In This Issue: When Helping Hurts, the Call2All, and more
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Source: Call2All
Call2All TV is a 30-minute news-magazine format program focused on highlighting what God is doing around the world with the global missions movement. Themes include evangelism in the 21st century, mobilizing prayer, reaching the unreached, eradicating Bible poverty, and more. Though some of the content has been around for a while, take a look; you’re sure to find something you haven’t seen before.
The dozen episodes in the first series, initially aired by Trinity Broadcasting Network starting in June 2013, are available to watch online. A second series is in development. Perhaps you could share these programs with your church or small group.
Not familiar with Call2All? It’s is a worldwide movement calling the church, leaders, and organizations together to finish the Great Commission.
» Visit Call2All TV for more information and links to each episode.
Source: Moody Publishers
When Helping Hurts: The Small Group Experience, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. Moody Publishers, 2014. 96 pages (plus online videos).
Fans of Corbett and Fikkert’s popular book on poverty alleviation, When Helping Hurts, will be glad to know that the publisher has creating a stand-alone resource designed to introduce the key ideas in an accessible and interactive way.
The new study, composed of six lessons, is designed to go with a (free) series of professional-quality online videos.
Rather than defining poverty as a lack of material things, the book addresses the roots of the issue: broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creation.
» Purchase this resource from Amazon (or elsewhere) for US$8.85 (paperback) or US$6.79 (Kindle edition). Looks like Moody will soon be publishing another resource which may be helpful for training: Helping Without Hurting in Short-term Missions.
Source: Born2Fly International
Last month we wrote you about the trafficking-prevention curriculum distributed by Born2Fly International. You might also be interested in their new global radio program, also called Born to Fly. Broadcasters around the world are encouraged to translate the scripts of the ten 15-minute radio dramas and broadcast them in their own countries to reach kids before the traffickers do.
» Learn more from Born2Fly or contact them about translation and licensing. Readers might also be interested in the wealth of anti-trafficking resources created by various organizations and available for free download from Born2Fly’s digital library.
Source: Missionary Coaching and Support Center
Want to help the cross-cultural workers you support thrive and be fruitful? Consider recommending (and maybe paying for) the specialized life-coaching services of the Missionary Coaching and Support Center.
Members are given an initial consultation via Skype, access to valuable material on common areas of struggle, regular group discussion calls, an online community, and feedback on specific questions from the coaches. Quite a lot for US$14.99 a month. You’ll find free things on their website, too.
» Learn more or sign up. Readers, feel free to put in a word for other coaches or “member care” resources you’d recommend by commenting on this item on our website.
Source: TheNations.us
Can you reach the nations from the US? “Many people think that the only way to reach the unreached is to sell everything and move halfway across the world,” says TheNations.us. “While those cross-cultural missionaries are certainly needed, there are many ways that you can reach God’s world right now.”
The site highlights suggested next steps for those who want to reach the unreached, and it includes a couple of fun features:
Source: Missions Catalyst Events Calendar
Continuing Events
June 28 to July 27, 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World (global). Join the millions of Christians around the world who have participated in this largest ongoing international prayer focus on the Muslim world.
July
July 8 to August 18, Mobile Ministry Training Course (online). Six-week class. Learn how to use mobile technology for evangelism.
July 7-18, Engaging Islam (Boulder, CO, USA). Training in evangelism and discipleship.
July 15-18, Thrive Retreat (Snowmass Village, CO, USA). For North American women serving cross-culturally.
July 19-26, New Wilmington Mission Conference (Western Pennsylvania, USA). Annual, week-long multi-generational mission conference; a tradition for more than 100 years.
July 21-25, European Church Planting Symposium (Leuven, Belgium). Provided by European Christian Mission, in partnership with others.
August
August 3-9, ReBoot Re-entry Program (Calgary, AB, Canada). For returning missionary kids, ages 17-20, transitioning to life in Canada.
August 3-23, Manarah – Training in Outreach among Muslims (Dearborn, MI, USA). Intensive course on Islam and daily guided outreach with seasoned mentors from Christar.
August 4-8, Kairos Course (Temple City, CA). Kairos is a nine-session, interactive course on world Christian mission. This one’s in Chinese!
August 4-10, MK/TCK Re-Entry Retreat (Gaston, SC, USA). Retreat designed for teens transitioning to college from missionary families.
August 8-17, Kairos Course (Savannah, GA, USA). Held on two weekends and one weeknight.
August 10-16, ReBoot Re-entry Program (Kitchener, ON, Canada). For returning missionary kids, ages 17-20, transitioning to life in Canada.
August 11-15, Kairos Course (Louisville, KY, USA). One-week intensive.
August 19-20, Personal Support Raising Boot Camp (Schroon Lake, NY, USA).
In This Issue: News from North Korea, Turkey, China, and more
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Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. Psalm 57:11. Image from Prayercast’s World video.
Source: Refugee Highway and World Evangelical Alliance, June 2014
World Refugee Sunday is celebrated annually by the Refugee Highway Partnership in cooperation with the World Evangelical Alliance. There are over 45 million forcibly displaced people around the world. Refugees seek protection and acceptance to build their life, but in reality they often experience social exclusion, largely by being ignored, marginalized or barred by country borders.
World Refugee Sunday is an opportunity for you to join churches around the world in praying for refugees and forcibly displaced people. We invite you to participate through your remembrance and prayers on behalf of those forcibly displaced by war, violence, persecution, and oppression in our world.
» Read complete article. Visit Refugee Highway Partnership for additional information about refugees and displaced people, and consider attending their North America Roundtable in Phoenix, July 24-25. Note that World Refugee Sunday coincides with the UN campaign World Refugee Day, which takes place this Friday, June 20.
Source: Godreports, June 2, 2014
The North Korean famine of the 1990s resulted in the deaths of as many as 800,000 people. The famine’s return in 2013 led some to undertake desperate measures to survive. Many attempt to cross the border into China in a frantic search for food.
Some of the North Koreans understand if they can locate a certain identifiable symbol on a house or building, they will find sustenance.
“North Koreans know when they find the cross, they are able to get food and shelter,” says Joseph Lee, with Cornerstone Ministries International.
One church in northeast China has spearheaded a special outreach to North Korean refugees over the last decade. As a result, about 400 North Koreans who traveled to China to get food have heard the gospel through their ministry.
After a rapport is developed and the refugees’ physical needs are attended, even deeper needs can be met. “After this we feel that they are ready to listen to us; we explain the gospel to them,” Lee noted.
“Together they are taught how to pray and sing hymns as a group so that they can sing them in their own personal devotions, as it is dangerous to carry the Bible or hymn books into North Korea. We encourage them to memorize Bible verses and hymns, which they are really good at.”
» Read complete article. See also this Report from House Churches in North Korea.