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Pastor’s Packet of Missions Resources
...best missions resources for pastors. David Mays
Resources to strengthen your missions background and build a global perspective.
Purchase from ACMC. Call 800-798-ACMC.
Starter Stuff (Shortcuts)
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Attend the next ACMC Conference in your area.
See www.acmc.org
- Get Your Church Involved in Missions by Michael Griffiths
A very brief booklet recommended for pastors
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Missions Assessment Profile, ACMC, See it at www.acmc.org
A simple self-diagnostic tool for the church covering twelve key missions components
- "Stuff you need to know about Doing Missions in Your Church, a Handbook of Lists," (on CD)
An encyclopedia of local church missions issues
- The Great Commission by Rose Dowsett
A recent missions overview (Scripture, history, and current strategies).
- Missions in the 21st Century and Today's All-Star Missions Churches by Tom Telford
Doing missions in the local church
- Missions in the Third Millennium by Stan Guthrie
Current trends in missions
- Exploring World Mission (also on CD Rom) by Bryant Myers
A very quick overview of the world in diagrams by various kinds of needs
- Six Dangerous Questions by Paul Borthwick
A book to preach from
- Missions, God's Heart for the World by Paul Borthwick
A good 9-session inductive Bible Study on missions
Serious Stuff (Gems)
- Operation World (also available on CD Rom), Patrick Johnstone, ed.
The best information on countries and peoples and the best prayer guide
- Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper
One of the best missions books of the '90s, a top recommendation for any pastor,
- The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins
Excellent secular overview of Christianity in the world
- Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, Ruth Tucker
A biographical history of missions
- When the Saints Go Marching Out by Art Beals, Geneva Press
One church's model for mobilizing the entire congregation
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Urbana Student Missions Convention,
Triennial event in Urbana, IL, includes pastors' track. www.urbana.org
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Perspectives on the World Christian Movement www.perspectives.org
A 16-week course on missions theology, history, strategy, and culture
Study Stuff (Classics)
- Key to the Missionary Problem by Andrew Murray
A classic from a century ago
- Mission in the Old Testament, Walter Kaiser
Best study of missions in the Old Testament
- Christian Mission in the Modern World by John R. W. Stott
Classic overview of missions
- Stand in the Gap by David Bryant
Another missions classic