Mission Formation Resources
Mission takes formation and immersion. Start being shaped for your hand–carved mission now with some of our hand-picked resources.
Check out some of our favourite articles, videos, podcasts, books, and other content below.
Articles
Editorials and articles from our favourites archive, as well as ones we have been chewing on lately.
Arotahi Mission Formation: As Christian belief declines in the North, it is thriving in places like Africa, Asia and Latin America. And these regions are increasingly sending their own missionaries. It demands a renewed attention to our ministry meth…
Arotahi Mission Formation Resources: Is there a pattern in Western church circles where underdeveloped disciples routinely go as disciple makers to other parts of the world? Mekdes Haddis explores how we can form good disciples to be more faithful pa…
Arotahi Mission Formation Resources: How can an organization named Mission Resource Network even consider stopping their use of the word “missionary”? And why would they want to do so? Read their 4 future-focussed considerations.
In Luke’s gospel, Jesus, anointed by the Spirit, announces and demonstrates the arrival of the long-awaited kingdom of God. A group of followers gathers around him. They begin to comprehend who he is and to learn a new way of living, relating and s…
Videos
Our ‘worth a watch!’. Small episodes and long-form pieces.
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Willie Jennings, associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale Divinity School, discusses “whiteness” as a sociocultural framework in which missions developed and imperialized the locations on which it descended, and off…
This internationally simulcast 2022 Mission Commission Online Conference was held via Zoom, April 6–8, 2022. The content from this free online event is of relevance to the global missions community, attracting international missions leaders from arou…
Jayakumar Christian and Graham Joseph Hill discuss “Following the God of the Empty-Handed.” At theglobalchurchproject.com
Podcasts
Our picks for excellent missional conversations, stories, and panels. Treat your ears
Today we hear from Lazarus Phiri (Zambia), Carlos Abarca (Costa Rica), Adrian de Visser (Sri Lanka), Jake Abraham (US/India), Derek Seipp (US), and Oscar Muriu (Kenya). In our conversations with them, we explore what it means that the Majority World …
On Mission with Chris Wright features conversations with Christian leaders around the Majority World. Chris Wright, Langham’s Global Ambassador and Ministry Director, is a noted theologian and author of more than 30 books, including The Mission of …
Rebuilders is an initiative started by Red Church to help churches, leaders, and believers grapple with the issues presented by an increasingly secular society. We firmly believe God is preparing to move and is rebuilding His Church with particular b…
Rebuilders is an initiative started by Red Church to help churches, leaders, and believers grapple with the issues presented by an increasingly secular society. We firmly believe God is preparing to move and is rebuilding His Church with particular b…
Books
Check out what’s in our bookshelf.
Most churches are filled with deeply compassionate people and most of our streets, workplaces, holiday locations, volunteer groups, retirement activities and schools are populated with broken people.
The wisdom of tribal peoples has often been overlooked, both within the church and outside of it. However as the ideologies of consumerism, free market individualism, and nationalism grow more and more dominant across the globe, with devastating impl…
Proposes an understanding of development in which the physical, social, and spiritual dimensions of life are seamlessly interrelated.
For many, missions is the story of heroes, martyrs, and the advance of the gospel. For others, it’s the story of colonialism and missionary disasters. So how do we respond to God’s call to go into all the world, faithfully and wisely, in the post-COV…
Other content
Too good not to include in our resources list!
Global Experience
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“As for those who in the present age are rich” (1 Tim 6:17): A reflection on mutual care within God’s household in the light of recent
environmental disasters. George M. Wieland — Carey Baptist College, New Zealand
Shared spaces, playgrounds and community gardens. At a co-housing project in Golden Bay, residents see property as more than an asset. Steven Moe pays it a visit.
The Global Church Project. Jayakumar Christian – Following the God of the Empty-Handed. Discussion Guide. This resource is designed to help your small group or college class discussion. It’s shaped to inspire you to consider new ways to understand …
Discover Your Missional Type. This questionnaire is designed to help you discern your primary gifting
as you serve in a cross-cultural setting. There are 26 questions. Are you ready to find out if you are a Catalyst, Ally, Seeker, Midwife, or Guide…
