Updated: June 22, 2007

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Missions Resources                   

…best published resources for churches in missions            David Mays

 

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Bible Study Guides

God’s Heart for the Nations, Jeff Lewis, Caleb Project

Missions, God's Heart for the World, Paul Borthwick, IVP

Through God’s Eyes, Patrick Cate, William Carey Library

Until the Whole World Knows, Alicia Britt Chole, www.onewholeworld.com

Witnesses to All the World, Jim and Carol Plueddemann, Shaw (Waterbrook Press)

 

Children

Toolkit CD, Wycliffe, 1.800.992.5433

Window on the World  (Operation World for Kids), Gabriel Resources

Becoming a World Changing Family, Donna Thomas, Baker

 

Church Missions Operation

Church Missions Policy Handbook, ACMC

Cultivating a Missions Active Church, ACMC

Get your Church Involved in Missions, Michael Griffiths

Global Access Planner, Bruce Camp, ACMC

How Missions Mobilized is Your Church? ACMC

How to Get Your Congregation Involved in Missions, David Mays

How to Operate an Effective Missions Leadership Team, David Mays

Missions in the 21st Century, Tom Telford, Shaw Publishing

Missions Policies on Disk, ACMC

Stuff You Need to Know About Doing Missions, David Mays, 4 volumes on CD

Today’s All-Star Missions Churches, Tom Telford, Baker

 

Classics

Christian Mission in the Modern World, John R. W. Stott,

Eternity in Their Hearts, Don Richardson, Regal

From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, Ruth Tucker, Zondervan

Great Commission, Rose Dowsett

Great Omission, Robertson McQuilkin,

Key to the Missionary Problem, Andrew Murray, CLC

Let the Nations be Glad, John Piper, Baker

Stand in the Gap, David Bryant, Regal

Touch the World Through Prayer, Wesley Duewel, Zondervan

 

Cross-Cultural Preparation & Communication

Cross-Cultural Connections, Duane Elmer, IVP

Cross-Cultural Dialogues, Craig Storti, Intercultural Press

Cross-Cultural Servanthood, Duane Elmer, IVP

Don’t Go Overseas Until You’ve Read this Book, Neil Gallagher, Bethany

Ministering Cross-Culturally, Sherwood Lingenfelter, Baker

American Cultural Baggage, Stan Nussbaum, Orbis, 2005

Tentmaking, Patrick Lai, Authentic

Make Haste Slowly, Donald Smith, Institute for International Christian Communication

 

General Reading – Autobiographies/Stories

End of the Spear, Steve Saint, Tyndale

Bruchko, Bruce Olsen, Creation House

Called to Die, Estes, Wycliffe

Daughters of Islam, Miriam Adeney, IVP or WEA (?)

Don’t Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees, Thomas Hale

In Search of the Source, Neil Anderson, Wycliffe

Lords of the Earth, Don Richardson, Regal

Peace Child, Don Richardson, Regal

Shadow of the Almighty, Elisabeth Elliott, Harper & Row

 

Inspiration & Challenge

2020 Vision, Bill & Amy Stearns, Bethany House

Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper, Crossway

Live Life on Purpose, Claude Hickman, www.thetravelingteam.org

 

Involvement

How to Get Your Congregation Involved in Missions, David Mays, ACMC

How to Be a World Class Christian, Paul Borthwick,

Run with the Vision, Bob Sjogren, Bill and Amy Stearns, Bethany

 

Local Cross-Cultural

A Beginner’s Guide to Crossing Cultures, Patty Lane, IVP

Cultural Change & Your Church, Michael Pocock & Joseph Henriques, Baker, 2002

First Look, The Start Talking, Donna Thomas, http://www.cvministries.org/

World at Your Door, Tom Phillips, Bethany House

 

Missionary Care

Honourably Wounded, Marjory F. Foyle, EMIS

ReEntry Team, Neal Pirolo, Emmaus Road

Serving as Senders, Neal Pirolo, Emmaus Road

Burn Up or Splash Down, Marion Knell, Authentic

 

Missionary Preparation

Equipping for Missions, Daniel Bacon, OMF

On Being a Missionary, Thomas Hale, William Carey Library

Send Me!, Steve Hoke and William Taylor, William Carey Library

Scaling the Wall, Kathy Hicks, Gabriel Resources, 2003

 

People Group Adoption

Adoption: A Practical Guide, Bruce Camp, USCWM Mobilization Div

 

Pastors and Preaching

Becoming a World Changing Church, David Mays, ACMC

Six Dangerous Questions, Paul Borthwick, IVP

Let the Nations be Glad, John Piper,

Antioch Revisited, Tom Julien, BMH Books, Winona Lake, IN

                       

Partnerships

Building Strategic Partnerships, Daniel Rickett, Partners International

Making Your Partnership Work, Daniel Rickett, Partners International

 

Prayer

Operation World, Patrick Johnstone

Touch the World Through Prayer, Wesley Duewel, Zondervan

 

Short-Term Missions

Before You Pack Your Bags, Prepare Your Heart, Cindy Judge

Coming Home, Fishers of Men, Re-Entry Guide by Howard Lisech, Deeper Roots Pub

Though the Eyes of Christ - A Short Term Missions Journal, Donna Thomas

Essential Guide to Short Term Mission, David Forward, Moody,

Serving with Eyes Wide Open, David Livermore, Baker

Short Term Mission Workbook, Tim Dearborn, InterVarsity Press

Trip Stuff, (on CD), David Mays

 

Spiritual Warfare

Bondage Breaker, Neil Anderson

 

Strategy/Trends

Building Global Vision, David Mays, ACMC

Changing the Mind of Missions, James Engel, IVP

Church is Bigger than You Think, Patrick Johnstone
Loving the Church – Blessing the Nations, George Miley

Exploring World Mission, Bryant Myers, World Vision Resources, 2003

Magnify Your Vision for the Small Church, John Rowell

Missions in the 3rd Millennium, 2nd ed., Stan Guthrie, Paternoster

Operation World, Patrick Johnstone

Operation World CD, Patrick Johnstone

The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins, Oxford University Press, 2002

Today's All-Star Missions Churches, Tom Telford, Baker

When the Saints Go Marching Out, Art Beals, Geneva Press

 

Reference

Atlas of World Christianity, Peter Brierley, Thomas Nelson

Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, Scott Moreau, Baker

Mission Handbook, Evangelism and Missions Information Service

Operation China CD Rom, Global Mapping International

Operation China, Paul Hattaway, William Carey Library

Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, A Reader, William Carey Library

World Christian Encyclopedia, Barrett, Oxford University Press, 2001

World Christian Trends, Barrett, William Carey Library,

 

Texts/Academic/Survey

Church is Bigger than You Think, Patrick Johnstone

Global Missiology for the 21st Century, William Taylor, ed., WEA

Go and Make Disciples, Roger S. Greenway, P&R Publishing

God's Missionary People, Charles Van Engen, Baker

Introducing World Missions, A. Scott Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, Gary B. McGee, Baker, 2004

Mission in the Old Testament, Walter Kaiser, Baker

Missions – Biblical Foundations & Contemporary Strategies, Gailyn Van Rheenen, Zondervan

Transforming Mission, David J. Bosch, Orbis