{"id":14229,"date":"2025-10-22T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14229"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:35:44","slug":"resource-roundup-this-link-may-be-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14229","title":{"rendered":"Resource Roundup: This Link May Be for You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sources: Various<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastorscenter.org\/blog\/cultivating-a-passion-for-missions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cultivating a Passion for Missions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip Crouse Jr. unpacks three ways pastors can fan the flames for global missions (The Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alifeoverseas.com\/missions-isnt-just-about-the-people-who-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missions Isn\u2019t Just About the People Who Go<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you need a reminder. This one is eloquent (Gene Daniels, for A Life Overseas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalchristianrelief.org\/stories\/praying-boldly-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tired of Timid Prayers? A New Guide to Praying Boldly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get yourself and your church or group ready for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, November 3 (Global Christian Relief).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tedesler.substack.com\/p\/basic-missions-literacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Basic Missions Literacy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is a reasonable expectation for us to have regarding \u201cmissions literacy\u201d for the average Christian? Ted Elser suggests four basic ideas we could focus on, particularly from the pulpit (TedQuarters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Understanding-Mission-Study-Guide-Church\/dp\/1786412012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Understanding Missions: A Study Guide for the Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This eight-session course from Christopher Wright includes videos, scripture readings, and discussion questions (Langham Global Library).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might also be interested in a new, updated edition of Wright\u2019s influential book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/the-mission-of-god\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mission of God<\/a> published this week (Intervarsity Press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastorscenter.org\/blog\/cultivating-a-passion-for-missions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hacking for Human Flourishing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 700 techies recently gathered for a three-day hackathon to pursue innovative and God-honoring solutions to problems and opportunities; an annual event (Church Leaders).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/michael-youssef-unveils-faith-based-chatbot-rooted-in-scripture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Youssef Unveils Faith-Based Chatbot Rooted in Scripture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if you could ask your pastor anything at any time? This ministry leader and megachurch pastor and his staff harnessed AI to bring his congregation and followers his Bible-based advice whenever they ask (The Christian Post).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources: Various Cultivating a Passion for Missions Philip Crouse Jr. unpacks three ways pastors can fan the flames for global missions (The Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership). Missions Isn\u2019t Just About the People Who Go In case you need a reminder. This one is eloquent (Gene Daniels, for A Life Overseas). Tired of Timid &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14229\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Resource Roundup: This Link May Be for You<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14229"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14241,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229\/revisions\/14241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}