Appendix: Global Missions Resources For World Christians
by Compiled by Dave Imboden, USCWMOverview
There is an amazing array of ever-expanding resources to help you and your
home church link effectively with global missions. Books, magazines, and videos
are only the most obvious resources you can purchase or peruse to learn more.
We have selected several of the most widely used agencies who supply the richest
variety of books, magazines, and videos for World Christians. You will want
to contact each of these organizations to receive their free catalogs.
Ministries to Help Your Church
ACMC (Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment)
An interdenominational organization committed to helping local churches improve
their missions programs by providing outstanding conferences and seminars across
the U.S. They have also created excellent resources and guidebooks covering
key issues churches face in doing missions. For more details, contact ACMC at
1-800-747-7346. Web: www.acmc.org.
AIMS (Accelerating International Mission Strategies)
Helps renewal and charismatic churches connect with unreached peoples opportunities
and provides various resources and seminars to train churches in missions involvement.
For more details, contact: AIMS, P.O. Box 64534, Virginia Beach, VA 23464. Phone:
1-757-579-5850. E-mail: AIMS@cbn.org. Web:
www.aims.org.
Brigada
Provides online missions resources and a weekly e-mail newsletter. Subscribe
via e-mail: hub@xc.org with the following message:
subscribe Brigada. Web: www.brigada.org.
Caleb Project
A mobilization agency providing unreached peoples videos, prayer guides, prayer
cards, mission drama scripts, manuals on researching unreached people groups,
brochures on miscellaneous mission topics, as well as primary ministry tracking
with “people-specific advocates” (individuals promoting a specific unreached
people for adoption among multiple churches). Contact: Caleb Project, 10 W.
Dry Creek Circle, Littleton, CO 80120. Phone: 1-303-730-4170, ext. 343. E-mail:
info@cproject.com. Web: www.calebproject.org.
U.S. Center for World Mission
Publishes Mission Frontiers and the Global Prayer Digest; facilitates
the U.S. “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” study program and the
“World Christian Foundations” B.A. completion/M.A. degree programs. The USCWM
also facilitates the global and U.S. Adopt-A-People Campaigns and provides various
local church-oriented resources, such as the “Vision for the Nations” video-training
curriculum, unreached peoples videos, and other AAP how-to resources. For more
details, contact: USCWM, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104. Phone: 1-626-398-2200.
E-mail: USCWMmob@aol.com. Web: www.uscwm.org.
William Carey Library (at the USCWM)
Has the broadest list of mission titles available in the following categories:
World Christian books, missionary biographies, World Christian periodicals,
prayer resources, resources to ignite vision in your church, international students,
listings of specialized training seminars, assistance to local churches, and
ministries to help your church in missions. All books are available at discount
prices (wholesale when 3 or more are purchased). For prices and ordering information
call: 1-626-798-0819. Web: www.uscwm.org.
World Christian Foundations
WCF is the U.S. Center for World Mission’s innovative B.A. completion or M.A.
degree program. WCF is available from accredited colleges and can be taken in
the field virtually anywhere in the world or on campus at the USCWM. Costs vary
by school through which students register. Phone: 1-626-398-2106. E-mail: wcf@uscwm.org.
World Christian Periodicals
Evangelical Missions Quarterly
Focused on missions in general, this practical publication for practitioners
contains a wealth of material dealing with a wide variety of issues concerning
the mission task. Includes book reviews and world news. Write: EMQ, P.O. Box
794, Wheaton, IL 60189. Subscription: $21.95 per year.
International Journal of Frontier Missions
The only scholarly journal focused solely on contemporary frontier missiology.
A must for those seeking to keep abreast of the latest issues in finishing world
evangelization. Write: IJFM, 7665 Wenda Way, El Paso, TX 79915. Phone: 1-915-775-2464.
E-mail: 103121.2610@compuserve.com.
Subscription: 1 year (quarterly), $15.00; 2 years, $28.00.
MARC Newsletter
A free bimonthly information newsletter on missions research from the Missions
Advanced Research and Communication Center (a division of World Vision International).
Write: MARC Newsletter, 800 W. Chestnut Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016-3198. Phone:
1-800-777-7752. E-mail: MARC@wvi.org.
Mission Frontiers
An indispensable bimonthly bulletin (free subscription) highlighting key news,
events, leaders, and ideas from the USCWM, Adopt-A-People, the AD 2000 and Beyond
Movement, World Evangelical Fellowship, and other organizations promoting frontier
mission and world evangelization. Write: MF/USCWM, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena,
CA 91104. Also available on the Web at: www.uscwm.org.
Pulse
An eight-page biweekly publication of world news, commentaries, and calendar
of mission-related events; indispensable to stay current on world evan-gelization.
Write: Pulse, P.O. Box 794, Wheaton, IL 60189. Phone: 1-630-653-2158. Subscription:
$26.95 per year.
Prayer Resources
Global Prayer Digest
Monthly prayer devotional with breakthrough news of what God is doing around
the world. Features an unreached people to pray for each day, as well as glimpses
into other cultures. A daily mission-related Scripture verse and commentary,
with an insightful article covering the target region being prayed for each
month. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean. Contact GPD Subscriptions:
1-626-398-2249. Web: www.uscwm.org.
30-Day Prayer Focus
Booklets and videos that provide daily prayer for Muslims and Hindus. Issues
on Buddhism and other religions planned. For more information or a catalog contact:
World Christian News and Books, P.O. Box 26479, Colorado Springs, CO 80936.
Phone: 1-719-442-6409. E-mail: wcn@xc.org.
Operation World
Patrick Johnstone. The mostly widely used day-by-day guide to praying
for the world, deliberately designed as a prayer manual, highlighting facts
and figures from over 220 nations to stimulate intercession. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1997. To order, call William Carey Library at 1-626-798-0819. Web: www.uscwm.org.
Personal Prayer Diary and Planner
One unreached people group, needy nation, or world class city is listed
every day, with space to journal your prayers. Includes current world maps,
statistics, sketches of people, details about the population, religion, percentage
of known Christians, and more to fuel your intercession, as well as world time
zones and information about Youth With a Mission. Contact YWAM Publishing, P.O.
Box 55787, Seattle, WA 98155. Phone: 1-800-922-2143 (U.S. only) or 1-425-771-1153.
Strongholds of the 10/40 Window: Intercessors Guide to the World’s Least
Evangelized Nations
George Otis, Jr., Editor, with Mark Brockman. A handbook for those serious about
prayer for global evangelism, especially within the 10/40 Window, which encloses
almost 100% of the world’s 1.1 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus, and 300
million Buddhists. YWAM Publishing, 1995, paperback, 278 pp.
Worship and Warfare: A Prayer Companion
Richard Webster. A treasure of truths to vary and enrich your prayer ministry,
whether alone or in a group. Names of God, reminders of His character, hymns,
quotes, and Scripture verses will stimulate, guide, and refresh your prayer
times. William Carey Library, 1993, 48 pp. Phone: 1-626-798-0819. Web: www.uscwm.org.
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