. He draws upon history, ...
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State Charity Registration
What is State Charity Registration? Charity registration is state registration (required in 40 states) of charities that solicit funds in that ...
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A Missionary Pipeline for your Church
Webinar Title: A Missionary Pipeline for your Church Webinar Description: Churches are busy places and church leaders are busy people ...
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The Roles of Church and Mission in Crisis Management: Overlap? Competition? Cooperation?
Description: This webinar will look at the issues churches and missions face in responding to crises on the field. How ...
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The Kingdom Unleashed: How Jesus’ 1st-Century Kingdom Values Are Transforming Thousands of Cultures and Awakening His Church
The authors identify the historical and worldview issues that hinder Kingdom movements in the West. By returning to these, we ...
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Mission Networks
Networks are becoming one of the fastest growing platforms for leaders and practitioners to connect in the global missions community ...
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Missio Nexus Podcast Episode 33: Dan Busby on Donor Advised Funds
In this episode Ted interviews Dan Busby about Donor Advised Funds: what are they and how are they helping or ...
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Survival Guide for the Soul: How to Flourish Spiritually in a World that Pressures Us to Achieve
Ken Shigematsu posits that what keeps believers from flourishing in their spiritual lives is a neglect of the inner life ...
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Equipping Missions for the Cultural Challenges of Singleness, Marriage & Sexuality
About Our Facilitators Barry N. Danylak, PhD Barry is a pastor, author and international speaker on the topic of singleness ...
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Missio Nexus Podcast Episode 32: Samuel Chiang of the Seed Company
In this episode Ted interviews Samuel Chiang regarding their recent work on a survey called "Translating the Great Commission." ...
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Bridges To Everywhere
By Mark Stebbins Nations Bridges Ever just stare at a bridge and admire it? Most of us have had the experience ...
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Double Duty Fundraising
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions by Steve D. Raising personal support is its own brand of crazy, ...
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Mission Leaders Conference
Video Transcript: The Missions Leader Conference is the largest event in North America designed specifically for those in Leadership and ...
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Embellish Your Profile
At Missio Nexus we are honored to partner with you! Your membership includes a listing in our organizational directory which ...
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Measure What Matters, How Google, Bono and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
John Doerr argues that the simple strategy of deploying OKRs (objectives and key results) has the potential of transforming not ...
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Practice What You Preach
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions by DeNail Sparks. I was riding with my local campus minister and ...
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Insurance Updates
Missio Nexus is pursuing offering health insurance plans to members. As an association, we represent a community of about 32,000 ...
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Toward Global Missional Leadership: A Journey Through Paradigm Shift in the Mission of God
By Kirk J. Franklin. Reviewed by Alexander K. Zell, assistant professor, Crown College, St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, former international worker in ...
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A Re-Focus on the Local Church: Media Collaboration in the Middle East
Ultimately it is the church on the ground, the local community of believers, that is the critical expression of Christ’s ...
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Innovations in Mobilization Collaboration
Uber, iPhones, Airbnb, Netflix, and Amazon. The list goes on. Disruptive innovations are taking over traditional North American industries. The ...
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Prayer: Our Greatest Task in Mobilization
A few years ago, my daughter texted me while she and her husband were traveling and praying about their future ...
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Rites of Passage: Building a Mobilization Team in Your Church
Rites of Passage is a foreign concept to most evangelical churches, literally and figuratively. Somewhere along the way, the local ...
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Mobilizing Movements
The Global Mobilization Network (GMN) believes mobilization is essential to calling the whole Church to committed participation in reaching the ...
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Mobilizing God’s People for God’s Mission
In December 2015, more than two hundred forty leaders involved in mission mobilization from more than thirty countries gathered in ...
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The Mobilization Index: Connecting the Global Church to the Unreached
Information is powerful. We’ve all experienced moments where the discovery of a particular piece of information has radically shifted the ...
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Mobilization: The Fourth (and Final?) Era of the Modern Mission Movement
Hindsight is always 20/20 and peering into the rearview mirror of missions history, attempting to see it from God’s perspective, ...
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Using Texting as a Tool in the Support Raising Process
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions by Aaron Babyar. “Hey (potential ministry partner), I am excited about my new ...
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Pipeline: Engaging the Church in Missionary Mobilization
David Wilson, along with the other authors, argue for a fully integrated global supply chain – a pipeline – that ...
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OnMission 2018
All OnMission 2018 videos are available now! Access all the videos at one time, go at your own pace and ...
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From Unhealthy Dependency To Local Sustainability
Presented by: Jean A. Johnson, Executive Director of Five Stones Global Description: It takes a great amount of intentionality to ...
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2017- 2018 Webinars
Here is a list of our past and current webinars for your easy access: Insights From Respected Women In God’s ...
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MLC 2018 Speaker Form B
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The African American Missions Manifesto
It has been over ten years since the following manifesto was signed in Columbia, SC. The work done on this ...
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Seeing What They See
Diverse church, diverse mission. If the Great Commission is a calling to bring redemption in Christ into the diversity of ...
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Read the Weekly Roundup: May 11
Southeast Asian governments always never lose elections. Malaysia’s just did … “In an astounding result” (Economist), UMNO/BN lost… Longer read ...
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How Do I Get My Pastor Engaged in Missions? – Cracking the Code
Description: It’s been said, “When it comes to missions in the church, the pastor either holds the key to the ...
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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 ...
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Fundraising on Furloughs
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions. It is an honor to be invited to contribute to the ...
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Cybersecurity in Global Missions – Article 3
Cybersecurity in the Context of Global Missions Written by Josh. Josh is a full-time worker in the global missions community ...
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OnMission 2018 Dennis Jackson
Dennis Jackson Global Partners www.globalpartnersonline.org Discussion Questions Transcript Audio & Video ...
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The Questions of the Support Spouse
by Rebecca Hopkins “And what do you do in Indonesia?” My husband and I had just finished speaking at a ...
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A Community Survival Strategy Tool: Holistic Worldview Analysis
The Holistic Worldview Analysis (HWVA) strategy is a holistic development strategy that engages closely with a community to understand its ...
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The Trinity and the Localisation of Mission Issue
I had the good fortune recently to spend a few days of strategic dialogue with regional heads of an international ...
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Discipleship Training: A Non-traditional Approach to Theological Education for the Highland Quichua of Ecuador
I believe a cultural blindness exists at the core worldview level of the western missionary and Quichua student that limits ...
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Increasing Gospel Impact Through Skill-Based Discipleship Reflections on Southeast Asia Experiences
The church planters filled the small building on the edge of town. Many of them were the only Christians living ...
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Leading Mission Movements
We live in an unprecedented period of mission history. The new paradigm of “from anywhere to everywhere” is by nature ...
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Navigating Müller’s Theology
THE MAN George Müller was born in 1805 to a family of modest wealth. His father was a tax collector ...
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Where are our missionaries?
Missiographic: North American Missionaries Serving Globally. As long as there are people with no access to the gospel we must ...
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Cybersecurity in Global Missions – Article 2
Cybersecurity in the Context of Global Missions Written by Josh. Josh is a full-time worker in the global missions community ...
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Read the Weekly Roundup: February 16
Supreme Court: Violence in name of religion cannot be justified … quashing a Bombay High Court ruling … WhatsApp’s entry ...
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2017 MLC Recordings Available
In case you missed it, the video + audio from the 2017 Mission Leaders Conference is available online for viewing by members! ...
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SIL International Takes a Serious Look at Multilingualism and Migration
By Steve Quakenbush, Ph.D., Global Scripture Access Services Director and MUSE Task Force Chair SIL International In a world increasingly characterized by ...
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2018 Mission Leaders Conference
Join Other Mission Leaders in Orlando for this year's 2018 Mission Leaders Conference. Connect for 3 days to learn from ...
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Faith-Based Development: How Christian Organizations Can Make a Difference, by Bob Mitchell
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Training Missionaries: Principles and Possibilities, by Evelyn Hibbert and Richard Hibbert
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Voices from the Past: Confusion Concerning the Great Commission
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Rise Up Church – for Children and Youth!
by Dave Meyers ...
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Discipleship in Christendom … and Beyond
by Gerald L. Sittser and Carlos Calderon ...
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International Day for the Unreached
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Is “Missions” One More Casualty of Postmodern Wordplay?
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Movement Maturity and Missionary Participation
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Cybersecurity in Global Missions – Article 1
Cybersecurity in the Context of Global Missions Written by Josh. Josh is a full-time worker in the global missions community ...
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Strategically Seeking Referrals
Twenty-five to thirty percent of all donations occur at the end of the year. Did you hear that?! During November ...
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Creating Pathways for Women in Leadership
Creating Pathways (and Reducing Barriers) for Women in Organizational Leadership A report from the Mission Nexus 24 event December 4-5, 2017 ...
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Debunking Myths About Ethnic Minority Support Raising
As a fully funded ethnic minority Navigator staff and Ministry Partnership Development (MPD) coach, I want to challenge a few ...
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Finding Support Raising Coaches in Your Organization
Finding Your Guiding Light: How Do I Identify Potential MPD Coaches and Trainers in My Organization? by Ellis Goldstein (Article ...
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Peer 2 Peer #CML 2018 Details
April 24-26, 2018 - Scottsdale, AZ (Click Here for Registration) J.D. Payne (Speaker): J. D. Payne, Ph.D. is one of ...
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Change That Lasts: Debriefing and Following Through with STM Participants
Change That Lasts: Debriefing and Following Through with STM Participants Friday @ 1:30pm How do you help your teammates process ...
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Strategic Planning: Managing Your Tomorrow, Today (AM)
Strategic Planning: Managing Your Tomorrow, Today (AM) Friday @ 3:30pm A great strategic planning process will create clarity that will ...
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The Digital Lens: Innovation, Technology Trends, and Mission (AM)
The Digital Lens: Innovation, Technology Trends, and Mission (AM) Friday @ 1:30pm The digital revolution is changing organizational landscapes. New ...
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International Operations: There Are Many Ways to Do It (FM)
International Operations: There Are Many Ways to Do It (FM) Friday 1:30pm There are many ways that organizations carry out ...
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Funding Mission Ministries Beyond Charitable Giving (FM)
Funding Mission Ministries Beyond Charitable Giving (FM) Friday @ 8:30am Many ministries are experiencing limited or reduced giving, aging donor ...
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Best Practices in Risk Management (AM)
Best Practices in Risk Management (AM) Friday @ 8:30am Risk management has evolved significantly over the past years. It is ...
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Fully Funded – The Best Member Care Strategy (MC)
Fully Funded - The Best Member Care Strategy (MC) Friday @ 1:30pm Conflict over finances is the leading cause of ...
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How Do I Mobilize in My Church? (MOB)
How Do I Mobilize in My Church? (MOB) Friday @ 1:30pm Come discover lessons learned in sending into missions. How ...
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Not Every Donor is the Same! (DEV)
Not Every Donor is the Same! (DEV) Friday @ 3:30pm Effective stewardship is critical for engaging and retaining your donors ...
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Fight the Fear of Fundraising (MOB)
Fight the Fear of Fundraising (MOB) Saturday @ 9:15am The #1 obstacle to people joining mission agencies is the fear ...
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Pooling our Resources for Evangelism, Discipleship, and Church-planting Training (TR)
Pooling our Resources for Evangelism, Discipleship, and Church-planting Training (TR) Saturday @ 9:15am We all know the value of partnerships, ...
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Unveiling the New SOE
Unveiling the New SOE Saturday @ 9:15am Come hear about the exciting new developments going on with the SOE and ...
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Nuts & Bolts: Starting a Fundraising Office (DEV)
Nuts & Bolts: Starting a Fundraising Office (DEV) Friday @ 1:30pm Many small faith-based nonprofits are confronted with growing their ...
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FLSA and Mission Organizations (TL)
FLSA and Mission Organizations (TL) Friday @ 1:30pm The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) made significant headlines last year with ...
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Missionary Preparation: Distinguishing the Roles of Church and Agency Friday @ 8:30am This workshop will highlight the special role of ...
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Conducting Investigations: A Primer (TL) Friday @ 8:30am This workshop is an overview on responding well to workplace accidents, potential ...
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Changing Culture in Sending Missions (MOB)
Changing Culture in Sending Missions (MOB) Friday @ 8:30am These leaders will share lessons learned to engage and mobilize African ...
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The Generosity Project: Understanding Ministry Giving Across Generations (DEV)
The Generosity Project: Understanding Ministry Giving Across Generations (DEV) Thursday @ 3:30pm This workshop will share the key findings of ...
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Simple Steps to Cybersecurity (AM) Thursday @ 3:30pm No organization is immune from cybersecurity threats, but you can be better ...
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From Relief to Development in Short-term Missions
From Relief to Development in Short-term Missions Thursday @ 3:30pm Much has been said in recent years about relief vs ...
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The MisLinks Story
Special Note Little did Mike and I know that when he wrote this piece it would be his final one ...
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Detecting and Preventing Mission Fraud
Presented by David Bogosian, Executive Vice President, Christian Aid Description Billions of dollars are disbursed from the West each year ...
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Coaching New Staff For The First 100 Days
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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 ...
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Getting a Head Start on Year-End Giving
Twenty-five to thirty percent of all donations occur at the end of the year. Did you hear that?! During November ...
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Lake Chad: the world’s most complex humanitarian disaster (NYT Mag) … longform read + audio. Boko Haram, climate change, armies, ...
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Mission Staffing and Financing
The recent release of the North American Mission Handbook includes data on both staffing and finances for agencies in the ...
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A Call for Global Mobilization Collaboration
A Call for Global Mobilization Collaboration by Mark Stebbins “So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half ...
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North American Mission Handbook: US and Canadian Protestant Ministries Overseas 2017-2019
The Mission Handbook has been in continuous publication every three years since 1953. It is a reference source to help ...
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The Porn Phenomenon and its Potential Impact On Mission Recruitment & Retention
Presented by: Bishop David Perrin Too often, men and women have no where to go when they struggle with a secret ...
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Keys for Effective Global Missions Engagement for Local Churches
Keys for Effective Global Missions Engagement for Local Churches by Matthew Ellison Since 1995, I have had the amazing privilege ...
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Practical Discipleship
Build a discipleship framework rooted in daily living and Christian community and the great commission becomes a vivid reality ...
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Listening Well
Teaching Pastors and Church Planters to Exegete Their Context ...
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Apostolic Church Planting
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Managing Trauma’s Effects on the Practitioner (as tested and tried in Rwanda)
To appreciate the scope of the Rwandan genocide is difficult; in terms of human and material loss, it equated to ...
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Reflections on Short-Term Missions
A few years ago, fifteen to twenty people travelled from the United States to another country to build a village ...
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Engaging Sinbad City: What Research Shows About God’s Work among Workers in the Muslim World
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Mutually Transformative Power of the Gospel Through Medicine in China
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When Endings Lead to Opportunities: Lessons from the Closing of Global Mapping International
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Christian Mission & Economic Systems: A Critical Survey of the Cultural and Religious Dimensions of Economies
by John Cheong and Eloise Hiebert Meneses, eds. William Carey Library, 2015. —Reviewed by Eva M. Pascal, PhD candidate, Religious ...
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Missions: How the Local Church Goes Global
astor Andy Johnson makes a solid biblical case as to why every local church should be engaged in global missions ...
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When Everything is Missions
Far too long many churches have become either distracted or sidelined by prevailing misconceptions of what their mission to the ...
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A Framework for Reaching the Diaspora
Recently I interviewed Nate Scholz, who has identified principles for creating a collaborative ministry framework for urban centers with immigrant ...
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Mission CEOs Survey
What are the challenges and opportunities that confront CEOs of ministries? One hundred and sixty mission CEOs were surveyed and ...
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Enhancing Character Development through Soul Care
As Richard stood staring out his office window, he knew something was wrong. His enthusiasm for ministry that had accompanied ...
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The Missing Key to the Refugee Crisis: Christian Hospitality towards Muslims
We live in a rapidly changing world in which massive amounts of people move from one place to the next ...
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The International Church for a Global World
The International Church is a kairos call to a profound need and compelling opportunity. God is sovereignly and supernaturally planting ...
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Issues in Contextualization
by Charles H. KraftWilliam Carey Library, 2016 —Reviewed by Cameron D. Armstrong, International Mission Board, Bucharest, Romania; PhD Intercultural Education ...
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Secularism and Africa: In the Light of the Intercultural Christ
by Jim HarriesWipf & Stock, 2015 —Reviewed by, Bob Bagley, Africa area director for Global Partners, the missions division of ...
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A Journey of Opportunity: Following God’s Direction in China
As the church in China has grown, its needs have changed. How can outsiders understand, encourage and partner with the ...
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Ambassadors: Crossing Cultural Distance
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Singapore: Unique Qualities for Great Commission Impact
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Why Should the Free Care?
If you are living today free from persecution, why should you care about this issue? For starters we are asked ...
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The Olympic Dream and the Human Race
The Olympics are full of powerful symbolism that describes the Human Race and all its grand hopes and deep flaws ...
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Indigenous Rights Vs. Rip-Off Profits
We know that God created every person and desires to see them valued as His children. But many indigenous peoples ...
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Tensions Influencing Missions Organizations
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Top 40 Underserved and Unreached Places
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Stepping Beyond the Tents
Every 4 seconds someone is forced to flee their home. These refugees are vulnerable and without long-term options. Many struggle ...
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Coffee Fuels More Than You Imagine
Join us around the table to talk about how coffee fuels so many things in life. But most of all, ...
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Engaging Kingdom Workers Online
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Global Bible Searches: What Are They Searching For?
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Water is Not a “Natural Resource”
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What is the World Voting For?
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There is Hope for the City!
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30 Years of Connections: Mapping and Missions
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Brazil: An Emerging Force in Global Mission
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The People Have Spoken: Missiographics Top 5
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Breaking the Ebola Cycle
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A Visual Note of Thanks from the Missiographics Team
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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 ...
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Turning Verbal Commitments into Actual Gifts – It Doesn’t Have to Be Awkward!
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Not showing up right? View this email in your browser. 2017, Issue No. 17, April 28 Data | LongReads | ...
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Not showing up right? View this email in your browser. For all those we help... Perspective, Insight, Context, Analysis Do ...
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Don’t George Muller Me: A Missionary’s Plea for Understanding
George Muller (1805-1898) is a model of faith for many. Moving from Prussia to Bristol, England, in 1832, Muller ministered ...
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The Right Stuff and the Future Mission Aviator
When I was a boy, my dream was to one day become an astronaut. I lived and breathed everything NASA—from ...
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The Local Church and Mission to the Diaspora: Examples in the Christian & Missionary Alliance in Canada
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Global Church: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches
by Graham Hill—Reviewed by James Patole, minister, C&MA; PhD (Missiology) research scholar, SAIACS, University of Mysore, Bangalore, India ...
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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 ...
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New Voices Swell Chorus Calling for American Churches to Focus More on World’s Unreached
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Reading List for a Church Missions Leader
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Earthquakes: 6.7 Philippines — Famine: looms in [Yemen, S Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia] as aid system struggles to cope ...
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Abide, Bear Fruit
On October 12, 2017 one thousand two hundred (1,200) church planters and leaders will gather in Thailand for five days ...
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The Integrity Challenge
Every Christian with a heart to please Christ faces a daily challenge to maintain and even grow in integrity—to be ...
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Theological Education in Nepal
The Church in Nepal is the fastest-growing Church in the world today (Mitchell 2013). Officially, there were no Christians and ...
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A Diaspora Mission Strategy for Local Churches
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Weekly Roundup: December 16
Reuters: Battle of Aleppo ends after years of bloodshed with rebel withdrawal — and more ...
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Mission in Motion
This book is the result of a qualitative research project on mobilization that collected data from around the globe. The ...
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New Member: Mission ConneXion
Missio Nexus welcomes a new member: Mission ConneXion. The purpose of Mission ConneXion is to connect local churches and individuals to ...
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Question of the Month – November
Organizations and Churches in our November survey were asked whether or not they were directly engaged with diaspora ministry in ...
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By Dr. Jim Raymo, Director of Grad Studies, BGU on behalf of SOE “You see, missions doesn't work!” It was ...
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Weekly Roundup: December 2
By Justin D. Long, ed. Perspective, Insight, Context, Analysis New events W. Africa: “Weapons in the Sahel”: 50pg on cross-border ...
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Leadership Mosaic
Missio Nexus’ leadership thoughtfully summarize books, giving you the Leader’s Edge to help inform, stimulate and provoke profitable discussion. Leader’s ...
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Once a Missionary, Always a Missionary
By Melissa Paredes, Wycliffe Bible Translators USA Missionary life is all Josh* has ever known. Born to Wycliffe missionaries John and Carol, ...
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2016 MLC General Session with Luis Palau
2016 Mission Leaders Conference Luis Palau and his ministry have shared the Gospel with more than 1 billion people through evangelistic ...
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Up Close with Ed Stetzer
Ed Stetzer 2016 Mission Leaders Conference Executive Leadership During the first 30 minutes of this session Ed will present his ...
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Changing the How: New Methods for Developing Missional Technology
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Fruitful Near-culture Church Planters: A Qualitative Study
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The Culturally Intelligent Mission Organization: Five Factors to Evaluate
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Transnational Adoption: A Noble Cause? Female Missionaries as Pioneers of Transnational Adoption, 1945-1965
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The High Definition Leader—Building Multiethnic Churches in a Multiethnic World
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Buttocks, Bridges, and Kola Nuts
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Editor’s Letter: Fight Club
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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 ...
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Engaging Women in Mission Leadership
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Question of the Month – August 2016
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MLC 2015 Plenary: Legacy with Nancy Ortberg
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New Member: Steiger International
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Church-planting Catalysts for Gospel Movements
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God’s Transforming Story: How the Metanarrative of Scripture Can Change Lives
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MLC 2015 Plenary: Complexity with Skye Jethani
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2016 Spring Anthology
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2016 Mission CEO Survey: Traversing the Global Landscape
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The Ecuadorean Earthquake
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Team of Teams
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Planning for Safety on Short-Term Mission Trips
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A Look Back on 2015: SE Asia Mobilization Centers
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OnMission Rob “Mags” Magwood
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OnMission 2016 presents: John Becker Topic: Best Practices in Partnership John Becker Vision 5:9 and AIM International john.becker@aimint.org Network Profile Vision 5:9 ...
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Moving Mountains
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New Member: International Project
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Unsung Heroes
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Visible Means of Support: A Clarion Call from a Donor to a Missionary
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The Need for Reciprocal Contextual Collaboration in Europe
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The Future of the Orality Movement and the International Orality Network
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Called to Unity for the Sake of Mission
by John Gibaut & Knud Jorgensen, eds. Regnum Books International, 2014. —Reviewed by Cameron D. Armstrong, church planter, International Mission ...
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Journey to a Better Way: A Wesleyan Perspective on Doing Mission Better
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#Iwitness: Seeking God in Times of Ease & Difficulty: An Example from Cuba
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In Harm’s Way: Reflections on Missionaries and Risk
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#Iwitness: God’s Amazing Work in Our World
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Recovering Prayer and Discernment in Our Agendas and Strategies
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by Patrick W. T. JohnsonIVP Academic, 2015. —Reviewed by Dennis J. Horton, associate professor, Religion; associate director, Ministry Guidance, Baylor ...
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Perched on the Shoulders of Giants: Building Legacy for the Sake of Mission
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Overturning Tables: Freeing Missions from the Christian Industrial Complex
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Show me the Way: Guidance and Missions“ How Do We Discern God’s Best?
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Structuring and Leading an International Mission Organization in From-Everywhere-To-Everywhere World
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Helping Churches in Missions: What Do They Need and Want?
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8 Myths and Mistakes to Avoid in Raising Personal Support: Back to Basics
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Executive Transition: Preparing for the Inevitable
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2014 Mission Leaders Conference OPEN” Missiology Today (EMS)”
2014 Mission Leaders Conference 'OPEN' Missiology Today(EMS) Track recordings from conference. Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3 Audio 4 Audio ...
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2014 Mission Leaders Conference OPEN” Diaspora/Ethnic Ministries”
2014 Mission Leaders Conference 'OPEN'Diaspora/Ethnic Ministries Track recordings from conference. Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3 Audio 4 Audio 5 ...
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Human Trafficking
MissioNexus announces the March/April 2014 Global Issues Update: Global Status on Human Trafficking. Presented by Jennifer Tunehag Complex global challenges ...
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Status of Bible Poverty
The Mission Exchange announces the December 2010 Global Issues Update: Global Status of Bible Poverty Complex global challenges impact Great ...
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Global Status of the Refugee Highway
Missio Nexus presents the January/February 2014 Global Issues Update: Global Status of the Refugee Highway, with Brian O'Connell. Complex global ...
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Growing Toward Your Dreams
In these four teaching modules you will learn now to: Use the power of a dream to fuel your growth ...
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How the Most Effective Leaders Run a Meeting – Part 1
C-Suite Webinar: How the Most Effective Leaders Run a Meeting Research by the London School of Economics in partnership with ...
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While You Were Micro Sleeping: Fresh Insights on the Changing Face of North American Missions
This book is available for $7.95 per copy including shipping to a US address or $54.95 for a team pack ...
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How the Most Effective Leaders Run a Meeting – Part 2
C-Suite Webinar: How the Most Effective Leaders Run a Meeting Research by the London School of Economics in partnership with ...
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From Anywhere to Everywhere—Together!
Mission from anywhere to everywhere is here to stay, and most exciting of all, it is something that God’s people ...
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The New Testament, Fiscal Strategy, & the Majority World
Buying church buildings, paying pastors, and providing material encouragements to move people to attend services do not make a church ...
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Evangelism in Asia: Developing and Living Out Relevant Theologies
The key to reaching Asia will be evangelism through local churches adopting methods relevant to Asia ...
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The Workplace PRIEST: Activating Our God-given Identity as Priests at Work
In this article, I look at the God-given role identity of New Covenant priest. I delineate what aspects of following ...
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Beyond Literate Western Practices: Continuing Conversations in Orality and Theological Education
by Samuel E. Chiang and Grant Lovejoy, eds. International Orality Network in cooperation with Capstone Enterprises. 2014. —Reviewed by Lynn ...
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SYMPOSIUM: The Unengaged: An Engaging Strategy….Or Not?
Over the past year or two, there has been a big push by a number of missionary agencies to “engage ...
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SYMPOSIUM RESPONSE #2: A “Straw-man” Case?
In his final words to his followers, Jesus told them to make disciples of all nations or peoples. The idea ...
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Using Scripture in Multilingual Churches
Communication is more than content. It is also media, or the channels and ways in which content is communicated. This ...
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Mission Networks: Connecting the Global Church
In our interconnected and globalized world, mission networks are playing an increasingly important role in shaping Great Commission strategies ...
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Orality Is Just Good Missiology
Of the estimated seven thousand extant languages in the world, less than one percent have well-developed written traditions ...
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Crossing Cultures with Ruth: Lessons on Thriving in Mission
by James NelsonGlobal Mapping International —Reviewed by Lynn D. Shmidt, mission practitioner; associate professor of mission, Asbury University At first ...
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Stopping the Traffick: A Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
by Glenn Miles and Christa Foster-Crawford, Tanis DoCarmo, and Gundelina Velzco, editorsWipf & Stock —Reviewed by Michael Herbert, pastor, Fellowship ...
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H/S-1 to H/S-5: Levels of Awareness of Honor/Shame in Cross-cultural Ministry
Since 2009, I have been on a learning journey about the dynamic of honor/shame in scripture and its significance for ...
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APRIL 2015 ISSUE LINE UP…
Here's what's in the April 2015 issue of EMQ ...
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How Majority World Missions Can Relate Better To The West
My previous blog, “Relating Better to Majority World Missions,” took a look at one aspect of a two-sided issue – ...
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One Method Does Not Fit All: Case Studies of the Muslim Diaspora
Although the Church has made great strides in developing a multitude of effective mission strategies for engaging Muslim people around ...
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Symposium Response 2: Looking at the Decentralization of Missions
Reflecting on Marv Newell's article, I see two primary causes for the shift in “missions” vocabulary that he describes ...
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Models of Ministry with the Transient Urban Poor
A description and analysis of some effective models of ministry to migrants and refugees in global cities, and important principles ...
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Sharing Resources in Contexts of Poverty
RIckette shows how two independent organizations, whether church or mission, each possessing the qualities of selfhood, autonomy, and self-reliance, can ...
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First the Kingdom of God: Global Voices on Global Mission
by Daniel K. Darko and Beth Snodderly, editors William Carey International University Press —Reviewed by David R. Dunaetz, Azusa Pacific ...
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Mission as Transformation: Learning from Catalysts
by David Cranston and Ruth Padilla DeBorst, editorsRegnum Books International —Reviewed by JR Rozko, director of operations & advancement, Missio ...
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Single Mission: Thriving as a Single Person in Cross-cultural Mission
by Debbie Hawker and Tim Herbert, editorsCondeo Press —Reviewed by Anna Bishop, minister (world mission), All Souls, Langham Place, U.K ...
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Relating Better to Majority World Missions
Missions is a central and permanent fixture of the Church. Robust mission outreach pulsates all over the globe and there ...
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ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Every Person (From Everywhere)
In many traditionally “resistant” parts of the world (where we must keep our missionary work discreet), it is indigenous diaspora ...
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ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: The Great Shift: Africa in Missions
History and theology of God’s mission inform the philosophy and practice of mission. Among mission historians, Andrew Walls is credited ...
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Spanish Spirituality: Who Is Most Open to Christ?
After looking through a September 1998 survey conducted by the Center for Sociological Research, I was intrigued and began wondering, ...
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ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Navigating Post-Christendom Cultures: The Future of Mission in North America
In large parts of North America, there is not only a new public ignorance or casual disregard of Christianity, but ...
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ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Missiographic: 50 Years of EMQ: A Decade by Decade Overview
Just how versatile is the gospel? Does it have to change in order to stay ‘the same’ in a new ...
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The Importance of Communication in Establishing a Hispanic Ministry
Just as a building is only as strong as its foundation, a ministry is only as strong as the vision ...
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Every Member on Mission through Churches Everywhere
EVERY MEMBER ON MISSION! Every member on mission!” These words by Pastor Rick Warren captured the hearts of three thousand ...
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50 Years of EMQ: Looking Back and Forward
The Evangelical Missions Quarterly was conceived in an ice cream bar called the Eskimo Inn at Winona Lake, Indiana. After ...
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A Missional Orthodoxy: Theology and Ministry in a Post-Christian Context
by Gary Tyra IVP Academics, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 393 pages, 2013, $30.00. Reviewed by Daniel Shinjong ...
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Holistic Church Planting: Moving Beyond Polemics to Obedience
The author shows how unclear constructs hurt the cause of integration, and suggests a more fundamental point of integration for ...
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Discovering the Secret Stories of God:
The woman told me her story quietly as we huddled around the table in her cramped home in Serbia. She ...
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Engaging Women in Mission Leadership
As an increasing number of mission agencies desire to involve more gifted women as decision-makers in their executive and board ...
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From Times Square to Timbuktu: The Post-Christian West Meets the Non-Western Church
by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI 49516, 189 pages, 2013, $18.99. —Review by Chuck Davis, ...
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Must-haves for Innovation in Missions
Achieving a culture of creativity in the context of missions brings with it significant leadership challenges, but also holds the ...
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Learning Curve in Rwanda: A Long Journey of Transformation
Church was a form of religion, but life transformation wasn’t taking place on a consistent basis. We questioned the purpose ...
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What Does the Future of the Traditional Mission Agency Look Like?
The paradigm shift in missions from a primarily Western to a now-global phenomena is profound and far-reaching, particularly for the ...
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The Priority of Leadership Training in Global Mission
The Western church can contribute to the health of the whole body of Christ through the wise support of theological ...
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Resourcing Majority World Seminaries: A Case Study from Indonesia
The Western church can contribute to the health of the whole body of Christ through the wise support of theological ...
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Influences and Dangers of Money in Missions
Money is both influential and powerful; it can be used strategically for the benefit of God’s kingdom or detrimentally through ...
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Missionaries and Deployed Military: A Match Made in Heaven?
Perspectives from one serving in the military on ways that missions might benefit from taking advantage of the opportunities military ...
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Closing the Rift: Addressing Common Mission Misconceptions
I long for the Church to fully embrace its identity as the missional powerhouse God has formed it to be—that ...
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A Passion for Souls: Our Continued Journey in Global Missions
Goulding discusses his church's journey to become more “synergistic”, proactively seeking God’s will for a global mission program to ensure ...
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Developing Indigenous Leaders: Lessons in Missions for Buddhist Asia
by Paul H. De Neui, ed. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 229 pages, 2013, $17.99 ...
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The Ways of the People: A Reader in Missionary Anthropology
by Alan R. Tippett, ed. Doug Priest, series ed. William Carey Library, 1605 East Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 686 ...
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Why Cities Matter: To God, the Culture, and the Church
by Stephen T. Um and Justin Buzzard Crossway Publishers, 1300 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL 60187, 176 pages, 2013, $15.99. —Reviewed ...
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2013 Fall Anthology
Navigating Global Currents Cultural currents are making waves in ministry environments the world over, with ripple effects on boardroom agendas ...
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Re-imaging Medical Missions: Results of the PRISM Survey
Comprehensive survey of potential medical missionaries reveals significant challenges in the days to come ...
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The Power of Diversity in Global Missions
A broad look at ethnic and cultural diversity, principles in relation to diversity, and challenges for those in global settings ...
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Together in One Mission: Pentecostal Cooperation in World Evangelization
by Arto Hämäläinen Pathway Press, 1080 Montgomery Avenue, Cleveland, TN 37311, 337 pages,2012, $19.95. —Reviewed by Robert L. Gallagher, director ...
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Western Christians in Global Mission: What’s the Role of the North American Church?
by Paul Borthwick InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL, 209 pages, 2012, $15.00. —Reviewed by Paul W. Shea, ...
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The Changing Environment of World Mission: Six Areas of Importance
Deculturation is speeding up. And it’s happening worldwide. We must, therefore, ask ourselves, Is the mission industry keeping up with ...
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The Global Church: A Journey toward the Other
By entering into a kenotic relationship with the stranger, we extend a true welcome. A better model for doing mission ...
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The Efficiency of Storying
A defense of how Chronological Bible Storying produces true and faithful disciples who may or may not hunger for literate ...
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Master-less Plans of Global Evangelism
How is it that when it comes to the development of mission strategy, missions has become essentially syncretized to a ...
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A House of Prayer for All People
During my college years I asked the Lord to give me a church in the south that would bring black ...
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Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century
by Gary Fujino, Timothy R. Sisk, Tereso C. Casiño William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 304 ...
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Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission
by J.D. Payne InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 206 pages, 2012. $15.00. —Reviewed by Jenny Yang, ...
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Sebi tafratse (with all due respects): A Word to the West from the Rest
by Solomon AryeeteySebi tafratse (with all due respects): A Word to the West from the Rest These are indeed very ...
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Weighing Character and Personality
Who, for example, would tend to be better positioned to shine in cross-cultural communication, Ms./Mr. straight-laced introvert, or Ms./Mr. personality? ...
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Sebi tafratse (with all due respects): A Word to the West from the Rest
What is really thwarting our mission to reach the world? A strong and important plea from a Majority World leader ...
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Quandaries Our Missionaries Face
A ministry may be placed at risk because of a missionary's self-defeating behavior and attitudes. Seven quandaries individuals face and ...
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Moscow: Missions in Context of Urban Need
Many evangelicals are beginning to engage a cultural strategy (A-E-I-O-U) that touches five cultural issues in Moscow ...
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Are You Ready to Change?
When you have been doing something for almost twenty years, you had better be able to change with the times ...
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Using Local Proverbs in Ministry
Why we should use local proverbs in ministry and ways that they can be effectively utilized ...
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Transformational Development: Lessons from Central Asia
A case study of how small and medium enterprises are positively impacting local communities ...
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Church Planting in a Week: Implications for Long-term Ministry — Bolivia, a Case Study
One trip changes the way the author sees short-term ministry. The key to effectiveness, he says, lies in three basic ...
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Opening Ourselves to New Movements, Voices, and Opportunities
How do I determine what God’s purpose is for my generation? What is my generation’s relationship to the work of ...
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The Local Church in Mission: Confessions of a Recovering Mission Snob
Watching mission blossom here at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church has challenged many of my assumptions about mission and the local church ...
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The Local Church in Mission
Watching mission blossom here at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church has challenged many of my assumptions about mission and the local church ...
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Releasing Indigenous Leaders: Empowerment vs. Enlistment
By emphasizing the empowerment of national leaders, we become more effective in multiplying not only leaders, but also believers and ...
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How (Not) to Collaborate with a Majority World Church
Collaboration in intercultural ministry can be improved by considering three relational realities. The author uses a case study from Africa ...
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Field Leaders: Navigating the Complexities of a Four-dimensional Role
Field leaders typically navigate four dimensions in their roles: personal, organizational, stewardship, impact. The authors give guidance on how to ...
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How Technology is Transforming Bible Translation
Rather than assume Bible translation can only be done the way it has always been done, it is time to ...
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Short-term Missions Serving Long-term Efforts in Eastern Europe
A case study of how one group in Eastern Europe is using short-term teams to accelerate the impact of long-term ...
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Why I Am Not a Missionary!
The author shares why terminology can be limiting and occasionally harmful—and why it may be time we shifted our thinking ...
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Confessions of a Seasoned Missions Fundraiser
The right perspectives on fundraising that counter thirteen common misconceptions ...
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Accountability in Missions: Korean and Western Case Studies
by Jonathan J. Bonk, editor Wipf & Stock, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 360 pages, 2011, ...
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Complexities of Money and Missions in Asia
by Paul H. De Neui, editor SEANET Series, vol. 9. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, ...
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In the Midst of Change: Shaking Up the EMQ Columns
by A. Scott Moreau and Laurie Nichols Mike O’Rear and I (Scott) started the Missions on the Web column in ...
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SYMPOSIUM: Response 3: It’s the Wrong Question
by Bryant L. MyersAnswering this question requires some nuance. It was useful once, but it is now neither useful nor ...
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Esther as a Model for Doing Mission without Mentioning God
The Book of Esther reminds us that even when God’s name is absent, mission can still take place. Our commitment ...
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Reaching Thailand in this Generation: The Thai Church’s National Plan
God is using six internal factors within the Church to push Thailand toward a spiritual tipping point: prayer, unity, research, ...
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Adjusting Missionary Methods to Today’s Realities
by Marvin J. Newell As human beings living in a mechanized world, we embrace the processes of calibrating and recalibrating ...
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After Imperialism: Christian Identity in China and the Global Evangelical Movement
by Richard R. Cook and David W. Pao, eds. Pickwick Publications, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, ...
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The Importance of the Missionary Society in Peru: Asociación Misionera Evangélica Nacional
A look at the origins and structure of the first indigenous mission in Peru and its importance for missions in ...
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Reaching Out to Muslims: A Kairos Moment for Hispanic Christians
We are living in a time when God is giving the Hispanic Church the opportunity to reach out to Muslims ...
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Walk with Me (Part 2): The Path to Interdependency
In part two of his discussion, Rickett shares a proposal by which the Western Church and the Majority World Church ...
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The Spiritual Formation of Mission Leaders
The author discusses the importance of communion, community, and ministry in leadership ...
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A Guide to Successful International Scholarships
Six key components in one international scholarship program in Bolivia have led to great success in Christian leaders making an ...
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John Stott Finishes His Race
Corwin focuses on three things that impress him most about Stott’s engagement with mission issues ...
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Transforming Worldview through Song
Atkins shares how music can be used to confront issues within a believer’s worldview ...
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Lean on Me (Part 1): The Problem of Dependency
As the first of two articles on the dependency/ interdependency debate, Rickett presents the main views of Glenn Schwartz and ...
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MK Education Consultants: Keeping Families on the Field
Shipman gives an overview of why education consultants are vital to missionary families around the world. She includes key characteristics ...
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The Tension between Reaching and Teaching
We cannot pit church planters against theological educators ...
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Global Church Planting: Biblical Principles and Best Practices for Multiplication
by Craig Ott and Gene Wilson Baker Academic, P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287, 464 pages, 2011, $29.99. —Reviewed ...
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Letters to the Editor
Continuing the Discussion of “Women in Missions.” ...
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La Vida Profunda: Contextualizing Spiritual Formation
Case study of how one missionary team (Mission Mexico City) tried to contextualize the spiritual formation process with urban youth ...
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Rice Farming & Church Planting
Overlaying church planting upon rice farming is a method that has proven very effective in South Asia ...
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Does GenY Deserve a Mission Conference?
Although GenY may not technically be an “unreached people,” it may be on the endangered list ...
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From Accomplices to Advocates: Discrimination against Non-native English Speakers in Mission Agencies
The authors discuss the prevalence, consequence, and contributing factors of discrimination against non-native speakers of English and provide insights to ...
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The Integration of Business and Business as Mission
Mission and business could use the help of the other ...
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Missions on the Web Interview with Joseph Vijayam
Joseph Vijayam is a widely-respected information technology professional who epitomizes servant leadership within the global Christian community ...
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The Facilitator Era: Beyond Church Multiplication
by Tom Steffen Wipf & Stock, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 418 pages, 2011, $46.00. —Reviewed ...
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Where There Was No Church: Postcards from Followers of Jesus in the Muslim World
by EJ Martin, ed. Fruitful Practice Research and Learning Together Press, 204 pages, 2010, $12.50. —Reviewed by Benjamin Lee Hegeman, ...
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Worship and Mission after Christendom
by Alan Kreider and Eleanor Kreider Herald Press, 616 Walnut Ave, Scottdale, PA 15683, 276 pages, 2011, $19.99. —Reviewed by ...
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Your Focus on the World: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leading Your Whole Church into Maximum Global Impact (with Implementation Guide)
by Ellen Livingood Catalyst Services, P.O. Box 152, Newtown, PA 18940, 214 + 108 pages, 2010, $19.99 ($9.99 implementation guide) ...
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From Shock to Grind: Wrestling with Culture where God Has Placed Us
Iver shares how he has moved from culture shock to culture grind to a type of culture transcendence which looks ...
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Missionary Ethics and the Practice of Bribery
Tan offers a detailed description of how to differentiate between a bribe, extortion, a payment, and a gift ...
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Business as Mission in Creative Access Countries: Ethical Implications and Challenges
At least six characteristics/activities may negatively impact the witness and effectiveness of BAM workers ...
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The Critical Role of Relationships in Missions
Relationships are the number one factor in building trust and finding favor among a people group ...
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Muslim Churches? Another Perspective on C5
The author addresses the issue of C5 contextualization by focusing on three key areas ...
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Praying for a Missionary: A Guide to Effective and Powerful Utterance
A veteran missionary shares practical, biblical tips for powerfully praying for those working overseas ...
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Diaspora on the Web
by A. Scott Moreau and Mike O'Rear Although diasporas have been part and parcel of our faith heritage since the ...
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Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity: Theological Perspectives, Ecumenical Trends, Regional Surveys
by Dietrich Werner, David Esterline, Namsoon Kang, and Joshva Raja, eds. Regnum, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HR, U.K., 800 pages, ...
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Unpacking Cape Town 2010
Corwin offers his impressions of Lausanne Congress 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa ...
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“What about My Singleness?” Encouraging the Single Person toward Ministry
Working in mobilization has brought me into contact with many serious inquirers and applicants for long-term missionary work. As I’ve ...
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Self-Reliance or Mutual Dependence? A Vision for the Worldwide Church
Drawing from 2 Corinthians 8, the author digs deeper into the truth that to be a Christian is to be ...
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The Cycle of Christ-honoring Transformation in Communities
A case study from Central Asia outlines a four-stage process which demonstrates what true transformation in communities, not of communities, ...
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Preparing for Long-term Ministry
What does it take to be effective in kingdom work over the long haul? ...
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Setting Goals for North American Missions: A Multi-ministry Exercise
Forty-five mission executive directors/CEOs participated in an exercise to consider the future challenges for North American missions ...
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The Death of Missions: Response 4: We Need to First Ask Questions
by Alex Araujo It is true that the word “missions” has become confused in the minds of many today, and ...
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Serving Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountability in Mission
by Dwight P. Baker and Douglas Hayward, eds. William Carey Library, 1605 Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 403 pages, 2010, ...
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“Why Some People Are Unproductive” Revisted: Slothfulness and the Missionary
The author shares four powerful reasons why missionaries need to remain focused on their calling ...
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Integrating a Business as Mission Focus into a Traditional Mission Agency
A case study of how CrossWorld integrated a Business as Mission focus into a traditional church-planting agency ...
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What Is a God-given Assignment?
Moving toward fulfilling the good work God has for us includes wisdom and action. Bacon offers guidelines for finding our ...
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A Participant’s Account of Edinburgh 2010
by Frampton F. Fox A wide-eyed teenager on a trick bicycle approached me on the sidewalk in front of the ...
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A Participant’s Account of Lausanne III
by Allen Yeh Lausanne has revitalized their movement by launching their Third Congress on World Evangelization (October 17-24, 2010) in ...
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Diversity and Leadership: The Challenge of Leadership in Multicultural Missions
One of the greatest challenges in my ten years as international director of SIM (Serving In Mission) was to find ...
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Follow-up Resources for Lausanne Capetown 2010
by A. Scott Moreau and Mike O’Rear By the time you read this, the four celebrations of the centenary of ...
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Our Readers Write…
Prayer Letters to the Home Team I greatly appreciated Allan Hedberg’s comments on missionary letter writing (“Prayer Letters to the ...
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When Kingdom Building becomes Empire Building: How Our Witness is Impacted
Three things to be on the lookout for in assessing your kingdom vision ...
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Ethical Mission Response to Children at Risk
The author offers three foundational guidelines for workers among children in high-risk situations ...
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Pastoral Care of Missionaries: Turning Theory into Practice
A case study of how the Church Missionary Society of Australia has worked to develop a model of best practice ...
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Peanuts and Soda Pop… Why Alliances Can Be Good
Why would one missionary organization decide to form an alliance with another? ...
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Operation World: Helping You Pray for Every Nation—Including Those in EMQ
Examples of how Operation World can help you pray in an informed way for issues addressed in EMQ articles ...
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Design and Fit: Nurturing the Call of God in Mobilizing Mission Candidates
The essential work of mission mobilization is to best fit workers into global contribution ...
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The Meeting of the Waters: 7 Global Currents that Will Propel the Future Church
The Meeting of the Waters is not your usual “mission textbook,” but it is the kind of trends analysis that ...
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Written by the Hand of Paul: Church Planting Naturally
We sat down with local leaders to discuss lessons learned and some of the shortcomings in multiplicative strategies. As for ...
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Trauma and Traumatic Stress in Cross-cultural Missions: How to Promote Resilience
Results from a research study explores the relationship between traumatic events and psychological symptoms ...
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The Engage! Study Executive Summary
A study of current and former field staff looks at factors related to retention issues among North American cross-cultural workers ...
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The Part Mass Media Can Play in Mission Strategy
Media can play a valuable role in mission strategy ...
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Building a Church’s Missionary Sending Skills
No one model will fit all. However, there are practical steps which build sending capacity ...
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Finding the Right Missions Service Opportunity
This edition of Missions on the Web looks at sites that offer matching services and online listings of many opportunities ...
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Innovation in Mission: Women Workers in the Harvest Force
Empowering women harvest force workers to fulfill God’s calling in their lives can bear tremendous fruit for the gospel ...
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What Happens When Apostles Disagree?
A comparison of the missiology of four men—Donald A. McGavran, Carl F. H. Henry, John R. W. Stott, and Ralph ...
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Missions and the Arts
In 2002 we first developed a MisLinks page connecting to missionally-focused arts resources. Eight years is a lifetime on the ...
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Prayer Letters to the Home Team
The following letter was written to a missionary with whom I have a long-term friendship ...
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Challenges for a Constantly Changing Mission Context
Impressions gleaned from interaction with mission leadership across the country ...
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Evaluating “A Common Word”: The Problem of “Points of Contact”
Why “points of contact” between Christianity and Islam are mythical—and why Christians must stay true to the task of missions ...
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Preventing Discouragement and Keeping Church Planters Productive on the Field
A study of church planters reveals that they are more likely to be motivated to continue on the field if ...
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Enhancing Your Internal Coaching Capacity
Sitting on the plane after the coach training class she’d just attended, Kris was excited about what she had learned ...
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Academic Societies and Academic Sites Supporting Mission Research
Most of the sites referenced in this article are focused on evangelical and Protestant Christian mission, and we’ve included a ...
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Westerners and Middle Easterners Serving Together
https://emqonline.com/store/reprints-Westerners%20and%20Middle%20Easterners%20Serving%20TogetherThe author shares seven common struggles in ministry partnerships in the Middle East ...
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2 1/2 Percent: Church Planting Movements from the Periphery to the Center
Harnessing the power of anomalies could become a gateway to spreading the gospel through media ...
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Facilitating a New Student Volunteer Movement
How seminaries and Christian colleges can strengthen the Adopt-A-People Group program ...
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The Problem of Power in Ministry Relationships
Compensating for power differentials in ministry by using space and symbols can lead to strong relationships between Western missionary organizations ...
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Why We All Need Majority World Publishing
Three strategies for churches and leaders from the West and the Majority World to work together to make reverse mission ...
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Strategic Impact: Multiplying Our Effectiveness with Children at Risk
How can we ever hope to assist the vast multitude of children at risk? There is a way, and that ...
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Building the Church/Agency Relationship
Can the local church and mission agency work together in cross-cultural ministry to the satisfaction of both parties? ...
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The Next Big Thing Might Actually Be a Small Step Sideways
New ways of doing are almost always preceded by new ways of thinking ...
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Ducking Missionary Conflict in Africa and Beyond
Interpersonal conflicts frequently trouble missionary endeavors ...
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Funding Kingdom Work By Building Financial Capacity in National Organizations
Wycliffe International’s “Matching Funds Experiment” produced significant results for the Church to consider when considering models of local and global ...
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Let More African Americans Minister to Their “Cousin” Black Africans!
The author looks at similar values between African Americans and Black Africans that can lead to spiritual and social bonding ...
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From Singular People Group Adoption to Multiple People Group Advocacy
The author discusses the benefits of a church moving from singular people adoption toward a multiple people group advocacy model ...
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Friendship, Vodka, Money, and the Gospel
Four lessons emerged as national co-workers talked about their primary desires for partnership ...
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Organizational Response to Internet Pornography among Members
The internet allows people to engage in the secret sin of pornography, and it is not until marriages and families ...
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Mission Associations
In this installment of Missions on the Web we look at networks, fellowships, and associations of mission agencies around the ...
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Effective Engagement in Short-Term Missions: Doing It Right!
The author takes an insightful look at the issues surrounding the largest mission initiative of our time ...
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Leading Cross-Culturally: Covenant Relationships for Effective Christian Leadership
This latest book in a series of three by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter deals with culture and cross-cultural leadership for Western ...
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A Story of Phenomenal Success: Indigenous Mission Training Centers and Myanmar
Four transferable principles that make an indigenous church-planting movement more likely to succeed ...
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Church Planting and Kingdom Building: Are They the Same?
Global church planting involves the structural growth of the Body of Christ; however, kingdom building expands the concept of Christ-like ...
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Overcoming Option Fatigue in Future Missionaries
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity, where more options and choices are available to us than ever before ...
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A Comprehensive Mission Thrust for Your Church
A four-phased approach to establish excellence in missions ...
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From Seed to Fruit: Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues among Muslims
by J. Dudley Woodberry, ed. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, Calif. 91104, 2008, 428 pages, includes a ...
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The Audacity of Hype…and Humility
With all due respect to politicians and members of the mission community, isn’t exaggeration and truth-shading something to be avoided? ...
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Language and Labels
Can the Church be a thought-leader in shaping language that ascribes and affirms human dignity by recognizing the God-given identity ...
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How Cultures Work: A Roadmap for Intercultural Understanding in the Workplace
The author asks what effective and efficient multinational partnership looks like and how multinational teams can function practically ...
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Rereading Acts 6:1-7: Lessons for Multicultural Mission Organizations
The conflict in Acts 6:1-7 may have multiple implications for multi-cultural mission organizations in the twenty-first century ...
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Cutting the Purse Strings: How to Avoid and Overcome Paternalism
The author offers a list of guidelines missionaries should and should not do when supporting any type of mission effort ...
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Doing One Thing Well: Stepping through the Short-term Mission Experience
The author suggests that a short-term mission trip focus on one thing: impacting the life of the participant in meaningful ...
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Quality Standards for Agencies
Missionary agencies are vehicles for the establishment of a missionary vision within the Church and the facilitation of that vision ...
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Online Member Care Resources
An update of missionary care resources online ...
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Doing Diversity Well
Five potential guidelines for achieving diversity while maintaining unity ...
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Preparing Missionary Couples for Cultural Stress
Even the most stable marriages are severely strained in the context of cross-cultural living. Eenigenburg lists potential stressors couples may ...
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Personal Piety vs. Institutional Aid: A Case for a Return to Alms-giving
Daniels suggests missionaries on the field return to personal alms-giving, thereby investing in relationships on a deeper level ...
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On Furlough: What Returning Missionaries and Home Churches Want
Ten ways missionaries on furlough and mission committees and churches can bless each other ...
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Pitfalls Missions Committees Must Avoid
Missions committees must constantly update their mission vision and strategy. Hedberg outlines nine pitfalls committees must avoid ...
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Mapping Resources for Missions
Finding map resources on the web ...
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Antioch Revisited: Reuniting the Church with Her Mission
Author Tom Julien weaves a compelling story of a missionary who rediscovered that blueprint in Acts 13 and purposed to ...
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Good and Faithful—New Zealand Missionaries and Their Experience of Attrition
Why do missionaries come home prematurely and what can be done about it? Hudson Deane has asked these questions to ...
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Our Reader’s Write
Contrasting Worldviews In reading Leanne Dzubinski’s “Contrasting Worldviews and Their Implications for Missions in Spain” (January 2008), I am impressed ...
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Coaching for On-field Development
It is time mission leaders rethink how they help missionaries develop. Coaching is one answer to effectively developing missionaries on ...
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The Need for Field-based Counselor Training in Evangelical Missions
While Christian counseling has grown in North America, this is not the case in other parts of the world. Bowen ...
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Missionary Burnout: Who is Adequate for These Things?
Speaking from experience, the author shares how missionaries and leaders can identify burnout—and offers five steps to recovery ...
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Discerning When We Have Completed What God Has Assigned to Us
Five ways to discern when a missionary assignment is coming to an end ...
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Good-to-Great Church Planting: The Road Less Travelled
Exploring the regions beyond simply successful church planting and explaining how church planting can rise to become great in nature ...
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What Are Best Practices of Church Planting among Muslims?
“Is there any hope in reaching Muslims for Christ when there are so many obstacles?” ...
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A Proverbial Gold Mine
In this installment of Missions on the Web, we provide you with access to proverbs from around the world ...
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Missions in Contexts of Violence
A collection of instructive essays and case studies ...
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Evangelism and Dreams: Foundational Presuppositions to Interpret God-given Dreams of the Unreached
A biblical understanding of dreams can facilitate a contextual approach to reaching Muslims (and those of other faiths) with the ...
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Reflections on Missionary Redeployment: Caring for the Emotional Needs of the Missionary
Transitioning to a new field is often emotionally difficult for a missionary. Irvin offers three strategies for improving the outcome ...
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A Shared Services Environment for Ministries: Riding Out the Storms of Change Together
To most effectively deal with the changing culture and worldview, ministries and mission agencies must join hands and share services ...
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Cultural Bridges and Momina Traditional Religion: Seeking a Key Redemptive Analogy and Mission Many
In his work with the Momina, Henson found four significant cultural bridges that facilitated the communication of the gospel and ...
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Reason to Believe: Cultural Agency in Latin American Evangelicalism
Based on three years of participant observation and interviews, Smilde explores the reasons why some men in Latin American convert ...
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The Trendy Giant Wounds: Some Lessons from the Church in Africa
Careful and adequate pre-mission training needs to be done in preparing westerners to engage the cultural context of Africa in ...
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Introducing “CrossGlobal Link” and “The Mission Exchange”: IFMA and EFMA Change Names, Foci
Marvin Newell, executive director of CrossGlobal Link, and Steve Moore, president and CEO of The Mission Exchange, discuss the changes ...
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Discussions about Missions and Money
In this edition of Missions on the Web, we point you to some of the key documents and sites where ...
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American Churches: Ministry Insights from Groundbreaking Congregations
This book is a tale of two cultures: the East Asian culture and the American culture ...
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Harvest of Hope: Stories of Life-Changing Gifts
Over the past few years, a variety of non-profits, including many Christian organizations, have begun to publish lists or “catalogs” ...
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To Give or Not To Give? Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity & Redefining Sustainability
Dependency and sustainability are the new buzzwords. The order of the day is, “Support indigenous ministry, but be very careful ...
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Lessons from a Merger
Seven lessons learned from the successful merger of AEF and SIM ...
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Relationships between Native and Non-native English-speakers for Missions
Studying the value of NEST/NNEST relationships in schools that teach English as a foreign language ...
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Mission-Church Relations in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Field Study
It is time to make “new mistakes” in church planting and in dealing with indigenous ministries ...
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Personal Contact: The sine qua non of Twenty-first Century Christian Mission
Statistics from the World Christian Encyclopedia appear to indicate that less than sixteen percent of non-Christians know a Christian; however, ...
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An Introduction to Blogging on the Internet
In this edition of Missions on the Web we provide links to numerous sources to help you enrich your experience ...
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Can It Be Me?
Marjory Foyle has finally written her autobiography, which is great news to those of us who consider ourselves humbled to ...
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Mission Handbook 2007-2009: U.S. and Canadian Protestant Ministries
The Mission Handbook is an essential book for at least two reasons: first, as the key directory and reference tool ...
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Confronting the AIDS Crisis in Africa
How one African denomination, the African Inland Church of Kenya, assumed its God-given responsibility in confronting the AIDS crisis in ...
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Is Business as Mission Honest?
Tentmakers who embrace the idea of a Christian vocation can see themselves as Christian business people ...
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Business as Mission Resources
The blending of business with mission is as old as Paul’s tentmaking work in New Testament times. However, over the ...
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Innovation in Mission: Insights into Practical Innovations Creating Kingdom Impact
Editors Jim Reapsome and Jon Hirst and eleven authors provide twentieth and twenty-first century examples of innovation in world mission ...
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Our Readers Write
Assessing Intercultural Sensitivity I read with interest Dan Sheffield’s article in the January 2007 EMQ (“Assessing Intercultural Sensitivity in Mission ...
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Training Leaders: A Functioning Model for Missionaries
An example of how Church Based Training is being used in Austria, Germany and Switzerland to train local leaders ...
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Foreign Money and Indigenous Ministry: To Give or Not to Give?
There is a time, place and manner to use foreign funds for the expansion of national ministries. Missionaries serving overseas ...
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Church in Context
A look at seven theological principles can help us embrace other elements of God's revelation and command ...
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The Ultimate Need—The Infinite Christ
Three reasons why we are constrained theologically and missiologically to teach the truths of a Trinitarian God and Christ as ...
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Missions-related News on the Web
One of the distinctive strengths of the Internet is its ability to provide immediate access to current news around the ...
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Hope for the Southern World: Impacting Societal Problems in the Non-Western World
The majority of evangelical Christians now live in the southern hemisphere. God has multiplied his Church in Latin America, Africa ...
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Mission in the Way of Paul: Biblical Mission for the Church in the 21st Century
Christopher Little is to be congratulated for writing a book on the second most significant missionary exemplar of all time, ...
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The Whole New World of Unreached Peoples
The unreached peoples movement has come a long way since the 1974 Lausanne Congress, which was instrumental in launching it ...
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The Ugly Beast Behind Well-spoken Pragmatism
The kind of Christian vision that insists upon measurable results and invests only in “grassroots” training may enjoy admirable motivation ...
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Wise as Doves and Innocent as Serpents? Doing Conflict Resolution Better
Doing conflict resolution better requires understanding both human dysfunction and biblical discipline ...
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Contextualizing Scriptures for Ethno-linguistic Minorities: Case Study of Central Asian Muslims
The Central Asian Russian Scriptures (CARS) Project is designed to contextualize the Russian Bible for the Muslim people of Central ...
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The Later Years for Missionaries: Six Suggestions to Make the Transition
In the midst of so many demands, we must deal creatively, compassionately and constructively with valued older servants ...
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Grab Some Leaders and Take Them Along
Leadership mission trips can provide focus and vision for churches involved in or preparing to enter the global mission field ...
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Where Are We Going in MK Education?
Dramatic changes are occurring in missions and MK schools around the world. MK schools need to adapt to these changes ...
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African Time
A veteran missionary compares "African time" with "American time" and shares how cross-cultural missionaries in Africa benefit from seeing time ...
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A New Agenda: De-Americanization
Ministering transculturally requires letting go of "Christianity made in America" and contextualizing our faith in other cultures ...
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The Theology of Internal Controls: Reducing the Risk of Theft and Fraud in Your Ministry or Nonprofi
To foster trust and harmony within a Christian workplace it is necessary for accountability to be carried out effectively and ...
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Intercultural Communication Resources
Few skills are as important to missionaries as those which help in mastering communication in a new culture ...
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Breaking Tradition to Accomplish Vision: Training Leaders for a Church-Planting Movement
What role should theological education take with church planting movements? To answer this important question, Paul Gupta presents a case ...
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Six Challenges for the Church in Missions
A veteran missions director shares six challenges the North American Church faces concerning world missions—and how to deal with these ...
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Jesus Hall: A Case Study of a Bengali Muslim Ministry in New York City
One urban missions leader shares lessons from a six-year ministry outreach to Bengali immigrants ...
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The Middle East and Missions on the Web
In this edition of Missions on the Web, we explore what the Internet has to offer in terms of information ...
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Is it Insensitive to Share Your Faith? Hard Questions about Christian Mission in a Plural World
The issue of evangelizing non-Christian peoples has become one of the most controversial practices in our pluralistic world today. Is ...
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Integrating Technology in Leadership Training
When I began my missionary career in the Philippines in 1986, making a long-distance telephone call was a major project ...
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Short-term Medical Teams: What They Do Well…and Not So Well
Short-term medical teams take many forms and serve in many ministry settings. This article is limited to general medical teams ...
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Photo Sensitivity: Looking through the Lens of the Local People
Bob was sent by his church to check out a project they were supporting in Africa. At the height of ...
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Through the Eyes of Another: Intercultural Reading of the Bible
This hefty book is the product of a three-year study of John 4:1-42 by 120 groups from all parts of ...
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Letters to the Editor
Are We Really about Church Planting? Several quotes caught my attention in Larry Sharp’s article “Are We Really about Church ...
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The Secret Efficiency of Faith Missions
At a recent conference of Christian organizations, my roommate told me of a donor retreat his agency had just sponsored ...
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What Makes Mission Christian?
Although Christian mission may seem easily definable, there is a growing divide among evangelicals today regarding the fundamental meaning, role ...
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Middle Mission
Consider the following idea from a young person interested in overseas missions: “Maybe there would be merit in removing the ...
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Missions and Web Outreach
“Online outreach is an innovative response to today's high-tech world. It is possible to evangelize one billion people through this ...
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