Sources: Various
A Liturgy for Those Burdened by the Unreached
Source: East-West Ministries
If your heart is burdened for those who don’t know the gospel, this liturgy is for you. As you pray, let your heart be reminded that the beauty of the gospel can overcome spiritual darkness.
Pray the liturgy, one of several in a collection. Beautiful.
Missions Stewardship
Source: Catalyst Services Postings
Leading a church in missions is like caring for a garden. If gardeners focus all their energy on simply watering their plants, or they neglect watering while constantly pouring on fertilizer, their crops will produce little or nothing at all. But if they balance nourishment and care, their garden thrives for the benefit of many.
Read about the 4 M’s: members, missionaries, money, and media.
Then you might want to read Local Church, Global Impact: Questions Your Church Must Answer (Justin Schell). Planning an event? Listen to Ideas for Your Global Sunday or Global Series (Jeannie Marie).
Mission Trip Planning Checklist: 12-Month Planning Timeline
Source: Storyline Missions
This checklist walks through how to plan a mission trip from about a year out to a few weeks after you come home, with the practical items (partners, passports, budgets, forms) and the team items (Scripture, prayer, training, roles) side by side. Print it, share it with your co-leaders, and adjust the dates to your trip.
Check out the checklist (and other training resources from Storyline, like their eight-lesson Bible study. It will remind you of Perspectives).
Integrating Spirituality and Innovation in Missions
Source: Innovation in Missions
A new field guide brings mission leaders and practitioners practical wisdom from innovators, theologians, and spiritual directors. I had a hard time figuring this one out. Is it something you sign up for, or purchase? No, it’s purely a digital resource to help people in the mission world bring together spiritual direction and practical action through a series of exercises and reflection questions.