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Resources
Good Books to Read:
Some of these books are easily available from Koorong or Word Bookshops.
Others are now available from Second Wind Network as we have been unable to source them in Australia.
Some books are published by the mission agencies and are available directly from their offices.
Please check their websites for ordering instructions.
OMF: www.au.omf.org/
OM: www.om.org.au/books.html
Wycliffe: www.wycliffe.org.au/html/resources
Kairos: cdew1@bigpond.net.au
SWN: admin@secondwind.net.au
YWAM: www.ywamperth.org.au/store
The Finishers Website also has a list of good resources which can be ordered from America. www.finishers.org
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Half Time, Bob Buford |
SWN |
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Stuck in Half Time, Bob Buford |
SWN |
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Finishing Well, Bob Buford |
SWN |
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Game Plan, Bob Buford |
SWN |
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Second Wind for the Second
Half, Patrick Morley |
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MISSIONS |
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Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper |
Bookshops |
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Operation World, Patrick Johnstone |
Bookshops |
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The Church is Bigger than You Think,
Patrick Johnstone |
Bookshops |
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Missions: God's Heart for the World,
Paul Borthwick (A LifeGuide Bible Study) |
Bookshops |
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CHRISTIAN WALK |
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My Rights, My God, Robin
Wells |
OMF |
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Why not Women? Loren Cunningham
& David Joel Hamilton |
Bookshops, YWAM |
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If You Want to Walk on Water... You've Got to Get
Out of the Boat, John Ortberg |
Bookshops |
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Out of the Comfort Zone, George
Verwer |
OM |
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Don't Waste Your Life, John Piper |
Bookshops |
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I Think God wants Me to be a Missionary, Neal
Pirolo |
Kairos |
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On Mission with God: Living God's Purposes for His
Glory, Avery Willis & Henry Blackaby |
Bookshops |
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FAMILIES |
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Third Culture Kids - Serving with Your Children,
David Pollock |
OMF |
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Lambs Dancing with Wolves, Michael Griffiths
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OMF, Bookshops |
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What Makes Aussie Kids Tick, Jill
& Roger Dyer |
OMF |
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CHURCHES AND MISSIONS |
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Your Church Can Make a World of Difference
, Allan Webb |
OMF |
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Missionaries and Money, Karl and Kirk
Franklin |
Wycliffe |
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The Re-Entry Team, Neal Pirolo |
Kairos |
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RAISING SUPPORT |
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Friend Raising - Building a Support Team
, Betty Barnett |
YWAM, Bookshops |
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Serving as Senders , Neal Pirolo |
Kairos |
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Re-Entry , Peter Jordan |
YWAM |
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CULTURE |
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One World Two Minds , Denis Lane |
OMF |
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Do Missionaries Change Cultures? Karl
Franklin |
Wycliffe |
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Eternity in Their Hearts , Don
Richardson |
Bookshops |
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Good Courses to Do:
Life Stages Courses:
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Second Half Forums
Run by the Navigators, this forum
is designed to help you review the past and refocus for the future.
Second Wind Network works with Navigators to present part of this
course as an elective in our Forums and is pleased to endorse this
program. See Navigators website for more information . http://www.home.navigators.org/us/secondhalf/
Contact:
Ian McIntosh, Director, Second Half Ministries (02)9418 2507
Email: secondhalf-nav@optusnet.com.au
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Missions Awareness and Education:
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Perspectives on
the World Christian Movement
Well respected course to raise missions awareness. Available
world wide.
(Many Bible Colleges run this as part of their
curriculum.)
Contact: Warwick & Jessica Coghlan: Australian Coordinator (02) 4754 1143
Email: national@perspectives.org.au
Web: www.perspectives.org.au
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Kairos (Condensed World Missions) Course
(CWMC)
Great to get your
church or missions group to do either as a follow up to "40 days of
Purpose" or as a ‘stand alone’ course.
Contact: Elsabe de Wet: CWMC National Co-ordinator 0401 809
878
Email: cdew1@bigpond.net.au
Web: www.kairoscourses.org
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Serving As Senders Seminar
Tailored for your group or church helps to
equip your sending group for any missionary
Contact : Elsabe de Wet 0401 809 878
or Second Wind Network
Email: cdew1@bigpond.net.au
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Equipping for the Harvest
A
series of seminars which your church can conduct, designed by AIMS
(Accelerating International Mission Strategies) and presented in
Australia by , Mission Mobilisers International Inc www.mobilise.org.au
Contact:
Dr George Forbes, Director mobilise@ozemail.com.au
STINT (Short
Term Intercultural Nationwide Training)
STINT is an
exciting one week intensive program, to get you started in effective
cross-cultural ministry. STINT will be especially useful for
those who plan for a three month to one year fulltime involvement in
cross-cultural ministry, or those who want to have more occasional
involvment, over a longer period of time.
Presented by Global
Training Ministries www.globaltraining.flashxps.com
Contact:
Kev Hovey, Director globaltraining@ozemail.com.au
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MISSIONS INTERLINK
COURSES
From time to time, Missions Interlink offers
specialised short courses on a variety of subjects.
eg:- Transition Training (Preparation for living and working in
another culture
- Maximum Impact Language Learning
- Short term training (preparation for
Short Term Mission)
For more
information about these courses, contact
misint@melb.dialix.oz.au
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TESOL and Literacy Courses:
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Many courses are available. Some
organisations have a heart to see Christians equipped for missions.
Check with individual mission agencies or Bible Colleges in your
state for information about such courses. TESOL courses are
also available through many secular institutions.
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In Queensland, we
recommend
Intercultural
Training Associates
www.interculturaltraining.com.au
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Bible College
Courses
Many but not all mission agencies require some
formal bible college training. For a complete listing of colleges, denominational, non-denominational and those associated with specific mission agencies, go to www.whichchristian.com.au and follow the link to colleges.
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