Partnership Resources – Missio Nexus

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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Principles and Practices for Partnership

By Ken Katayama ...
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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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Mission Frontiers Partnership – Mission Leaders Conference – Redirect

Churches and Missions Agencies Together: A Relational Model For Partnership Practice

Excerpt ...
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NAE Partnership – Mission Leaders Conference – Redirect

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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16 Key Partnership Principles

1. Effective partnerships are built on trust, openness, and mutual concern. Partnerships are more than coordination, planning, strategies, and tactics ...
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Howdy, Partner

Appreciation for the Western saga is one of several inconsequential things I remember most fondly about my father, along with ...
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The Other Side of Partnership

Many of us have been taught that our relationship with donors means we receive money and prayer support, and they ...
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Partnerships at the Crossroads: Red, Yellow, or Green Light?

The '90s are the decade of decision for Westerners and the new world of missions ...
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Slaying the Dragons of Self-interest: Making International Partnership Work

Our key choices mean surrendering our power over our structures ...
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Cheaper by the Dozen? Indigenous Missionaries Vs. Partnership

We must find a better way to express our partnership ...
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Get Ready for Partnership with Emerging Missions

Missions is rapidly entering a new age marked by a decline in the growth of Western missionary-sending and a rapid ...
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Good Partners Are Costly

Practical ways in which we can minister to our partners ...
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The Homeland Church—Partner or Pawn?

After years of getting from the churches, mission agencies should now support them ...
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Assistance Programs Require Partnership

Many national churches in the Third World are on the eve of establishing their credibility in society and government. Their ...
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An Equal Partnership Structure

At the Green Lake consultation it looked as though another Lincoln-Douglas debate were shaping up. Dr. Louis King and Dr: ...
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Webinar: Sharing Your Story: Becoming a Media-Savvy Communicator

Today's 24/7 news cycle environment requires mission leaders to understand how to successfully work with reporters and media influencers to ...
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The Future Role of “Far Culture” Workers

Contributed by Dick Brogden, Nour Yakoub, Yvonne Berty, and Joel Malek Photo by Jens Behrmann on Unsplash Introduction With the ...
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Listening to Learn: Perspective of Young Black Christians on Faith and Missions

Missio Nexus Member Benefit Missio Nexus is releasing the 2023 Executive Summary of a focus group-based research project that was ...
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How to Help without Hurting in the African Context

Reviewed by Bob Bagley | Africa has a long history of receiving agencies coming from the western world with well-intentioned ...
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African Christianity and African Independent Churches

Reviewed by George F. Pickens | The demographic shift of Christianity to the Global South has both fascinated and bemused ...
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The Role of Pastoral Visits in Missionary Member Care

By Ed Grudier | While both agencies and churches can engage in member care with their missionaries, churches can focus ...
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Translating for Transformation: The Missional Impulse of Translation

By Paul K. Kimbi | Missions includes church planting, evangelism, reconciliation, and much more. Bible translation programs aim to do ...
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(Mis)Understanding the Need

By David Chakranarayan | Two-thirds of Christians in the US say they have not heard of the Great Commission. Even ...
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Preaching the Good News in a Time of Crisis

By Rachel Mash | How must we live in order to halt the disasters that are devastating food security and ...
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Creation Care: An Essential Component of Integral Mission

By Kuki Rokhum and Joylin Niruba | The Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief (EFICOR) started as an effort ...
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Planting Hope in the Wilderness of Our Hearts

By Lawrence Ko | Being fully human comes with a mission to care for creation as God originally intended. Asian ...
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Witnessing God’s Resurrection Power in People and the Land

By Alice and Martin Tlustos | For many years we wrestled with our commitment to bring the gospel to people ...
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Posture Over Program: OMF’s Creation Care Journey

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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

By Ann Low, Cody Low, Rebecca Joy, and Jed Tin | Prayer, revival, and missions usually happen in succession, and ...
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Purpose and Power of Prayer Guides

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By Katherine Lorance | Many missionaries dutifully work to gain prayer commitments from churches, small groups, and individuals. Despite this ...
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Praying through 12 Common Characteristics of Disciple Making Movements

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By David Lewis | We do not know how many intercessors are around the world, and their impact is not ...
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Holding the Rope: Making Space for Prayer in the Bible Translation Movement

By Jo Johnson, Sineina Gela, Ann Kuy, Nancy Duncan, and Zac Manyim with Gwendolyn Davies and Jim Killam | Holding ...
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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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“Many times, I wanted to end my life,” Talin* remembers ...
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Although advocacy was a relatively new concept, my husband and I wanted to come alongside her in her journey ...
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How churches were affected by the pandemic and what church renewal in the Netherlands might look like ...
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Webinar: Organization Initiatives for Sexual Wholeness

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Women Missing in Church History: Filling Out the Historical Record – Week 10

Week 10 - A Taste of Chapter 8: Denominational Missionaries and Bible Women ...
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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

Week 9 - A Taste of Chapter 7: Social Justice Activists ...
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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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Women Missing in Church History: Filling Out the Historical Record – Week 5

Week 5 - A Taste of Chapter 3: Mothers, Sisters, Empresses, and Queens ...
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Week 4 - A Taste of Chapter 2: Virgins, Scholars, Desert Mothers, and Deacons ...
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In just seven chapters and under 150 pages, World Christianity and the Unfinished Task provides a broad overview of the ...
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By John Trotter | To what degree has society’s frame of reference on disability shaped the Church, ministries, and perceptions ...
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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

By Jolene Erlacher | The people who comprise Gen Z in North America are growing up in a post-Christian society ...
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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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Helping Generation Z Flourish and be Catalysts for God’s Mission

By René and Sarah Breuel with Mary Tindall | When we thoughtfully engage younger generations in a whole story gospel, ...
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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

Short-term Missions Track | Workshop Set 1 Wednesday, September 28, 2022 15:45 PM Description Primary Audience Mission trip organizers & ...
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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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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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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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Diverse Mission Initiatives

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Bringing the New and the Need Together

Innovation is a NEW solution that generates VALUE for the provider and the people who NEED it ...
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40-Day Devotional Series: Counting the Cost

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Invaluable Investment: Counting the Complex Costs of Bible Translation

By Mart Green | The translated Word of God is regarded as one of the greatest evangelizing tools in existence ...
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Creating Passion?

A variety of messages are flowing from pulpits that, while cloaked in Biblical language, do not represent a Kingdom perspective ...
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8 Lessons Learned in 80 Years of Bible Translation

By Jennifer Holloran | Much has changed since Wycliffe Bible Translators was founded in 1942. But our calling has remained ...
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Equipping the Church for Church-Centric Bible Translation

By Natalia Piroshenko and Sofia Ivanov with Lincoln Brunner | When local churches own and run Bible translation projects, communities ...
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The Jesus Factor

By A. Steven Evans | Jesus was a master storyteller. Oral Bible storying follows his example and makes scripture accessible ...
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Oral Bible Translation is Key to Seeing Scripture in Every Language

By Swapna Alexander, Bryan Harmelink, and Youngshin Kim, with Jim Killam | Literacy does not need to be a necessary ...
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Journey With Me

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Solving the Consultant Dilemma

By Brigitte Rabarijaona | Bible translation consultants’ expertise and skills are pivotal in ensuring quality translations. The current shortage of ...
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Collaboration in Bible Translation

By Paul Kimbi and Sarah Starrenburg | Scripture translation is experiencing unprecedented progress as a result of a determined commitment ...
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Multilingualism and Ministry

By Kyle Harris | Missionaries involved in all aspects of ministry from church planting to discipleship to Bible translation must ...
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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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Contextualized Training for Non-Western Audiences

By God’s grace, I’ve had the privilege of training global missionaries in personal support raising on five continents ...
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Baptisms in Middle East

During a training and preparation visit this month in Dubai, some of our Area Strategy Team leaders were invited by ...
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How to Help Underfunded Staff

For whatever reason, support-raising brings so many emotional extremes to our lives. From the highs of seeing God provide in ...
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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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Passionate Persistence

The relational world we live in is governed by social norms and etiquette that shape our decisions more than I ...
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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

"As I have observed the mobilization landscape over the past few years and endeavor to provide resources for missions mobilizers, ...
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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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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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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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7 Ways to Pray for Muslims during Ramadan

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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

By Heather Pubols | How can organizations and churches adequately care for a globally based workforce? Around 30 men and ...
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All Creation Groans: Toward a Theology of Disease and Global Health

Edited by Daniel O’Neil and Beth Snodderly. Reviewed by Mark A. Strand, professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota ...
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Institutional Intelligence: How to Build an Effective Organization

By Gordon T. Smith. Reviewed by Tim Pewett who has been serving for almost a decade in theological education and ...
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Attempt Great Things for God: Theological Education in Diaspora

By Chloe T. Sun. Reviewed by Bob Bagley, associate executive director of Global Partners ...
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A Guide for Member Care Engagement

By Harry Hoffman | There are four different member care roles: the member care beginner, member care provider, member care ...
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Spiritual Miscarriage: The Death of a Vision

By Brenda Bosch | Spiritual miscarriage occurs when a vision in your spirit that leads to much preparation and passion, ...
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Safe Harbor: The Role of Hospitality in Member Care

By Celeste Allen | When workers are overwhelmed and tired they need someplace to get away and catch their breath ...
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From Ministry Call to Home Call: The State of Member Care in India

By Isac Soundararaja | In India the challenges and the unmet needs of over 60,000 Christian workers and their children ...
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Missionary Care from a Latin American Perspective

By Paulo Feniman | Missionary care (or member care) is frequently viewed in western cultures in the context of supervision ...
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Member Care from an Asian Perspective

By Belinda Ng | The specific and unique needs of workers in the Asian context continue to be challenging in ...
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Towards Contextualization of Member Care

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Building and Leading Culturally Diverse Teams

By Galen Burkholder and Tefera Bekere | Here are four keys to building and leading a strong culturally diverse team ...
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Fostering Sexual Wholeness: Breaking Silence to Defeat Shame

By Dennis Martin | As missionaries, the fear of consequences for sexual brokenness, often labeled as moral failure, makes it ...
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How to Make a Successful Missionary

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Best Practices for Church-Based Missionary Care

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Oikos Care: Caring for Our Missionaries by Caring Through Our Missionaries

By Pam Arlund, Mary Ho, and Peggy Spiers | What would member care look like if we, as senders and ...
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By Ivan Liew | Building a church’s ability to provide member care to future and existing missionaries involves charting both ...
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Beyond ‘Paying and Praying:’ Engaging the Church in Member Care

By Rene Rossouw | Many churches love to boast about their missionaries and their involvement in the nations, while they ...
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Member Care in Nigerian Missions

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Institutional Intelligence: How to Build an Effective Organization

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Safe Harbor: The Role of Hospitality in Member Care

By Celeste Allen | When workers are overwhelmed and tired, they need someplace to get away and catch their breath ...
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Missionary Care from a Latin American Perspective

By Paulo Feniman | Missionary care (or member care) is frequently viewed in western cultures in the context of supervision ...
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Member Care from an Asian Perspective

By Belinda Ng | The specific and unique needs of workers in the Asian context continue to be challenging in ...
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Towards Contextualization of Member Care

By Sampson Dorkunor | Care for the Lord’s workers is a challenge for missionary leaders around the world. Yet worker’s ...
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Fostering Sexual Wholeness: Breaking Silence to Defeat Shame

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How to Make a Successful Missionary

By Curtis McGown | I want to share with you what we have found to help you succeed whether you ...
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Best Practices for Church-Based Missionary Care

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Oikos Care: Caring for Our Missionaries by Caring Through Our Missionaries

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Growing Your Church’s Capacity for Meaningful Member Care

By Ivan Liew | Building a church’s ability to provide member care to future and existing missionaries involves charting both ...
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Beyond ‘Paying and Praying:’ Engaging the Church in Member Care

By Rene Rossouw | Many churches love to boast about their missionaries and their involvement in the nations, while they ...
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Member Care in Nigerian Missions

By Adegbite Olanihun | As the Nigerian Church wakes up to her global missions responsibility, addressing member care issues becomes ...
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Member Care: Loving Those We’ve Sent

By Heather Pubols | How can organizations and churches adequately care for a globally based workforce? Around 30 men and ...
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The 4 Phases in a Disaster

Ted Esler As the war unfolds in Ukraine, ministries are responding. It is not hard for me to imagine what ...
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Global Bible Translation

Unprecedented advances in technology, innovation and collaboration among the global church are accelerating the pace of Bible translation like never ...
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Baptisms in the Middle East

By Bucky Elliott During a training and preparation visit this month in the Middle East, some of our Area Strategy ...
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9 Ways to Pray for Ukraine

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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9 Ways to Pray for Ukraine

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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Building a Solid Foundation in MPD

Look, I get it. You have finally wrapped your mind around the idea that you will be raising monthly support ...
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Long-time Missio Nexus friend, Phill Butler has just completed a new resource website (kingdom-resource.org) with 140+ articles and 30+ videos ...
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God’s Perfect Timing

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Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings

The Inklings were a group of authors who met and critiqued each others work. J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were ...
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Organizational Effectiveness

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Roundup #280

Saudi Arabia's once-feared morality police have been sidelined and lost influence ...
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Connect to Mission Increase a strategic partner of Missio Nexus: God has given your organization a vision for His glory ...
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Leadership Profile: An Interview with Dr. Sandra Glahn

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Steve Brown invites us on a genuine journey with Jesus, a needed focus in the distracted world of “so much going on.” His ...
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Many people ask me why international student ministry is such an efficient way to reach the world for Christ. There ...
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This book presents key principles, cases studies, and proven strategies for catalyzing movements that multiply disciples while lifting whole communities ...
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This book is an invitation to let go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving you well, and ...
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Dear Mobilization Leader,Your ministry and leadership in mobilization does not go unseen. We value what you do and want to ...
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It’s what I call the overlooked “redheaded stepchild” of crisis management ...
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Mission Agency Fundraising Survey Report

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Webinar: Educational support for families: Can your agency achieve its goals without it?

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Webinar: Charitable Giving in the Wake of COVID-19

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A Study on Scripture Engagement in DMMs

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Helping New Believers Find Identity Through Belonging

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Mission Amid Global Crises: Academy, Agency, and Assembly Perspectives from Canada

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Let’s Develop Sound Missiology for International Student Reentry

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Webinar: Networking Practitioners Ministering Among The Muslim Diaspora in North America – An Initiative of The Vision 5:9 Network

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On Mission 2020 Dave and Lorene Wilson

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Troubling Trends in the American Church

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Against the Tide: Mission Amidst the Global Currents of Secularization

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You Welcomed Me: Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us

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Supporting Ethnodoxologists Around the World: The Global Ethnodoxology Network

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Bringing Shalom to the World’s Cities: The Urban Shalom Society

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A Growing Global Movement: Business as Mission

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Kingdom-Minded Collaboration: Global Alliance for Church Multiplication

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Redeeming Technology for God’s Kingdom: The Mobile Ministry Forum

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Pursuing Fruit in the Muslim World: Vision 5:9

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Birthing a Network and a Movement: The Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network

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Going Together Where We Can’t Go Alone: Mission Focused Networks

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Collaboration in the Ibero-American Missions Movement: COMIBAM

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Better Together: Finding Your Place in Today’s Interconnected Reality

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2020: The Decade of Collaboration

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Should I Consider an End of Year Campaign?

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Puppets Teach Values in Prisons and Schools

Why would you take a children’s puppet show to one of the most violent prisons in a country known for ...
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Coaching Millennials in MPD Fundraising

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Love the Listener, Then Share the Words?

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Are You Getting The Blank Stare in Your Support Appointments?

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Carpe Diem Redeemed: Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times

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Praying for Your Missionary: How Prayers from Home Can Reach the Nations

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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

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How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

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Conversation and Conversion: The Gospel of John and an Alternative Orality Strategy in Mozambique

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Burden vs. Load: Living in the Tension as a Coach

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Where Are the African-American Missionaries?

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Jesus in the Secular World #2: Responding to Global Secularization Webinar

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Mapping Church Missions: A Compass for Ministry Strategy

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Jesus in the Secular World #1: Understanding Global Secularization Webinar

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Mapping Church Missions: A Compass for Ministry Strategy - presented on May 2nd by Sharon R. Hoover, Director of Missions ...
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Praying for Your Missionary: How Prayers from Home Can Reach the Nations

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Missionary Training That Works – Lessons From the African-American Church

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Mobilizing From the Church’s Perspective

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A Vision for Becoming a Fully Mobilized Church

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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

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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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Mobilization and Training for Church Planting in the Global Diaspora

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How to Implement a Media Strategy to Reach Diaspora Peoples

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Focus on Fruit! Movement Case Studies & Fruitful Practices

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Resource Library (draft)

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Insights From Respected Women In God’s Mission

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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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Stewarding the Purpose Inside Your People

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Global Gates

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Welcoming the Stranger

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Acclimated to Africa: Cultural Competence for Westerners

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Biblical Missional Prayer: 5 Focused New Testament Prayers for the Church

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Factors Affecting Asian Americans in Missions: The AAIM Survey

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The House Church and World Missions: A Case Study

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Network Leaders: New Mission Leadership for a Globalized Church

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A Missionary Thanksgiving Day Prayer

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Panel Discussion: Mobilization vs. Recruitment

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Understanding and Leading Generation Z in Short-term Missions

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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

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Screening and Vetting to Avoid Screaming and Venting

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President/CEO/ED as Fundraising Professional

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Mobilizing in Tandem: the Church and the Agency Shoulder to Shoulder

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Creating a Culture of Philanthropy: Leadership Take Notice!

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NOT Merger BUT Deep and Generous Collaboration

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General Session – David Pierce

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Navigating the Landscape of Networks

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Solving People Problems Through a Strategic Communications Plan

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Truth in Advertising: Balancing Idealistic Recruiting and the Realities of Missionary Service

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The Mind of a Missionary: What Global Kingdom Workers Tell Us About Thriving on Mission Today

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State Charity Registration

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A Missionary Pipeline for your Church

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The Roles of Church and Mission in Crisis Management: Overlap? Competition? Cooperation?

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The Kingdom Unleashed: How Jesus’ 1st-Century Kingdom Values Are Transforming Thousands of Cultures and Awakening His Church

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Mission Networks

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Missio Nexus Podcast Episode 33: Dan Busby on Donor Advised Funds

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Survival Guide for the Soul: How to Flourish Spiritually in a World that Pressures Us to Achieve

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Equipping Missions for the Cultural Challenges of Singleness, Marriage & Sexuality

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Missio Nexus Podcast Episode 32: Samuel Chiang of the Seed Company

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Bridges To Everywhere

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Double Duty Fundraising

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Mission Leaders Conference

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Embellish Your Profile

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Measure What Matters, How Google, Bono and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

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Insurance Updates

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Toward Global Missional Leadership: A Journey Through Paradigm Shift in the Mission of God

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A Re-Focus on the Local Church: Media Collaboration in the Middle East

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Innovations in Mobilization Collaboration

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Prayer: Our Greatest Task in Mobilization

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Rites of Passage: Building a Mobilization Team in Your Church

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Mobilizing Movements

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Mobilizing God’s People for God’s Mission

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The Mobilization Index: Connecting the Global Church to the Unreached

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Mobilization: The Fourth (and Final?) Era of the Modern Mission Movement

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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

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From Unhealthy Dependency To Local Sustainability

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2017- 2018 Webinars

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MLC 2018 Speaker Form B

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The African American Missions Manifesto

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Seeing What They See

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How Do I Get My Pastor Engaged in Missions? – Cracking the Code

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Sprinting Toward MPD Success

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Fundraising on Furloughs

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Cybersecurity in Global Missions – Article 3

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OnMission 2018 Dennis Jackson

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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

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The Trinity and the Localisation of Mission Issue

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Discipleship Training: A Non-traditional Approach to Theological Education for the Highland Quichua of Ecuador

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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

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Navigating Müller’s Theology

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Where are our missionaries?

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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

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SIL International Takes a Serious Look at Multilingualism and Migration

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2018 Mission Leaders Conference

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Faith-Based Development: How Christian Organizations Can Make a Difference, by Bob Mitchell

Reviewed by Jerry M. Ireland ...
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Training Missionaries: Principles and Possibilities, by Evelyn Hibbert and Richard Hibbert

Reviewed by Cameron D. Armstrong ...
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Voices from the Past: Confusion Concerning the Great Commission

by David J. Hesselgrave ...
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Rise Up Church – for Children and Youth!

by Dave Meyers ...
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“It Shall be Done!” The Important Role of Prayer in Christian Mission

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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

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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

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Debunking Myths About Ethnic Minority Support Raising

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Finding Support Raising Coaches in Your Organization

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Peer 2 Peer #CML 2018 Details

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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

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)

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)

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

It’s a wonderful day when someone new joins your staff. Perhaps they are a recent college graduate. Maybe it’s someone ...
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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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Read the Weekly Roundup: December 1

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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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

The world missions community has spent the past thirty years or so establishing footholds in many parts of the Muslim ...
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Mutually Transformative Power of the Gospel Through Medicine in China

In the Gospel of Luke, we read the account of a young Jesus who went to the temple in Jerusalem, ...
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When Endings Lead to Opportunities: Lessons from the Closing of Global Mapping International

The words “The End” immediately conjure up the last page of a book we simply haven’t been able to put ...
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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

What is the cultural distance between two countries? Usually we think more about the physical mileage, but the cultural mileage ...
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Our Anchor in a World Adrift: 7 Stats You Need to Know to Serve the King

These are turbulent times and it is hard to stay firmly grounded with the constant waves of change. These 7 ...
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Singapore: Unique Qualities for Great Commission Impact

Few places have the innovation and diversity of Singapore. But how has that translated into mission opportunity? Learn more about ...
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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

The world’s many priorities don’t always work in unison. Many times priorities create tension as they pull us in different ...
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Top 40 Underserved and Unreached Places

There are so many amazing things happening as GodÕs people go out on mission. But still the need is tremendous ...
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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

Whether you are utilizing the web to mobilize others into mission or using the web to find opportunities, it is ...
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Global Bible Searches: What Are They Searching For?

Do you know what Scriptures people are searching for? It is an important question. Whether they are preparing a Bible ...
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Water is Not a “Natural Resource”

As we commemorate World Water Day we can all agree that life needs water. But who's water is it? Explore ...
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How India Leaders Make Ministry Decisions

Much of the time we do not think intentionally about how we make decisions in our ministry efforts. This is ...
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What is the World Voting For?

In 2014 over 1.7 billion eligible voters may be a part of major elections happening in their nations. With up ...
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There is Hope for the City!

We hear so much talk about global urbanization, but the numbers are confusing. In some instances cities are seen as ...
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30 Years of Connections: Mapping and Missions

As GMI celebrates its 30th Anniversary, it seems like a good time to take a look at the maps that ...
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Brazil: An Emerging Force in Global Mission

As Brazil finds its place on the world's stage, the Brazilian Church is doing the same. Its vibrant and growing ...
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The People Have Spoken: Missiographics Top 5

Explore the infographics we have released throughout Missiographics Service ...
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Breaking the Ebola Cycle

The Ebola epidemic in West African countries like Liberia is a terrible tragedy that has captured global attention and response ...
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A Visual Note of Thanks from the Missiographics Team

As Christmas and the New Year quickly approach, we want to take this time to extend a huge Thank You ...
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Whether you are a leader in your ministry organization or someone who is serving alongside a leader as they shoulder ...
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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!

How do I best follow-up with someone who has said they will give… but hasn’t started giving yet? My guess ...
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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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Exponential Organizations

This book highlights the changing business environment in which some companies have leveraged new technology to create exponential growth. It ...
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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

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Global Church: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches

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Deaf: The Final Frontier of the Great Commission

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Read the Weekly Roundup: February 17

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

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Justin Long’s Weekly Roundup for 02/10

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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

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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

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New Member: Mission ConneXion

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Question of the Month – November

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You see, Missions Doesn’t Work

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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

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Once a Missionary, Always a Missionary

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2016 MLC General Session with Luis Palau

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Changing the How: New Methods for Developing Missional Technology

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The Culturally Intelligent Mission Organization: Five Factors to Evaluate

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Editor’s Letter: Fight Club

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Protecting Your Ministry from Sexual Identity and Gender Issues

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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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2016 Spring Anthology

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Well Sent

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2016 Mission CEO Survey: Traversing the Global Landscape

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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 2016 presents: Bob Blincoe Topic: Best Practices: Church and Agency Partnership Bob Blincoe President Frontiers Frontiersusa.org twitter.com/frontiers_usa facebook.com/frontiersusa facebook.com/frontiersusa/ Audio ...
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OnMission Ellen Livingood

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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

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Journey to a Better Way: A Wesleyan Perspective on Doing Mission Better

by John BaileyWestBow Press, 2015. —Reviewed by Bob Bagley, Africa Area director, Global Partners, the missions division of the Wesleyan ...
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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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Recovering Prayer and Discernment in Our Agendas and Strategies

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The Mission of Preaching: Equipping the Community for Faithful Witness

by Patrick W. T. JohnsonIVP Academic, 2015. —Reviewed by Dennis J. Horton, associate professor, Religion; associate director, Ministry Guidance, Baylor ...
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The Missionary’s Thanksgiving Day Prayer

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Let’s Leave Shahada to Real Muslims

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Overturning Tables: Freeing Missions from the Christian Industrial Complex

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STAND Audio Files: Mission Executives Track

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STAND Conference: Church Track

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Show me the Way: Guidance and Missions“ How Do We Discern God’s Best?

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Business as Mission

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Seven Models for Community Minisry

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Executive Transition: Preparing for the Inevitable

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Young Evangelicals and Financial Giving

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2014 Mission Leaders Conference OPEN” – complete recording package”

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Human Trafficking

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Refugees

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Status of Bible Poverty

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Global Status of the Refugee Highway

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How the Most Effective Leaders Run a Meeting – Part 1

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While You Were Micro Sleeping: Fresh Insights on the Changing Face of North American Missions

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From Anywhere to Everywhere—Together!

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The New Testament, Fiscal Strategy, & the Majority World

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Evangelism in Asia: Developing and Living Out Relevant Theologies

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SYMPOSIUM: The Unengaged: An Engaging Strategy….Or Not?

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SYMPOSIUM RESPONSE #2: A “Straw-man” Case?

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Using Scripture in Multilingual Churches

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Mission Networks: Connecting the Global Church

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Orality Is Just Good Missiology

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Crossing Cultures with Ruth: Lessons on Thriving in Mission

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Stopping the Traffick: A Christian Response to Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking

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H/S-1 to H/S-5: Levels of Awareness of Honor/Shame in Cross-cultural Ministry

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How Majority World Missions Can Relate Better To The West

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One Method Does Not Fit All: Case Studies of the Muslim Diaspora

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Symposium Response 2: Looking at the Decentralization of Missions

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Models of Ministry with the Transient Urban Poor

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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

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ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Missiographic: 50 Years of EMQ: A Decade by Decade Overview

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The Importance of Communication in Establishing a Hispanic Ministry

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Every Member on Mission through Churches Everywhere

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50 Years of EMQ: Looking Back and Forward

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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

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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

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Learning Curve in Rwanda: A Long Journey of Transformation

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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

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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

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Re-imaging Medical Missions: Results of the PRISM Survey

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The Power of Diversity in Global Missions

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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

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The Efficiency of Storying

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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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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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