On Line Resources for Church Mission Committees in the PCA and other congregations

On Line Resources for Church Mission Committees

Eldrbarry's Missions Booklists

A "Short" List of Basic Books for your Missions Library
A "Big" List of Missions Reading A much more expansive list of books on various Missions topics
Book Lists on Mercy Ministry and Stwardship / Microenterprise Development

Some Handouts:

Mission to the World (Presbyterian Church in America)offers a lot of articles in pdf format including articles on developing a congregations' missions committee. A part of the material is a set of Four documents on developing a congregations' missions program: Laying the Foundation, Setting Your Sights, Setting the Pace and Reaching the Summit combined there is 128 pages of material. They also have an A diagnostic tool for churches to assess their world missions ministry

Mission to the World's Church Resourcing Department can help. Each state in the U.S. and province in Canada, is represented by a Church Resourcing Representative. Your representative is available to your church to assist you in whatever need you may have. Whether you are a new church which desires to start a missions ministry or your church has an established global outreach ministry, we can help you through planning, mobilizing, and connecting you with global PCA church planting works. The above materials are available through the Church Resourcing. MTW Resources will connect you with assistance in your church missions program.

JAM Article: Helping Mission Committies to Inform the Congregation and to Implement Their Oversight of Mission Efforts by Gaston Tarbet

Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment ACMC was a catalyst for missions mobilization with thousands of local churches across the U.S. In 2007 ACMC became a ministry of Pioneers, and in 2011, ACMC was retired, and its staff transitioned into other ministry roles, independently and with other organizations. Sadly a lot of valuable resources ae gone. They still have a downloadable Missions Assessment Profile (MAP) - a useful tool for accessing your congregations mission program.

Missionary Journals

Evangelical Missions Quarterly is now published by Missio Nexus who has reached an agreement with the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College to continue publication of Evangelical Missions Quarterly (EMQ).
International bulletin of Missionary Research published by the Overseas Ministries Studies Center
The Missiology Homepage
The Journal of Applied Missiology (abbreviated JAM) was a semi-annual publication of the ACU Missions Department, with issues in April and October from 1990 to 1996. Edited by Ed Mathews, it was produced in limited quantities for missions alumni, missionaries on the field, and missions professors at sister institutions. All back issues are on-line : here Or here
Missiology is the quarterly journal of the American Society of Missiology. It began publication in 1973, continuing in the tradition of its predecessor Practical Anthropology. An one of the premier scholarly journals of mission studies, it is distinctively: • multi-disciplinary: including history, theology, anthropology, communication theory, religious encounter, ecumenics, methodology. • interconfessional: including works from Roman Catholic, conciliar, and conservative evangelical spheres. • practical: including not just theoretical reflection, but applied mission science. Among other items are some extensive bibliographies
American Society of Missiology publishes Missiology: An International Review Archives:

Mercy and Development Ministry:

Stewardship Bibliography

Christian Microenterprise Development

The Chalmer’s Center For Economic Development, Covenant College Their book, When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself should be in your library.
Disciple Nations Alliance
Go Connect: Citywide Mobilization & Networking Ministries had Extensive resources
Reconciliation Ministries Resource Page has some useful pages on cross-cultural ministry and evangelism, powerpoint presentations, and other useful material.

Other Missions Resources

Halbert Institute at Abilene Christian University
Emercy (MRC) MissionaryResources.org
Missionary Fundraising Resources
Missionary Training International Training Programs and workshops “Our passion is to see cross-cultural messengers of God’s grace and their families experience effectiveness, longevity and a deep sense of satisfaction in their calling. For this reason, we provide character development training and debriefing on the issues that are very practical and highly relevant to thriving in missions.”
International Training Partners (ITP) Handouts on Inter-personal communication skills. A global network of Christian workers, facilitators, and trainers from more than eighty organizations serving together in an informal partnership to provide practical, interactive, biblical training in interpersonal relationships for Christian workers. ITP workshops are conducted around the world in various languages with a focus on enhancing the effectiveness of Christian workers, particularly those serving across cultures.
The Finishers Project provides Christian adults with information, challenge and pathways for discovering and processing opportunities in missions — short-term or as a second career.
Howard Culbertson's Home Pages Professor of missions and world evangelism - Southern Nazarene University - an extensive and useful site: Site contents
Network for Unreached Peoples focused on unreached peoples without access to the Gospel.
WEC International --- Operation World
David Mays.Org