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Resources and Suggested Reading Welcome to the Missions Resource Network library. Click on the categories below to view downloadable resources that will aid in mission planning and maintenance. Academic Research Book Reviews Deep Wounds, Deep Healing by Charles Kraft, review by Ian Shelburne (Adobe PDF) The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church by Alan Hirsch, review by Sam Shewmaker (Adobe PDF) The Great Omission by Dallas Willard, review by Dr. Dan Bouchelle (Adobe PDF) Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach by Jane Vella (Adobe PDF) Miraculous Movements by Jerry Trousdale, review by Dr. Mark Hooper (Adobe PDF) Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud, review by Jerry Heiderich (Adobe PDF) Sacrilege: Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus by Hugh Halter, review by Shay Smith (Adobe PDF) Strange Virtues: Ethics in a Multicultural World by Bernard Adeney, review by Dr. Dottie Schulz (Adobe PDF) Total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis, review by Phil Jackson (Adobe PDF) Research and Bibliographies Mission Opportunities In Communist Africa (Adobe PDF) by Richard Chowning Theology of Missions Contrasting Missional and Church Growth Perspectives (Adobe PDF) by Dr. Gailyn Van Rheenen Missions in the Story-Line of Scripture (Adobe PDF) by C. Philip Slate Seed Planters Be Encouraged (Adobe PDF) by Dr. Bob Waldron Sending Churches General How We Should Approach Europe (Adobe PDF) Mobilizing the Church for World Outreach (Adobe PDF) by Dr. Bob Waldron Local Church and Missions A Clear Purpose (Adobe PDF) Asia, the Lost Continent (Adobe PDF) Begin With the Right People (Adobe PDF) Contrasting Missional and Church Growth Perspectives (Adobe PDF) How to Develop a World Christian Discipleship Study Group (Adobe PDF) How to Pray for Your Missionaries Daily Through the Month (Adobe PDF) How to Stimulate Your Church to World Evangelism (Adobe PDF) Lessons from Great Mission Churches (Adobe PDF) Mission Mobilizing Churches (Adobe PDF) Outside the Camp (Adobe PDF) Qualitites of Good Sending Churches (Adobe PDF) Taking Root in a Land of Thorns (Adobe PDF) The Role of the Local Church in Missionary Preparation (Adobe PDF) The Status of Missions in the Churches of Christ (Adobe PDF) Transforming US Churches through Effective Missions (Adobe PDF) Church Leadership in Missions Effective Church Leadership in Your Church (Adobe PDF) How Elders Can Lead in Missions (Adobe PDF) Missionary Working Agreement (Adobe PDF) The Importance of Networking (Adobe PDF) The Status of Missions in the Churches of Christ (Adobe PDF) Missions Committees Administering Church Missions (Adobe PDF) How to Begin and Maintain a Missions Committee (Adobe PDF) Mission Committees: The Crucial Link in World Evangelism (Adobe PDF) Organizing Your Church's Missions Committee (Adobe PDF) The Status of Missions in the Churches of Christ (Adobe PDF) Missions Goals and Policies Developing or Revising a Missions Policy (Adobe PDF) Formulating and Writing Missions Policy (Adobe PDF) How To Develop Missions Goals and Strategies (Adobe PDF) Bible School and Missions Missions Curriculum for Sunday School (Adobe PDF) The Next Step (Adobe PDF) Young Emissary Missionary Apprentice Program (Adobe PDF) Vision Prayer for Missions How Churches can Recruit and Prepare World Evangelists (Adobe PDF) How to Develop a World Christian Discipleship Study Group (Adobe PDF) How to Pray for Your Missionaries (Adobe PDF) How to Pray for Your Missionaries Daily Through the Month (Adobe PDF) The Priority of Prayer (Adobe PDF) Young Emissary Missionary Apprentice Program (Adobe PDF) Missionary Care Accountability Questions for Missionaries (and others) (Adobe PDF) How to Pray for Your Missionaries (Adobe PDF) How to Pray for Your Missionaries Daily Through the Month (Adobe PDF) Missionary Care (Adobe PDF) Missionary Working Agreement (Adobe PDF) Ten Reasons Why Missionaries Leave the Field and Don't Return (Adobe PDF) Missions and Money How Much Should You Pay Your Missionary? (Adobe PDF) Is There a Cure for Dependency Among Mission-Established Churches? (Adobe PDF) Money and Missions (Adobe PDF) Money and Missions (Revisited): Combating Paternalism (Adobe PDF) Navigating the Shifting Tides of Exchange Rates (Adobe PDF) Using Money in Missions: Four Perspectives (Adobe PDF) Western Affluence and Missions (Adobe PDF) When a Dollar is not a Dollar (Adobe PDF) Preachers and Missions The Role of the Local Church in Missionary Preparation (Adobe PDF) The Status of Missions in the Churches of Christ (Adobe PDF) Supporting Nationals Is There a Cure for Dependency Among Mission-Established Churches? (Adobe PDF) Short-Term Missions General Short-Term vs. Long-Term Missions and the Stewardship of Western Missions Money (Adobe PDF) Internships The Internship Menu (Adobe PDF) Missionary Life and Work Personal Life Accountability Questions for Missionaries (and others) (Adobe PDF) Families and Missions by Bruce Swanson - Used by permission (Adobe PDF) Mothering in Mozambique (Adobe PDF) General Twenty Things I Would Do as a Long-Term Missionary (Adobe PDF) Missionary Preparation Activities that Build Teams (Adobe PDF) Evangelism Springs from Worship (Adobe PDF) How to Become a Missionary (Adobe PDF) Important Domains of Missionary Development (Adobe PDF) Lessons Learned the Hard Way in Missions (Adobe PDF) Ten Objectives of the Missionary's Stay with the Sponsoring Church (Handout) (Adobe PDF) The Amazing Power of Motivation (Adobe PDF) The Call of Open Hearts (Adobe PDF) The Importance of Missionary Training (Adobe PDF) The Role of the Local Church in Missionary Preparation (Adobe PDF) Wanted: Missionary Women! (Adobe PDF) Raising Funds Alternative Fund Raising Methods (Adobe PDF) Help for Raising Funds (Adobe PDF) Money and Missions (Adobe PDF) Raising Support & Finding a Church Home (Adobe PDF) Theology of Fundraising (Adobe PDF) Selecting a Field How to Select a Mission Field (Adobe PDF) Moving to the Field Crossing Jordan (Adobe PDF) Serving Cross-Culturally Climbing Our Kilimanjaros (Adobe PDF) Cultural Clashes (Adobe PDF) How to Communicate to Post Moderns (Adobe PDF) Mexico and the USA -- A Study in Cultural Contrasts (Adobe PDF) Money and Missions (Revisited): Combating Paternalism (Adobe PDF) The World at Our Back Door (Adobe PDF) Transforming US Churches through Effective Missions (Adobe PDF) Using Money in Missions: Four Perspectives (Adobe PDF) What Missionaries Ought to Know About Culture Stress (Web Link) Western Affluence and Missions (Adobe PDF) Church Planting Carpenter's Church - Ministry to Modern-day Lepers (Adobe PDF) The Importance of Building the Church (Adobe PDF) What Will You Leave Behind (Adobe PDF) Leadership Training Equipping Leaders for Latin American Churches (Adobe PDF) Humanitarian Efforts Improved Nutrition via Drip Irrigation & Food Processing Plant in Malawi (Adobe PDF) Missionary Stories and Biographies How I Came to Love Missions (Adobe PDF) Sowing Seeds in Argentina (Adobe PDF) Missionary Care Local Church's Role How to Care for Your Missionaries (Adobe PDF) A Season of Transition for Returned Missionaries (Adobe PDF) Accountability Questions for Missionaries (and others) (Adobe PDF) Avoid the Pitfalls (Adobe PDF) Career Transitions of Former Church of Christ Missionaries (Adobe PDF) Ten Reasons Why Missionaries Leave the Field and Don't Return (Adobe PDF) General Carjacking: Don't be a Victim (Web Link) Help for American Victims of Crime Overseas (Web Link) Hotel Safety: Staying Safe in Your Home Away from Home (Web Link) Overseas Citizens' Services (Web Link) Pre-Departure Health Training Handbook (Web Link) Safety Issues (Web Link) Security Awareness Overseas (Web Link) Security Guidelines for American Families Living Abroad (Web Link) Security Guidelines for Children Living Abroad (Web Link) Situational Awareness (Adobe PDF) Top Ten Ways to Not Become a Victim of Crime Around the World (Web Link) Why Do Missionary Care? (Adobe PDF) Selection and Screening Begin With the Right People (Adobe PDF) Choosing the Right Missionary (Adobe PDF) Important Domains of Missionary Development (Adobe PDF) On-Field Care I've Had Enough, Lord! -- The Care and Feeding of Missionaries (Adobe PDF) Accountability Questions for Missionaries (and others) (Adobe PDF) Emotional Needs of Women on Mission Field (Adobe PDF) How Churches Can Minister to Traumatized Missionaries (Adobe PDF) How Trauma Affects the Missionary (Adobe PDF) How to Pray for Your Missionaries Daily Through the Month (Adobe PDF) In the Presence of My Enemies (Adobe PDF) Lessons Learned the Hard Way in Missions (Adobe PDF) Missionary Care (Adobe PDF) Missionary Health Recommendations (Adobe PDF) Security and Missions (Adobe PDF) Terrorism and Missions (Adobe PDF) Missionary Kids (MKs) Advantages of Being Third Culture Children (Adobe PDF) Living in Two Worlds (Adobe PDF) Research on Missionary Kids and Families: A Critical Review (Adobe PDF) Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Learn a New Language (Web Link) Missionary Salary and Benefits Family Transitions: Adaptation to Stress (Adobe PDF) How Are We Going to Pay Our Medical Bills? (Adobe PDF) How to Save Your Returning Missionary from Financial Hardships (Adobe PDF) Missionary Working Agreement (Adobe PDF) When a Dollar is not a Dollar (Adobe PDF) Missionary Family Crossing Jordan (Adobe PDF) Families and Missions by Bruce Swanson - Used by permission (Adobe PDF) Missionary Marriage Book (Web Link) Parents' Guide to Facebook (Web Link) Raising 3rd Culture Kids (Handout) (Adobe PDF) Furloughs Furlough or Home Assignment? Our Language Betrays Us (Adobe PDF) Missionary Care Update for Missionaries on Furlough (Adobe PDF) Re-Entry A Season of Transition for Returned Missionaries (Adobe PDF) A Word to Parents Concerning Children's Reentry (Adobe PDF) Back to School (Adobe PDF) Career Transitions of Former Church of Christ Missionaries (Adobe PDF) Coming Home (Adobe PDF) Guidelines for Reentry of the Foreign Missionary (Adobe PDF) Honor to Whom Honor (Adobe PDF) How Do You Communicate Your Mission Experience and Knowledge to the Church After Reentry (Adobe PDF) How to Save Your Returning Missionary from Financial Hardships (Adobe PDF) In the Presence of My Enemies (Adobe PDF) Missionary Reentry (Adobe PDF) Resource People Becoming a Missionary Care Specialist (Adobe PDF) Bibliographies & Book Reviews An Annotated Bibliography (Adobe PDF) Bibliography for Missionary Kids (MKs) (Adobe PDF) Links Missionary's Missionary: A Blog (Dr. Dottie Schulz) (Web Link) Online Books about Mental Health and Missions (Web Link) U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission (teaching the basics of personal finances) (Web Link) Issues in Missions Business as Missions Building a Great Commission Company (Web Link) General On Receptivity (Adobe PDF) Partnerships Bringing People Together (Adobe PDF) Staying Connected (Adobe PDF) World Religions Buddhism Presenting the Gospel to Buddhists (Adobe PDF) Islam Islam in Latin America (Adobe PDF) Women In Islam (Adobe PDF) The Home and Missions General Involving Your Grandchildren in Missions (Adobe PDF) Parents of Missionaries - Tips for Coping (Adobe PDF) Parents of Missionaries - Tips for Getting Through the Holidays (Adobe PDF) Missions Teachers-Leaders General Compass, Telescope & Tour Guide: Lessons Learned in Student Mobilization (Adobe PDF) Countries General Nationscans (Web Link) China My Mission Experience in China (Adobe PDF)

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