Updated:
June 22, 2007
Missions Resources
…best published resources for churches in missions
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
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,
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