{"id":2060,"date":"2011-01-26T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2011-01-26T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T14:28:56","slug":"missions-catalyst-01-26-11-resource-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=2060","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst 01.26.11 &#8211; Resource Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In This Issue: Six Ways to Reach the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> QUESTION: What\u2019s a Mobilizer to Do?<\/li>\n<li> VIDEOS: 6 Ways to Reach God\u2019s World &#8211; Learn, Pray, Go, Send, Welcome, Mobilize<\/li>\n<li> SCRIPTS: Missions Skits for Kids, Now Downloadable<\/li>\n<li> TRAINING: Online School of Missions<\/li>\n<li> EVENTS: Member Care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionscatalyst.org\/\"><!--more-->Missions  Catalyst<\/a> is a     free, weekly electronic digest of mission    news  and  resources       designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide    for  global        ministry. Use it to fuel your prayers, find tips and      opportunities,       and stay in touch with how God is building his  kingdom     all over     the   world. Please forward it freely!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/?cat=10\" target=\"_self\">Resource     Reviews<\/a>, edited by <a href=\"..\/?page_id=613\" target=\"_self\">Marti Smith<\/a>, are published once a month.<\/p>\n<h3>QUESTION: What\u2019s a Mobilizer to Do?<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"..\/?page_id=613\">Marti Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After adopting the \u201cmission mobilizer\u201d title as my own I found it came with many shades of meaning. Some who call themselves mobilizers are tasked with recruiting missionaries for an agency. Others carefully guard their neutrality. Yet when we sit down to listen to one another we find a common cause: We share a calling to serve in missions but instead of just going ourselves, we work to enlist more laborers. And we agree that we are not trying to make anybody do anything, but to come alongside and help them discover and get to where God might be leading them.<\/p>\n<p>Is the essence of the mission mobilizer\u2019s job to mobilize missionaries? To find people who will put on the missionary hat and go to the ends of the earth? That\u2019s a crucial task; I don\u2019t want to downplay it. But surely mission involvement can and should include other responses, too. Might mission mobilizers do more to change the world by multiplying not just missionaries but also senders, welcomers, intercessors, mission-minded parents and teachers and businesspeople, and even more mobilizers, too? And what about the many \u201cgoers\u201d who don\u2019t do full-time, long-term ministry through a mission agency? How can we support them? Is that part of our job as mobilizers?<\/p>\n<p>Some of us have these questions answered for us by our organizations or churches: our work and message must be focused toward a specific end, or it must be inclusive and flexible. For me, the stickiest question may be this: How do we keep calling people to the most critical and neglected tasks without dismissing the contributions of those God calls (and designs) to serve in various other ways (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20cor%2012:15-26&amp;version=NIV\">1 Corinthians 12:15-26<\/a>)? <ins datetime=\"2011-01-25T12:36\" cite=\"mailto:Marti%20Smith\"><br \/>\n<\/ins><br \/>\nOne thing I have found helpful is to consider the work of goers, senders, intercessors, and the rest as <em>practices<\/em> of a \u201cWorld Christian\u201d or <em>avenues<\/em> for involvement rather than lifelong mandates, roles, or identities. Many of us will have experiences in several areas or all of them, while maybe focusing on one or two.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s edition includes tools you can use to issue invitations to follow God in different kinds of mission-related service. Meanwhile, I\u2019d love to hear how you balance focus and flexibility. If you think of yourself as a mobilizer, what do you mean by that? What are your greatest challenges in fulfilling that role? Please join the conversation below.<\/p>\n<h3>Mobilization<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Someone must sound the rallying call. Those who desire to see others trained, prepared, and released to ministry are known as mobilizers. Mobilizers stir other Christians to active concern for reaching the world. They coordinate efforts between senders, the local churches, sending agencies, and missionaries on the field. Mobilizers are essential. To understand the role of mobilizers, think of World War II as a parallel. Only ten percent of the American population went to the war. Of those, only one percent were actually on the firing lines. However, for them to be successful in their mission, the entire country had to be mobilized!&#8221; Phil Parshall (quoted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingteam.org\/?q=node\/141\">Mobilization \u2013 The Key to World Evangelization<\/a> and elsewhere)<\/p>\n<h3>VIDEOS: 6 Ways to Reach God\u2019s World &#8211; Learn, Pray, Go, Send, Welcome, Mobilize<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omf.org\/\">OMF International<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omf.org\/\">OMF International<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perspectives.org\/\">Perspectives Study Program<\/a> have a vision to see an ever-growing number of believers get involved in seeing the gospel of Jesus preached to every people group on earth. But what practical ways are there for the average Christian to be involved?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omf.org\/omf\/us\/get_involved__1\/6_ways_to_reach_god_s_world\">6 Ways to Reach God\u2019s World<\/a> is a series of seven short (five-minute) videos for use in small or large groups to help viewers discover ways to be involved in reaching the world through intentional learning, prayer, serving cross-culturally, sending, and welcoming internationals, as well as mobilizing others for all of these strategic roles. An introductory video provides an overview of the six ways to be involved, while the other six focus on one specific role with practical suggestions for next steps. Each includes interviews with people God has called to action in those roles.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omf.org\/omf\/us\/get_involved__1\/6_ways_to_reach_god_s_world\">Learn more or watch the videos<\/a>. Download them for free, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omfbooks.com\/p-228-6-ways-to-reach-gods-world-dvd.aspx\">get them on DVD<\/a> from OMF Books for US$4.99. Also available from OMF is a booklet of the same name<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omfbooks.com\/p-99-christs-hands-6-ways-to-reach-gods-world.aspx\"><\/a>, recently revised to include discussion questions.<\/p>\n<h3>SCRIPTS: Missions Skits for Kids, Now Downloadable<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/cartpioneers.org\/\">Pioneers Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a creative way to help your church understand God\u2019s heart for the nations and the state of missions today? Maybe something you can use for a mission conference? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartpioneers.org\/products\/Kids%27-Missions-Skits-%252d-Download.html\">Kids\u2019 Mission Skits<\/a> includes 20 motivational dramas that can be presented to children or family audiences. Previously published by Caleb Project, this book has been updated to reflect current mission statistics and now comes in downloadable format.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen creative and fun skits on mission topics are suitable for children and youth to perform. They include a children\u2019s version of the popular World View Demonstration (an overview of the world population). The collection also contains historical narratives (monologues) of famous missionaries Gladys Aylward, Elisabeth Elliot, Eric Liddell, David Livingstone and Florence Nightingale (combined), Harriet Tubman, and William Tyndale, which youth or adults can perform for children or adults.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartpioneers.org\/products\/Kids%27-Missions-Skits-%252d-Download.html\">Learn more, view excerpts, or download for US$4.99 from Pioneers<\/a>. Also available for youth and adults is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartpioneers.org\/products\/Missions-Skits-2%252dDisc-Set.html\">Missions Skits 2-Disc Set<\/a>. Both sets include the (same) six historical monologues.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; For more resources and ideas for engaging children, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stand4kids.org\/\">Stand4Kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>TRAINING: Online School of Missions<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justinlong.org\/\">The Long View<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justinlong.org\/school\">The Online School of Missions<\/a> is a virtual &#8220;classroom&#8221; intended to (eventually) provide a comprehensive missionary training course specifically designed for people who do not normally have access to this training due to their location, or for people who want to &#8220;fill in the gaps&#8221; of their knowledge or have a bit of a refresher. Modules posted cover the biblical basis of missions, missions history, and trends. Newest material explores the missionary call and preparing to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot replace a missionary school and are not intending to. By going to an in-person missionary school you will benefit from the experience of instructors, mentoring, coaching, and interaction with fellow students. The resources here will help to acquaint you with some of the topics that will be covered, and may help to flesh out areas which shorter courses don\u2019t address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, these courses may be used freely by schools in Majority World countries where instructors are perhaps hard to come by. Integrate these courses into your own training work, mixing and matching as needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m starting to pass the word about this course, and I trust it will be useful for mobilizers as well as new candidate directors. I&#8217;d invite you to check it out and send me any feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justinlong.org\/school\">Visit the Online School of Missions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>EVENTS: Member Care<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"..\/?page_id=596\">Missions Catalyst Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holding the ropes for someone serving cross-culturally? Several 2011 events are planned just for you:<\/p>\n<p>April 01 to 02 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careconnexion.org\/\">Care Connexion 2010<\/a> (Beaverton, OR, USA). Equipping and networking leaders to provide relevant and effective care for missionaries.\u00a0Meet others serving in missionary care from churches, missions organizations, schools, and Christian counseling centers. Speakers from around the country will share strategies, resources, and encouragement in efforts to meet the needs of overseas workers.<\/p>\n<p>June 12 to 17 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionary-care.org\/missionary-conference.html\">Caring for Others Missionary Conference<\/a> (Frederic, WI, USA). Designed for missionaries, field leaders, and member care specialists, this training conference is an interactive week of skill development in the areas of listening and pastoral care. A ministry of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionary-care.org\/\">Caring for Others<\/a>, it will be repeated in November in Lake Geneva, WI.<\/p>\n<p>Readers might also be interested in the popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itpartners.org\/workshops.htm\">Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills<\/a> workshops held by ministries all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for something easier to access? Check out the thoughtful broadcasts and other resources from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.membercaremedia.com\/\">Member Care Media<\/a> (formerly Member Care Radio, a ministry of TWR).<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"..\/?page_id=596\">See our complete calendar<\/a> for mission conferences and other events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Dec-09-zoom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1600\" title=\"DSC_0083\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Dec-09-zoom.jpg\" alt=\"Marti Smith\" width=\"88\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a>Marti Smith is a writer, speaker, and project manager for <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=zaeaz4bab&amp;et=1104281958862&amp;s=0&amp;e=001LBgDT5yW_mw947M7S2VpqjyKiS9aNUjE_MIO8Bw148_nWIENuoUU6ydciXPpwcUAX4F4-QoEBmA2kFvvjzhjYYS7oZxpfXsO\" target=\"_blank\">Pioneers<\/a>. Since the mid-90&#8217;s she has helped prepare cultural research teams and sent them out to explore unreached communities and mobilize efforts to serve these groups. Marti manages and publishes <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=zaeaz4bab&amp;et=1104281958862&amp;s=0&amp;e=001LBgDT5yW_mw947M7S2VpqjyKiS9aNUjE_MIO8Bw148_nWIENuoUU6ydciXPpwcUAX4F4-QoEBmDHOxOBT031c542PA668qOjcYa3ndIWQDs=\" target=\"_blank\">Missions Catalyst<\/a> and is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=zaeaz4bab&amp;et=1104281958862&amp;s=0&amp;e=001LBgDT5yW_mw947M7S2VpqjyKiS9aNUjE_MIO8Bw148_nWIENuoUU6ydciXPpwcUAmFYp8Qfbjs4yTt0TyZK8wraYZjKjgPtIUdQEqhg6wbc=\" target=\"_blank\">Through Her Eyes<\/a>, a book about the lives of missionary women in the Muslim world.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_dd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionscatalyst.net%2F%3Fp%3D2060&amp;linkname=\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_171_16.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Share\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- AddToAny END --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Issue: Six Ways to Reach the World QUESTION: What\u2019s a Mobilizer to Do? 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