Missionary Training

Extensive Spanish language training course. Includes talking dictionary, audio CD, exercises, games, and more. CD-ROM, CD, Windows XP.
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The authors have presented an excellent foundation for understanding cross-cultural relationships. Perhaps the best of the book is the discussion that focuses on patiently learning as much of the other culture as possible to understand non-American responses to situations and events. The authors carefully consider what an American response would be and also give examples of responses from cultures outside American culture. We are finding the book very useful for both our American missionaries and our African counterparts. Both are coming to new levels of understanding one another and working together. Great beginning!
Published by InterVarsity Press (January 1, 1994)
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Lists 273 North American institutions that offer missions and evangelism education. Listed for each institution are phone and fax numbers, mailing address, website, email address, faculty members, mission-related degrees, certificate courses and individual courses.
Published by Evangelical Missions Information Service (June 1, 1999)
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Six dvds aimed at training short term missionaries in the areas of : 1. basis for short term missions 2. spiritual foundation 3. capturing the team spirit 4. cross cultural training 5. Ministry without creating dependency 6. Re-Entry
Published by TCCI ()
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Grassroots Christianity is exploding all around the world. In this new book edited by Rad Zdero (author of “The Global House Church Movement”), a team of almost 40 house church movement leaders and academics from around the world have written over 60 provocative articles designed to inform, inspire, and invite you to start your own network of multiplying house churches no matter where you live. This book reports on some of the amazing things God is up to today through saturation house church planting, as well as providing biblical insights, historical lessons, and practical strategies. Perfect for practitioners, leaders-in-training, seminary students, and Bible college students. (Paperback - 528 pages - 62 chapters). To order “Nexus”, call 1-706-554-1594 (outside the USA ), call 1- 800-MISSION (inside the USA ), go to www.missionbooks.org, or send email to STL@WCLbooks.com.
Published by William Carey Library (June 2007)
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Hesselgrave uses Scripture, history, sociology, and missionary experiences to argue against wholesale change in current missionary theory and practice.
Published by Kregel Publications (January 15, 2006)
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From the book's dust jacket: "There is nothing worse than a stagnant relationship with Jesus. This book is a jumpstart to renewed passion for Jesus and a road map for seeing Him walk out His life through us! You will never be the same!"

I couldn't put this book down when I started reading it. It was easy to read and reproducible. John showed the simplicity of the message of the Bible in proving all the more that it is God's design to redeem all men back to Himself. God didn't just love Israel in the Old Testament, but chose them to be His ambassadors to make His name known among all peoples, just like He has chosen us as Gentiles and given us the commission to extend Christ's Kingdom to the far corners of the earth. I will never read my Bible the same again.
Published by HGM publishing (2000)
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Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (Third Edition) is a collection of readings exploring the biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic dimensions of world evangelization. Writings from more than 90 mission scholars and practitioners introduce lay people and students to the astounding potential of the global Christian movement. Each of the 125 articles offers practical wisdom enabling Christians to labor together in bold, biblical hope to finish the task of seeing Christ named and followed among all the peoples of the earth.
Published by William Carey Library Publishers (January 1999)
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An excellent resource for those examining their missionary calling.
Published by William Carey Library (1999)
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John Sireci---"As a medical intern, I have utilized many different books/manuals in the hospital and outpatient setting. This book is by far the most complete and satisfying source that I have ever used. The algorithms are clearly written and provide information on diagnosis and treatment based upon current guidelines. It is a must buy!"
Published by Mountaineers Books; 3rd edition (March 1, 1999)
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A process driven course to equip those who go to work overseas with a kingdom perspective. A very practical guide that focuses on personal qualities, skills, and relationships necessary to make tentmaking a successful venture.
Published by Intervarsity Press ()
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An overview of the mission enterprise from pre-history through post-history. The course covers Biblical, historical, strategic and cultural dimmensions of the spread of Christian witness globally.
Published by William Carey Library ()
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Website: www.aguaviva.com/aware.htm
Includes downloadable manuals for short-term Mexico missions trips.

Website: www.allnations.ac.uk
All Nations is a mission training college based in the UK. It is the largest of its kind in Western Europe. The College prepares students with a particular intercultural emphasis using a holistic approach that not only includes theological teaching and spiritual development but also includes practical training both in ministry and other aspects of life as a missionary. Training is centred around an undergraduate programme in Biblical and Intercultural Studies that can be accessed in 1,2 or 3 year programmes (potentially leading to a BA Honours degree) and a graduate programme that can lead to a Masters in Contemporary Mission Studies. 150 students attend the College from over 30 countries. Families are welcomed as well as couples or singles. Mission is not just a speciality, it is EVERYTHING we do.
Telephone: +44 (0) 1920 443500

Website: www.basicny.com/
Based in Lima, NY, B.A.S.I.C. exists to supply training, retreats, materials, encouragement and teaching resources to the churches that have a vision to reach their local campus.
Telephone: 585-624-7930

Website: http://www.bcom.org
Bethany specializes in preparing students for the mission field! All program components are designed to equip students to be effective missionaries. Personal mentoring and hands-on application of Biblical concepts throughout the program are emphasized. Bethany College of Missions is an education experience which challenges students to know experientially and apply the Word of God in ways which impact the world for real change. To accomplish the raising up of effective leaders an intentional internship on the field is core to the training track. Four year track includes up to two years on field training. Bethany College of Missions Admissions Office 6820 Auto Club Rd, Suite C Bloomington, MN 55438
Telephone: 1-800-323-3417

Website: www.cetinternacional.org
Latin Crossculture Training Center in Latin America.
Telephone: (591)04-4403034

Website: http://www.christianconnector.com/Christian-missions-form.cfm
This service connects you with missions/service opportunities. The Christian Connector also provides a $1,000.00 Missions scholarship drawing.
Telephone: no

Website: www.comibam.org
COMIBAM International represents a very large and significant part of the Iberoamerican missions movement. It is a Latin American regional network of missionary churches and missions-minded pastors, mission training centers, and mission agencies. COMIBAM´S principal focus is the mobilization of the Latin American church for reaching out to the world´s unreached people groups through the sending of Latin American missionaries.

Website: www.elijahcompany.org

Telephone: 757-474-2054

Website: www.elim.edu
"The mission of Elim Bible Institute is to glorify God and His Son, Jesus Christ, by assisting the Church to fulfill the mandate of the Great Commission: to preach the Gospel and make disciples of all nations. To this end, we are committed to the task of preparing Christian leaders and workers for revival ministry worldwide, who manifest the character of Christ and who minister in the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit." Provides training for medical missions, ESFL (teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language), in addition to other offerings.
Telephone: (585)582-1230

Website: www.freechristianleadertraining.org
As a member of this group you and any associates, staff, friends, and others are entitled to free translatable, online Christian Leadership Training. You may take some of the courses for a certificate and all of the courses for a portion of your continuing education program, or you may even take individual lessons for specific needs, such as sermon helps, leadership seminars, small group materials, etc. Includes such areas as the state of the art vocation "Christian Lifestyle Trainer," mentoring, employment listings, "Conversations with Jesus," etc.
Telephone: 847-546-0361

Website: www.ftlt.org
FTLT is an organisation, situated in Pretoria, South Africa. It is designed to shape, train and equip a very particular type of missionary / person; one appropriate for the task of impacting his/her sphere of influence with Godly, Biblical values, and missions and church planting amongst some of the Least Reached People Groups of the world. Key leaders and mission strategists around the world have long agreed that the missionary leader of tomorrow requires a different and more holistic approach of training, preparing them for the harsh realities they might encounter. In our attempt to achieve the above we desire to see generations of mission leaders trained and equipped who are prepared to lay their lives and personal dreams down for the sake of expanding His kingdom.

Website: www.gatewaytraining.org
Training in cross-cultural ministry.
Telephone: (Canada) +1 604-530-4283

Website: www.gmi.org/research/websites.htm
Global Mapping International is a non-profit corporation dedicated to furthering the cause of world evangelization. Specifically, they seek to enable more appropriate and effective cross-cultural missions. The vision of GMI is to see information play its proper role in promoting missions and in getting missions planned and done. They believe that the right information in appropriate formats, readily available to the right people, makes all the difference in the world in carrying out God's mission in the world. The better the Church sees the world with fresh, godly insight, the better she will praise God for what he is doing, pray for the people of the world, understand and appreciate others, and join with God in serving appropriately and effectively in mission.

Website: www.heartofgod.com
Heart of God Ministries is an interdenominational missions agency focusing on the 10/40 window. They provide long-term missionary training and church building through seminars and conferences.

Website: www.reachthenations.org
Hillside Missions Organization is a community church based missions agency working to reach the unreached world. They also operate an excellent missions internship program.
Telephone: 1-877-586-0250

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The Iberoamerican Frontier Missions Brotherhood (HIMF) is a Latin American based international missions society that seeks to recruit, mobilize, train and send Latin American apostolic teams focused on church planting, principally among Muslim peoples groups. Its international base is located in San Jose, Costa Rica. HIMF bases function as intentional missionary training communities. Email address: info @ himf.or.cr (with no spaces in address).
Telephone: 011-506-268-5717

Website: Maranathalife.com
They are a bilingual site offering free articles to give to native pastors and leaders. They offer language curriculum to teach how to do missionary work, in Spanish, French, German, Swahili and Russian. The owners are full time missionaries to Mexico.
Telephone: 956-495-7200

Website: http://www.mti.org
A pre-field assignment, language skills, and debriefing training center utilized by over 120 mission sending agencies.

Website: www.misionesnuevaesperanza.org
A ministry that serves in Guatemala City and helps churches and candidates get to the field with special emphasis on the unreached world. Email: amilcar[at]misionesnuevaesperanza[dot]org (Replace [at] with @ and [dot] with .)
Telephone: (502) 439-5424 or (502) 448-3944

Website: www.missionarytraining.org/
Offers several resources on missionary training, sending, and supporting.
Telephone: (UK) +44 20 7932 0728

Website: www.ntm.org
NTM is a missions agency that focuses on the need for tribal evangelism. NTM also offers specialized training to equip the prospective missionary.
Telephone: 866-547-2460

Website: www.nysum.org
An urban training and resource center located in the geographic heart of New York City, NYSUM combines training in their facility with inner-city practicums. This "smorgasbord" of urban ministry will give participants a broad-based exposure to reaching cities for Christ. Opportunities of "hands on ministry" to impact the city are available to college students, teens (with adult chaparones), adults, and church/ministry/para-church groups. The Ministry opportunities range from one weekend to 8 weeks. The urban training component includes urban evanglism, cross-cultural communication, clowning, drama, and prayer walking.
Telephone: 718-204-6471

Website: http://www.oscar.org.uk
OSCAR is a UK-based service that provides information, advice and resources for those interested or involved in Christian mission overseas.
Telephone: 0870 765 6722

Website: www.myspace.com/rebornministries
The goal of Reborn Ministries is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. Ephesians 4:12 “For the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” This goal is achieved by the ministry through Christian Education, Various Bible Foundations, Experiencing God, Basic Bible Facts and Truths, Evangelism Training, Discipleship Training, Adult Mime Ministry, Home (the United States) Missions, and Foreign (Abroad) Missions, in addition, assisting individuals locally with computer classes, Job coaching, Resume Writing and other services. In 2000 Rev. Renita L. Crable founded the non-profit Christian organization Reborn Ministries by the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Rev. Crable has completed a short term mission trip to Africa, and volunteers with Churches and numerous organizations, and ministries providing various services to assist these local groups reach their goals, and Rev. Crable continues to minister wherever the Lord leads her. Sincerely, Reverend Renita L. Crable
Telephone: 724-684-4086

Website: http://www.redcliffe.org
Redcliffe is a UK Christian College and internationally recognised Centre for Mission Training. Our passion is to prepare and train Christians for world mission. Our courses provide excellent Bible based training for those considering or currently involved in world mission. Courses in Mission and Applied Theology - Short Courses, Certificate, Diploma, BA (Hons) Degree, MA Study at Redcliffe and be equipped to serve God anywhere!
Telephone: +44 (0)1452 308097

Website: http://www.rescue.edu
Rescue College is the Internet-based distance education program of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, based in Kansas City, Missouri. Accredited online college offers degree completion program - Bachelor of Arts in Missions (urban ministry emphasis). Its mission is to prepare men and women for successful careers with rescue missions and other parachurch organizations, particularly those working in the inner city. Designed for Christian workers already on the field who find it difficult to relocate to complete their education.
Telephone: 816-471-8020

Website: www.thespanishinstitute.com
This is a language school in Costa Rica. It has been teaching Spanish to Missionaries for over 60 years. Students do not have to be missionaries to attend. Students can attend one month intensive, semester or a whole year. Classes are taught in Spanish.
Telephone: 1-800 642-1375

Website: www.elimfellowship.org/two/
Typically, teams evangelize through drama, door-to-door literature distribution, testimonies, street ministry and prayer walks. They also minister together on construction projects, including the building of churches, schools, orphanages and training centers.
Telephone: (585) 582-2790

Website: www.thailandmissions.com
We are a non denominational org, working with orphans and hilltribe people in Chiang Mai Thailand.
Telephone: 1-808-325-7588

Website: www.fedemec.org
FEDEMEC is an indigenous missionary sending agency recruiting, training, and sending Latin American missionaries to unreached peoples with a primary, but not exclusive, focus on Muslim people groups. FEDEMEC offers a full gamut of missionary training that includes the Perspectives course, language and culture acquisition, missionary anthropology, church planting, and the Institute of Islamic Studies. FEDEMEC also works with local churches in Costa Rica to increase their awareness of missionary opportunities and needs worldwide.
Telephone: 011+ [506] 221-5522 (CR)

Website: www.thegap.com.br
Missionary Apprenticeship Program offering training to new missionaries and young Christains interested in pursuing missions, or discovering if missions is for them It is an apprenticeship where students learn by teaching and doing.
Telephone: 011 55 21 2490-2551

Website: www.WCLbooks.com
THE GLOBAL HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT Today, there is a spiritual phenomenon sweeping across the nations and a revolutionary church shift happening around the globe. The Christian church is getting back to the power and pattern of New Testament-style Christianity. God is raising up the global housechurch movement. In his new book “The Global House Church Movement” (published by the well known missions publisher William Carey Library), Rad Zdero reports on some of the amazing things God is up to today. Get rooted in apostolic patterns for church as revealed in the Scriptures. Get inspired by stories of spiritual pioneers who braved opposition from government and religious authorities to step out and do something new for God. Get going with practical and strategic steps in starting your own network of housechurches. To order “The Global House Church Movement”: call 1-706-554-1594 (outside the USA), call 1-800-MISSION (inside the USA), email gabriel@WCLbooks.com or log on to http://www.WCLbooks.com for secure online orders.

Website: www.TheJourneyDeepens.com
A nice website created by MissionsFocus International, which sponsors retreats of the same name. The site is divided into handy subcategories like Ask a Missionary and Opportunities. Ask a Missionary has loads of questions and answers about missions agencies, funding, training, and more. Get Connected includes ten different missions search engines to find missions opportunities, schools, and jobs.

Website: www.missionarytraining.net
This school is sponsored by Emercy. A very tough school that is taught in the jungle in Costa Rica. Offered twice a year, each school lasts 10 weeks.

Website: www.timothyproject.org
Ministers to San Francisco area high school and college students.
Telephone: 904-398-6559, extension 31

Website: http://www.thejourneydeepens.com/aamtopic.asp?tid=5
Multiple answers from various missionaries to questions such as: - What perspective should I take towards missions training? - What types of training should I consider? - What do missionaries wish they had known before they first went long-term? - What major in university would be most helpful for missions? - What is the best way for me to learn a language so I can witness? - I have years of schooling left. How do I prepare and persevere? - Should I have a secular degree to get into a closed country? - I am in my late teens. Should I do some missionary training now before I go to university? - Should I pursue a graduate degree in my profession or go with my bachelor's degree? - Should I skip a degree and go into missions now? - Does a missionary wife have to get formal Bible training?
Telephone: 918.493.7818

Website: www.cornerstone-mtc.com
Netherlands-based one or two-year training.

Website: www.wrg3.org
Worldview Resource Group provides training in cross-cultural church planting methodologies based on a worldview approach to ministry.
Telephone: 1-866-750-WRG3 (9743)

Website: www.ywamseamill.org
Youth With a Mission Seamill trains 21st century missionaries to go into all the world to share the gospel. YWAM Seamill is passionate about releasing radical world changers to all peoples, from remote unreached people groups to urban spheres of society. Offers an intitial six-month training called DTS, with a wide variety of practical missions service opportunites afterward. Also available are missions internships and second level training in specialised aspects of missionary service.
Telephone: +44 (0)1294 829400