Book: God on the Move, Making Disciples Among the Nations

Source: William Carey Publishing

God on the Move: Making Disciples Among the Nations, edited by Dave Coles. William Carey Publishing, 2025. 136 pages.

Five years ago, a groundbreaking book about disciple-making movements was published. Motus Dei: The Movement of God to Disciple the Nations met a critical need in the study of movements. Now we have a more accessible version.

God on the Move is designed for everyday readers, busy missionaries, and global believers. It distills key ideas from Motus Dei without sacrificing depth or credibility. With inspiring case studies, biblical reflections, and practical insights from around the world, God on the Move serves as both introduction and invitation—to witness, understand, and join in what God is doing through modern-day movements.

The Motus Dei Network has just released a statement calling the church to rediscover its biblical identity as a movement of Jesus, not merely an institution. Read Reactivating the Church as Movement. It’s powerful.

Video: How to Find Unreached People Groups in Your City With Google Maps

Source: Crescent Project

As followers of Christ committed to bringing the gospel to all peoples, we often look outward—to distant nations, remote villages, or unreached groups far away. But what if opportunities to engage unreached people groups are right in our own cities, neighborhoods, and courtyards? What if God has placed people with different cultures, languages, or faith backgrounds just around the corner—calling us to notice, learn and look for opportunities to bless them?

With this video tutorial (about 10 minutes long), learn a simple strategy, using Google Maps, to identify the locations in your city where people from unreached people groups can be found.

Watch the video and read a related article.

Documentary: The Revival Generation, Gen Z Turning to Jesus

Source: The Christian Broadcasting Network

We’ve featured several reports about UniteUS in our news briefs. It’s, a national revival movement that is gaining momentum on college campuses. Five more large events are planned for this fall, including one September 25 in Tampa, Florida. Want to hear more or share the story? This may help.

The Revival Generation: Gen Z Turning to Jesus is a new documentary from CBN sharing the true story of young adults discovering identity, healing, and purpose through Jesus Christ.

At the center is Tonya Prewett, a burdened mother whose daughter’s hidden pain sparked a campus prayer meeting that became UniteUS. Through moving worship moments, life-changing testimonies, and insights from voices like Dr. Ben Carson and Jennie Allen, this film invites you to see how faith is igniting a generation.

Get a copy of the 70-minute video on DVD or stream it from CBN. Starts a bit slow and dark but will draw you in. Donation (in any amount) required.

You can also learn more about the documentary in a widely circulated article from Religion News Service.

Prewett wrote a book, too. It came out in August. See Roses to Revival: An Unlikely Beginning to an Extraordinary Ending (Trilogy Christian Publishing).

See also Study: Gen Z Now Leads in Church Attendance (Christianity Today) and other articles reporting on Barna research on this topic.

Book and Video Series: A Journey of Worship Around the World

Source: Zondervan Academic

From the Rising of the Sun: A Journey of Worship Around the World, by Tim Challies and Tim Keesee. Zondervan, 2025. 192 pages.

This book is what happens when a pastor, speaker, and blogger teams up with a documentary storyteller to explore and share glimpses of the global church.

The journey starts in Fiji and follows the sun to Australia, Asia (Korea and Cambodia), Europe (Poland), Africa (Zambia and Morocco), and the Americas (Brazil, Chile, Mexico, USA). Along the way, you’ll meet brothers and sisters in Christ who worship amidst stunning landscapes, vibrant cities, and remote jungles. From the hymns sung in Korea’s bustling metropolises to the prayers offered in Zambia’s open plains and a house church in Morocco, you’ll see and feel the unity and diversity of God’s people. Each section includes interviews, background, and reflections on worship from Tim Challies with a couple of discussion questions.

When you buy the book in any format, you’ll also get a code for free streaming access to a high-quality, 12-episode series of videos (each about 20 minutes long) which are even better. 

Either the book or video series could stand alone; they cover the same ground. This is not set up as a small group or classroom curriculum but wouldn’t take you much of a step to get there.

Learn more or purchase. So well done; I think you’re going to love it. Watch the trailer.

Play & Pray: Unreached Peoples Card Deck (and More)

Source: Chasm Gaming

Previously, we shared about Chasm Gaming, the kingdom-minded card and board game company behind the Black Mission Legends and Pray4 – Unreached Peoples card decks. The playing cards might make a good gift for your kids, grandkids, friends, or supporters.

Now they’re giving away a couple of freebies, a simple curriculum you can use with a group to help make your game night a teachable moment and some Great Commission conversational starters. You could use these with your family, gaming buddies, homeschool group, or mission class.

Take a look.

See also their great new 2.5-minute video, which you can use on its own: 5 Ways to Join the Great Commission, also below.

Events: What’s on the Calendar for October

Source: Missions Catalyst Calendar

October 1, The European Digital Missionary Summit (online). A rallying cry for those reimagining how the gospel moves, from theChurch.digital.

October 1-2, Sacred Siblings Gathering (online). How singles and marrieds work together for the sake of the Kingdom. Provided by Thrive.

October 1-4, International Wholistic Missions Conference (Durres, Albania).

October 3-4, Evangelical Missiological Society Annual Meeting (Dallas, TX, USA and online).

October 6-8, Beyond Us: From Neighborhoods to Nations (Waco, TX, USA). Regional missions conference provided by a collaborative group of local churches.

October 6-8, Frontiers’ Pastors Track (Tempe, AZ, USA). In-person missions leaders’ cohort to multiply church sending.

October 9-11, B4T Expo (Fort Collins, CO, USA). Transforming people and nations through business.

October 10-11, Missions Fest Seattle (Renton, WA, USA). Free, annual community missions conference.

October 12-18, Recalibrate! (Aurora, IN, USA). Debriefing and renewal retreat for missionaries sponsored by Paracletos.

October 13-14, Support Raising Bootcamp (Dallas, TX, USA). Provided by Via in various locations throughout the year.

October 13-17, ABIDE debriefing (Joplin, MO, USA). Provided by TRAIN International.

October 21-22, Amplify Conference (Wheaton, IL, USA). An annual event from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

October 21-23, Standards Introductory Workshop (online). Make your mission trips better with the seven standards of excellence.

October 23-25, Velvet Ashes Equip Online Conference (online).

October 27 to November 22, COMPASS (Palmer Lake, CO, USA). Language and culture acquisition provided by Missionary Training International.

View the complete calendar, updated throughout the year. Your submissions are always welcome.

Nepal: We Pray for Peace and Stability

Source: Deomai: 7 Days of Prayer for the Unreached, September 13, 2025

We pray for stability and peace in Nepal. Student protests against corruption have toppled the Prime Minister, and no one is certain who governs now.

  • For leaders of integrity, “He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God” (2 Samuel 23:3).
  • For believers to bless their neighbors, “Seek the welfare of the city… for in its welfare you will find your welfare” (Jeremiah 29:7).
  • For the Church to shine with peace and integrity, “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you” (Isaiah 60:1).
  • For believers to show Christ’s love amid turmoil, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35).

Read this edition of Deomai, Justin Long’s weekly prayer email, for prayer points on six other places/topics. We encourage you to subscribe.

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Iran: A Secure VPN to Protect Believers

Source: Mission Network News, September 15, 2025

The internet is a great tool to learn more about the situation in the world, deepen one’s knowledge of a certain topic, or find an answer to a burning question. But under Iranian laws, some innocent searches can land a person in jail.

Despite the risks, Iranians search for news, popular movies and songs, and truth beyond Islam. They often turn to local VPNs—tools meant to hide their identity online. However, these are often unsafe.

Many local VPNs are run by the government to leak personal data. Whether it is a question about the divinity of Jesus or a desire to check the news from government-disapproved websites, a quick search may lead to years of trouble.

Transform Iran responded by offering a free VPN. “It is high speed, it’s reliable, it’s secure, but also our users can be confident to know that their data truly is secure and won’t be sold out to the government,” says [Transform Iran spokesperson Lana Silk].

Read the full story.

See also two more stories related to technology:

World: From Iran and Mexico to Discipling the Displaced Everywhere

Source: Global Partners, September 1, 2025

When Liz and Hamed first met in Central Europe, they brought together two distinct cultures and stories of God’s relentless pursuit of their hearts across borders. Both immigrants, their experiences ultimately shaped their calling to minister to displaced people across the world.

Hamed’s journey began in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hamed was exposed to the gospel through his brother, who had immigrated to the United Kingdom. After becoming a believer and getting baptized, Hamed began telling others about Jesus and started an underground church in his parents’ house.

Hamed was kidnapped by the secret police, tortured for three days, and told he would be executed. By God’s grace, he escaped and fled to Central Europe, where he received asylum.

Liz’s story began in Mexico, where she was born before immigrating to the United States as a teenager. She attended church for the first time in America and decided to follow Christ shortly after. At only 14 years old, she received her call to missions and has followed that call ever since.

Together, Liz and Hamed planted several international congregations with members from Iran, Syria, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. They held baptisms every three months with as many as 50 new converts each service.

In 2023, they moved to the United States, where Liz developed a curriculum to train ministry leaders working with diaspora groups and asylum seekers and made it available for anyone to use.

In 2024, they began discussions with Global Partners about training British pastors to reach immigrant communities using Liz’s curriculum. The couple plans to support immigrants living in Birmingham while addressing the spiritual and physical needs of the persecuted church.

The full, very multinational story includes contact info for those who want to learn more or access the curriculum.

See also How to Offer Jesus Naturally to Your Neighbors and the Nations (Jeannie Marie). This one-hour training video will only be available through Sunday, September 21, but Jeanie offers many other resources.