Updated:
July 25, 2004
Pastor’s Packet of
Missions Resources
…best missions resources
for pastors David Mays
Resources to strengthen your missions background and build a
global perspective.
Purchase from ACMC. Call 800-798-ACMC.
Attend the
next ACMC Conference in your area.
See www.acmc.org
Get Your
Church Involved in Missions by Michael Griffiths
A very brief
booklet recommended for pastors
Missions Assessment Profile, ACMC,
See it at www.acmc.org
A simple self-diagnostic tool for the church covering twelve key missions components
“Stuff you need to know about
Doing Missions in Your Church, a Handbook of Lists,” (on CD)
An encyclopedia of local church
missions issues
The Great
Commission by Rose Dowsett
A recent
missions overview (Scripture, history, and current strategies),.
Missions
in the 21st Century and Today's All-Star Missions Churches
by Tom Telford
Doing
missions in the local church
Missions
in the Third Millennium by Stan Guthrie
Current
trends in missions
Exploring
World Mission (also on CD Rom) by Bryant Myers
A very
quick overview of the world in diagrams by various kinds of needs
Six
Dangerous Questions by Paul Borthwick
A book to
preach from
Missions,
God's Heart for the World by Paul Borthwick
A good
9-session inductive Bible Study on missions
Operation World (also available on CD Rom), Patrick
Johnstone, ed.
The best
information on countries and peoples and the best prayer guide
Let the
Nations Be Glad by John Piper
One of the
best missions books of the ‘90s, a top recommendation for any pastor,
The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins
Excellent secular overview of
Christianity in the world
Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, Ruth Tucker
A biographical history of missions
When the Saints Go Marching Out by Art Beals, Geneva Press
One church’s model for mobilizing
the entire congregation
Urbana Student Missions Convention,
Triennial event in Urbana, IL,
includes pastors’ track. www.urbana.org
Perspectives on the World Christian
Movement www.perspectives.org
A 16-week course on missions
theology, history, strategy, and culture
Key to the Missionary Problem by Andrew Murray
A classic from a century ago
Mission in the Old Testament, Walter Kaiser
Best study of missions in the Old
Testament
Christian Mission in the Modern
World by John
R. W. Stott
Classic overview of missions
Stand in the Gap by David Bryant
Another missions classic