Resources & Links

Are you ready? http://www.preparingtogo.com/assess.php
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To learn about any nation visit the 24-7 online prayer guide for praise reports and prayer requests excerpted from Operation World.

For networking missions mobilizers & missionaries browse www.brigada.org

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Missions Portals
GO Connect missions networking, resourcing and training.

Missions Links catalogued by Global Mapping International and Wheaton College

Missionary Resources Center is provided by Emercy to find articles, links, books, videos, and discussions for a wide variety of missionary resources, supplies, and gear.

Unreached People Profiles with 1,700 maps, 1,100 photos and 1,450 textual descriptions profiling unreached people groups.

http://www.peoplegroups.org
Search more than 11,000 people groups by name, country, religion, language or status of evangelisation. Includes alternative names, country, primary language, religion and population. Download a world people group list, tables and charts on the status of global evangelisation.

http://www.joshuaproject.net
Lists of the people groups of the world that have the least Christian presence in their midst and resources to encourage pioneer church-planting movements among every ethnic people group. Look at updated people group profiles.

http://www.adoptapeople.org
A clearing house and resources for your church to adopt an unreached people group.

http://shorttermmissions.com/links.html
where you will find Websites for researching people groups:
- Asian Minorities Outreach
- Caleb Project: People Group Information System
- Praying Through the Window III: The Unreached Peoples
- The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles with a photo, map, and information about the lifestyles, customs, and beliefs of the people. More importantly, it lists spiritual strongholds and addresses specific prayer needs.

http://www.missiology.org
Missiology online has a bibliography, dictionary and web links, browse . Also included are the Monthly Missiological Reflections (MMRs) prepared by Dr. Gailyn Van Rheenen, Professor of Missions at Abilene Christian University. These cover a wide range of practical missions issues and attempt to offer missiologically and theologically sound suggestions.

http://www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd
The World Christian Database provides comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations, and people groups.

http://www.cybermissions.org
Missions section links to agencies, missions gallery, etc. Their Info Center links to a world religions index and unreached people group/ country profiles.

http://www.missionresources.com
Resources from A-Z for missionaries and Christians worldwide

http://www.missionfinder.org/resources.html
This subsection "Resources for Christian Missionaries" has many useful links, such as where to find special items and equipment useful in missions work, transfer money, find housing for retreats and furloughs, get dental care, sources for solar cooking, water purification devices, etc.

http://www.missionsandmarriages.org.
This site encourages the marriage relationship of missionaries. Topics include dealing with financial pressure, having to "look good", the pressure to produce results, being open and transparent with nationals, being accountable to someone, and forgiveness issues.

http://www.oscar.org.uk
UK Information Service for World Missions
The Service Index includes information on a whole array of resources for missionaries and overseas workers under headings: Logistics, Finance, Medical/Health, Training, Children, Pastoral Support, Supporter Resources. Every UK reader should especially look at the section for future missionaries http://www.oscar.org.uk/service/training/prefield/justlooking.htm

Missionary wives and moms
http://peterswife.org
Help and encouragement for missionary wives and moms comes as a free email newsletter and web site. "Peter's Wife" newsletter is carefully written to protect our sisters in sensitive areas. Browse archives for previously sent newsletters and a growing page of Favorite Links to web sites of interest to missionary wives on topics such as Helping Kids Adjust, Culture Shock, Furlough- Fun or Frenzy, Hubby’s Away, First Year on the Field, School Alternatives, Third Culture Kids.

http://www.tckworld.com
Third-culture kids (TCK) web site. Those who share the background and knowledge gained through the life-experiences of a Third Culture Kid have a great deal in common. Learn how to have a full and rich understanding on topics such as Saying Good-bye, Cross-cultural issues, Grief, Relationships, etc.

http://www.mkplanet.com
mkPLANET is a growing community designed and run by current missionary kids (MKs) and adult missionary kids (AMKs) as an active community providing information, interaction, and support. It welcomes friends, family, service providers, and others as well.

Training
http://www.TheNextStep.org
The Next Step: North American Partnership in Mission Training is a working partnership of evangelical North American churches, mission agencies, mission trainers and mission mobilizers who are committed to equipping Christian workers in the areas of character,ministry skills and knowledge for effective cross-cultural ministry.