Short readings

Catch The Vision:  What is Mission?
Global Purpose DVD:  What is mission?
Amazing Countdown Facts:  Statistics on Unreached People Groups
Four Men, Three Eras:  History of Mission
Two Structures of God’s Redemptive Mission:  History of Mission.

Perspectives Articles

The Story of His Glory by Steve C. Hawthorne
The Living God is a Missionary God by John R. W. Stott
Prayer: Rebelling against the Status Quo by David Wells
The Kingdom Strikes Back: Ten Epochs of Redemptive History by Ralph D. Winter
The Bridges of God by Donald A. McGavran
Cultural Differences and the Communication of the Gospel by Paul G. Hiebert
Do Missionaries Destroy Cultures? by Don Richardson
Toward a Cross-Cultural Definition of Sin by T. Wayne Dye
The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches by George Patterson
A Church in Every People: Plain Talk About a Difficult Subject by Donald A. McGavran
Nine Case Studies of people movements to Christ by Gustafson, Woodberry, Pearlman, Balayo, Livingston, Taylor, Mahoumet, Hogan and Hubbard
Charting your Journey to the Nations by Steve Hoke and Bill Taylor
Power of Integrated Vision by Bill and Amy Stearns

Periodicals

International Journal of Frontier Missions 

Evangelical Missions Quarterly 

International Bulletin of Missionary Research
Missiology
Momentum Magazine (Online) 


Missionary Biographies

Gladys Aylward – Despite being told she was too old to learn the Chinese language, Gladys faithfully followed God’s call and went to China on her own. 
William Carey - William Carey, “the father of modern missions,” displayed a single-minded determination to bring the gospel to the people of India.
Amy Carmichael - Driven by love and sustained by faith, this young woman from Northern Ireland labored to see the Kingdom of God established among the outcastes of India.
Hudson Taylor - Hudson Taylor overcame persecution and almost overwhelming personal losses to bring God’s truth to the ripe harvest fields of China. 
Adoniram Judson - Adoniram Judson, America’s first foreign missionary, spent thirty-eight years working in Burma.
Jim Elliot - Elizabeth Elliot tells the story of her late husband Jim, one of five missionaries martyred in Ecuador in 1956.

Research

World Christian Database – Comprehensive information on world religions, Christian denominations, and people groups 

Status of Global Mission - Status of global Christianity & world evangelization
Joshua Project – Statistical profiles of all ethnic people groups (USCWM)

Ethnologue – A catalogue of all the world’s known living languages (SIL)

Global Mapping International – applied mission research, mapping, and publishing

Caleb Resources - high-quality mobilization resources
Brigada - resources, tips, and tools 

William Carey Library – Mission book distributor

Training

Community Health Evangelism – a holistic strategy that seamlessly integrates evangelism, discipleship, and basic community development

World Christian Foundations – a field-based, interdisciplinary degree study program focusing on the social, cultural, and religious factors that have influenced global development throughout history

Insight – one-year, mission-focused, discussion-based undergraduate program

Kairos Course – a 9-session interactive course on world Christian mission

Antioch Internet Bible International – online Bible college assisting churches in the developing world


Get Involved

Pray
Global Prayer Digest – a daily prayer guide with featured unreached peoples


Mission Network News – news from around the world

Operation World – a detailed prayer guide organized by country

Operation China – a prayer guide on CD-ROM offering detailed people profiles, maps, and photos

Peoples of the Buddhist World – a prayer guide for the Buddhist peoples of the world
Peoples on the Move – a prayer guide for the nomadic peoples of the world

Adopt
Finishing the Task – helping churches get involved in the task of reaching the unreached

Adopt-A-People – connecting churches to unreached peoples through prayer and partnerships with mission agencies


Go
National Short Term Mission Conference – preparation for short-term mission leaders

Ethnic Harvest – resources for multicultural ministry

Mission Finder - directory of mission opportunities
Short Term Missions– find a short-term mission opportunity