Training Resources


Facilitating Dialogue between the Global North and Global South

Navigating Between Worlds

Strengthening the Indigenous Church

Navigating Uncharted Territories

Training for Polycentric Mission

Language Learning in the 21st Century: Press for Success!

The Cost of Caring: Service Among Survivors of Trauma

Preparing Today’s Missionaries for Practical Peacemaking

Developing Best Training Practices for Retention: What Current Attrition Research

How and Why I Built My Online Training Platform — “The Mission Academy”

Q&A with Brian Fikkert

Funnels and Loops: How Mass Communication is Accelerating Movements

What Is the Minimum Training Needed to Be Effective?

I won’t come down…

What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Development Professional

Seeing Ministry Partners as People – or Targets?

How We Train Our People for Ministry Partnership Matters

MPD and Non-MPD Staff: A Clear Call and United Front

What Are You Looking for in a Coach?

It’s All About Perspective

INVITING is UNITING: Partnership with the Local Church

Learning that Connects

Five Essential Anchors for MPD

How Getting to Full Support Changed Me as a Coach

New Member Benefit: Missio Nexus Bible Certificate Program

Support Raising and the Art of Storytelling

Ethnic Minority Support Raising is an Untapped Goldmine for Your MPD!

Design Thinking for Training and Development: Creating Learning Journeys That Get Results

Why and How Jews for Jesus Moved Our New Staff Training Online

Build Your Own E-Learning Workshop or Conference. Real Relationships Can Happen!

Design and Implement Capacity-Building Training for Your Gen Z Staff

Learned Helplessness

The Price of Effectiveness: What Organizational Change Actually Costs

5 Things to Look for in an MPD Coach

Wanna Go For a Sprint?

Build Your Own E-Learning Workshop or Conference. Real Relationships Can Happen!

Shining Light on the Lies

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

What Training Do Missionaries Actually Want and Need? Are They Willing to Get It?

Missionary Training Best Practices – A Collective Project for Being Better and Doing Better

Preparing and Equipping Singles and Marrieds to Work Well Together in Their Cross-Cultural Ministry Teams

OnMission 2019 Von Golder

OnMission 2019 Dick Brogden

How to Implement a Media Strategy to Reach Diaspora Peoples

Stewarding the Purpose Inside Your People

Relationship as the Non-negotiable Foundation for Effective Missionary Preparation

Cultural Self Discovery for Multicultural Interaction

The Varied World of Learning Technologies – Assembling Your Unique Combination

Transformissional Coaching: MultiplyYour Equipping and Leadership Effectiveness

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

Sprinting Toward MPD Success

The Crucible of the First Term: Understanding and Helping So It is not the Last

Resources and Relationships in Missions: Navigating the Minefield of Dependency

The Local Church: Mentoring Healthy Missionary Candidates

Marching Off the Map: Inspire Students to Navigate a Brand New World

Making Teams Work in Missions

Doing Bible Interpretation!

STM Emergencies: Preparing Team Leaders to Respond in a Crisis

Diaspora Missions: “OK, We Get it! Now What?”

Anthology May 2017

Cybersecurity Checklist

Risk From a Field Perspective

Inspired HR: The Intersection of Law, Spirituality, and Common Sense

Seven Transitions Facing those Serving in China

Member Care in Middle Age: Trends, Unintended Outcomes, Potential Solutions

Innovation in World Mission: A Framework for Thinking About the Future

The Growing Marketplace Missions Movement

Cybermissions and the Unreached

Insights from Three Surveys of Aspiring Long Termers

Crossing Cultures – Redeeming Mankind (Week 3)

Crossing Cultures – Redeeming Mankind (Week 1)

Crossing Cultures – Redeeming Mankind (Week 2)

Deaf: The Final Frontier of the Great Commission

Curious George finds an iPhone

Training Missionaries

Pioneering Movements

Disciple Making Movements: A Biblical, Holistic, Exponential Solution for the Remaining Task

The Status of the Remaining Task

Key insights from the 2016 CEO and Church Mission Leader Survey

Fresh Air for Mission Leaders

A Fresh Perspective on the Insider Movement

Ethics & Discipleship in Honor-Shame Cultures

Webinar: Using Scripture to Teach CrossCultural Success

Protecting Your Ministry from Sexual Identity and Gender Issues

Rethinking the Question “Who is a Missionary?”

Ministry Evaluation Toolbox

Home Office Morale Busters: What Puts Staff on Edge
