{"id":14878,"date":"2026-10-28T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14878"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:40:21","slug":"books-how-to-send-100-missionaries-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14878","title":{"rendered":"Books: How to Send 100 Missionaries (and Others)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Various<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to Send 100 Missionaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Send-Missionaries-Step-Step\/dp\/B0H8ZX3DGG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Send 100 Missionaries: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building and Leading a Mission Agency<\/a>, by David A. Matthews. Reflejo, 2026. 184 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The founder of Reflejo, a thriving Latino mission agency, shares a practical roadmap for building a missionary-sending pipeline through a church, movement, or mission agency, especially in the developing world. (I love that this was first published in Spanish!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to Care for Yourself and Serve a Hurting World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bakerpublishinggroup.com\/products\/9781540903716_what-really-matters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Really Matters: How to Care for Yourself and Serve a Hurting World<\/a>, by Hal Donaldson. Baker Books, 2024. 192 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donaldson started Convoy of Hope, a faith-based organization serving the vulnerable across the U.S. and worldwide. Here he shares truths about self-care, ambition, and resilience that he had to learn the hard way. A bit too prescriptive for me, but pretty solid. Used copies available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Modern Missionary Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/products\/to-the-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To the Nations: Modern-Day Stories of Faith, Courage, and Adventure<\/a>, edited by David J. Smith. William Carey Publishing, 2026. 216 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This brand-new collection of brief, inspiring missionary stories looks family-friendly and easy to fold into devotions with a group. I haven\u2019t read it yet, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nations-Modern-Day-Stories-Courage-Adventure-ebook\/dp\/B0HH19PCMB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sample on Amazon<\/a> provides a taste. If you get a copy, let me know: does it feel too American or have other limiting factors?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bonus: Coming Soon for Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A while back, we highlighted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/jesus-loves-the-little-children-all-the-children-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book that featured an updated version of the song Jesus Loves the Little Children<\/a>. One Missions Catalyst reader says she gives out copies as baby shower gifts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author Tara Hackney has a new book coming out in March. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/all-the-children-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All the Children of the World<\/a> is an A-to-Z storybook about kids around the world, written for families with children ages 6-10. Fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Various How to Send 100 Missionaries How to Send 100 Missionaries: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building and Leading a Mission Agency, by David A. Matthews. Reflejo, 2026. 184 pages. The founder of Reflejo, a thriving Latino mission agency, shares a practical roadmap for building a missionary-sending pipeline through a church, movement, or mission agency, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14878\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Books: How to Send 100 Missionaries (and Others)<\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14878","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=14878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14879,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14878\/revisions\/14879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}