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2019 Retreat {Shalom}

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The Velvet Ashes Retreat is the highlight of the year for this community. More than a thousand women around world make it a priority to set aside this time to c...
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A Rich Garden: Non-Clergy Leadership in Africa

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Take a moment and think about the Christian leaders in your local community. Who are they? What is their background? How did they come to serve God in their are...
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A Vision for the Aging Church: Renewing Ministry for and by Seniors

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A VISION FOR THE AGING CHURCH: Renewing Ministry for and by Seniors by James M. Houston and Michael Parker focuses on using the elders within the church. This b...
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Apologetics 315

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Apologetics 315 is a website taken from the resources4missions website. The vision of Apologetics 315 is to provide educational resources for the defense of the...
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Back to God's Village

Back to God’s Village

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The truth of the Gospel of God's creation--love and salvation for mankind in the midst of man's rebellion and sin--is expressed in this 5-minute video as an exa...
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Building Below the Waterline: Shoring Up the Foundations of Leadership

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BUILDING BELOW THE WATERLINE: Shoring Up the Foundations of Leadership by Gordon MacDonald focuses on the life of a leader. This book review was written by Hank...
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Church: Nurturing Communities of Faith

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This resource will help participants to develop the necessary attitudes, skills, and knowledge to be effective in gathering disciples into healthy, relevant, re...
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Community Health Evangelism (CHE)

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One of the best strategies for proclaiming the love of Jesus among the poor, CHE is being utilized by hundreds of Christian churches and organizations in over 1...
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English for Life: Level 3 Modules 5-8

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This is level 3 modules 5-8 of a five-level task-based curriculum. The materials provided in the level resources do contain some student materials, but it is im...
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly: Volume 49 Issue 1

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The Evangelical Missions Quarterly (EMQ) is a professional journal serving the worldwide missions community and is the newest resource of Missio Nexus. This is ...
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly: Volume 50 Issue 2

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The Evangelical Missions Quarterly (EMQ) is a professional journal serving the worldwide missions community and is the newest resource of Missio Nexus. This is ...
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Evangelism: Abundantly Sowing the Seed

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This resource will help participants to develop the necessary attitudes, skills and knowledge to be effective in evangelism within the context of establishing h...
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Exploring the Dying Process

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Exploring the Dying Process is a 23-page booklet written by Comfort Care Publications. It is a resource to help family members come to terms with their loved on...
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Foundations of Faith Community Nursing

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This course explores the specialty practice of Faith Community Nursing that combines professional nursing and health ministry, emphasizing health and healing wi...
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Fruitful Practices #7 and #8 – Intentional Reproduction and Courageous Witness

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More than any other time in history, we are seeing God move in various regions all across the Muslim world. Research has shown that common threads can be traced...
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Guilt, Shame, Fear… and Faith

Online Course - Group
You have a heart to help others come to know Christ and become His committed followers...  But in your new context are you sharing the Gospel in a way that wil...
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Honor & Shame 101

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This is a short animation explaining honor & shame for Christian ministry. The video provides an overview of terminology related to honor and shame cultural...
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Honor & Shame 201

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Honor and Shame 201 is a video webinar to help you develop a biblical missiology in Christian ministry in honor/shame contexts. The video examines honor and ...
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Honor, Shame and the Gospel in the Orality Movement

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Jerry Wiles is the North American Regional Director for International Orality Network (ION). In this video he talks about the importance of orality and how miss...
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How can I know if God is leading me to become a missionary?

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Do you wonder what people might ask a missionary? If so, this is one of the top 10 questions asked on AskAMissionary.com: "How can I know if God is leading me t...
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How Do I Make Friends – Faceworking

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Making friends in the local community plays a critical role in cross-cultural work. But this can be stressful in a new neighborhood let alone in a new host cult...
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Is there any way other than begging for support?

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Do you have questions about raising financial support? Do you need a change in perspective? If so, this is one of the top 10 questions asked on AskAMissionary.c...
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It’s Alzheimer’s: A Christian Approach

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IT’S ALZHEIMER’S: A Christian Approach by Curt Seefeldt. This review was written by Hank Griffith from South Suburban Evangelical Free Church in Apple Vall...
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Justice and The Inner Life – Episode 4: Dr. John Perkins

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In this episode, Dr. John Perkins shares reflections gleaned from a lifetime seeking justice and mercy.  He highlights how community helped bring him through ...
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Missio Nexus EMQ

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The Evangelical Missions Quarterly is the newest resource of Missio Nexus. With this first issue of 2018, it began its 55th year as a professional journal ser...
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Missionary Single Issues: Loneliness

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These booklets cover those issues which are unique to or heightened by those individuals who live in a culture other than their passport culture. The author wro...
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Missionary Singles Issues: Finding Community

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These booklets cover those issues which are unique to or heightened by those individuals who live in a culture other than their passport culture. The author wro...
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Orality Journal Volume 3 Number 1

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Orality journal is published by International Orality Network (ION) biannually. This articles focus is Participatory Learning: Catalysts, Communities, and Emerg...
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Out of Ashes

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OUT OF ASHES by Keith Phillips is a book that focuses on the need of church planting within the poor urban areas within America. This book review was written b...
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Receive: An Invitation to God’s Presence

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Do you sense the invitation? God’s gentle whisper is inviting you to come and be with him. Take the time your soul needs to rest and renew in God’s presence...
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Release: Learning to Live Light & Free

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This virtual retreat was built just for women. This is lifetime access to this retreat and can be used individually or with a group. To learn more about the ret...
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missionary, culture shock, Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges

Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate

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RESPECTABLE SINS: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges is about how we focus on the "bad" sins in our lives without confronting the smaller sins we...
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Center for Intercultural Training

Second Language Acquisition

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Sharing the gospel cross-culturally and in a second language is no easy task. In this course, you will learn a wide variety of practical skills for successful l...
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SEND U Blog

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SEND U is the training arm of SEND International. SEND U’s task is to equip SEND missionaries and leaders to more effectively mobilize God’s people and enga...
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Strengthening Your Church

Online Course - Individual
Local churches need a clear vision statement so that they can grow stronger and can have significant impact on its community for the Glory of God. This course b...
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The Cross in The Shadow of The Crescent: An Informed Response to Islam’s War with Christianity

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THE CROSS IN THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT: An Informed Response to Islam’s War with Christianity by Erwin W. Lutzer focuses on the Muslin community and how the ...
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The Grove

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This space right here?  It’s called The Grove.  And it’s our gathering place. Each week beginning Thursdays at 6pm EST we circle up here from all corn...
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The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of a Chinese Christian Brother Yun

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THE HEAVENLY MAN: The Remarkable True Story of a Chinese Christian Brother Yun with Paul Hattaway. This book review was written by Hank Griffith of South Subur...
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The Return: Re-entry Kit

Online Course - Individual, Social Network
Are you preparing to return to your passport country after serving on the field? Are you in the midst of settling in to a new normal? Our Re-entry Kit is design...
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The Story of Hope Workbook

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The Story of Hope Workbook has a full page dedicated to each of 40 Bible event-lessons with ample room for student responses and notes. The books contains 64 ...
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Trauma & Resilience: Effectively Supporting Those Who Serve God

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Are you looking for a handbook of resources on trauma and resilience to come alongside those who suffer as they serve God?
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Velvet Ashes Blog

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Velvet Ashes blog focuses on women in the missionary field. Posts focus on life overseas, transition, re-entry, marriage, food, grief/loss, humor, parenting, sp...
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Velvet Ashes Book Club

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Tuesdays is Book Club Day. All are welcome and joining is easy: get the book and read it. I’ll write a post with on some aspect of the book and you join in th...
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Velvet Ashes Prayer Wall

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Share Your Praise, Prayer, and Encouragement at #VelvetAshesPrayer Find & Make New Friends Support your Velvet Ashes Sisters We are a community committ...
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What are some of the first steps to becoming a missionary?

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Do you wonder what people might ask a missionary? If so, this is one of the top 10 questions asked on AskAMissionary.com: "What are some of the first steps to b...
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When the World Comes to Wheaton

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Middle America has traditionally been a homogeneous region with a strong Evangelical community that was a powerhouse in global mission. Nowhere in the Midwest e...
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Resources4missions.org

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On this site you will find thousands of links to pages, articles, and books all related to many aspects of missions today. There are also detailed bibliographie...
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Onboarding as Disciple-making

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This recording, created by Mark Morgenstern, Senior Director of Grow2Serve, is from an online course offered by Center for Intercultural Training (CIT). The pre...
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