Missions Resources

Online Resources:

www.xamissions.com (where you are now)
Home of XA missions and the location where you can find Chi Alpha short-term missions applications and other XA missions resources.

www.agwm.org
Home of Assemblies of God World Missions and the place where you can find out about missions opportunities around the world.

www.joshuaproject.net
The mission of Joshua Project is to educate believers about people groups of the world with the least exposure to the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is an extremely informative site about finishing the task Jesus gave all of us to take the gospel to all nations.

www.thetravelingteam.com
If you've been looking for devotional material with a missions emphasis, your search has ended. This site contains 12 free lessons to broaden awareness and understanding of the need for missions. After completing the lessons, the Traveling Team will send you Ten Modules, a book to help you become a "Campus Mobilizer." Great stuff! Come here also to pick up resources and statistical information about what God is doing worldwide.

www.askamissionary.com
Whether you're interested in having long-term involvement in missions or you're just taking a trip over spring break, this is a site worth looking into. It focuses on the mission of the Church as a whole and offers a variety of missions approaches and opportunities. You can post missions-related questions and get practical answers from the people who are out there living it.

www.mislinks.org
Check this out if you want some practical ideas and resources for your endeavors in missions! You'll find everything from dramas to theology. If you're planning on leaving the country, be sure to stop by here first.

www.calebproject.org
This is a great site packed full of missions resources and information presented in a user-friendly way. This Web site is excellent for equipping all believers for missions and for ministry. Watch a few video "Info bytes" while you're there.

www.24-7prayer.com
This site encourages believers to pray for the needs of the world 24 hours a day. It even offers a list of who is praying at a specific time! Prepare to be inspired and challenged by the testimonies, articles and artwork this site has to offer.

www.gmi.org
This site offers access to Operation World, a book that gives daily prayer focus to the needs of the nations. A daily Operation World prayer focus also can be found online for easier availability. Set the prayer country as your home page and remember that we are a part of a global family of believers.

www.perspectives.org
Perspectives is known throughout the body of Christ as being the authority on World Missions. Check out this site to find out more information about Perspectives and to see if a class is offered in your area.

www.biblegateway.com
This site is the authority in Bible search engines and allows you to search the Bible by passage, keyword and topic in multiple translations.

Books:

1. National Chi Alpha Expeditions Missions Manual (Belkis Lehmann/ Scott Martin)

1. Published by Chi Alpha Campus Ministries, U.S.A.
2. The XA missions manual is an excellent resource for campus pastors and missions team leaders that explain in detail all of the steps involved in planning and organizing a short-term mission. Topics include fund-raising, training and preparation, selecting team members, how to conduct team meetings, ministering cross-culturally, commissioning, and debriefing.

2. National Chi Alpha Expeditions Missions Training Workshops DVD

1. Produced by Chi Alpha Campus Ministries, U.S.A.
2. The XA Missions DVD is a valuable tool for training short-term missions teams and includes 10 workshops that will help prepare your team for the mission field.

3. National Chi Alpha Expeditions Missions Magazine

1. Published by Chi Alpha Campus Ministries, U.S.A.
2. Expeditions magazine is loaded with firsthand missions testimonies from students across the nation that will encourage you to believe that God wants to use you in a powerful way in missions. Expeditions also contains the details of numerous opportunities for students to serve around the world in short- and long-term roles.

4. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (Ralph Winter/ Steven Hawthorne)

1. Published by William Carey Library
2. The Perspectives reader is one of the most influential and authoritative sources in world missions. Perspectives is a compilation of 123 missions articles written by authors from across the body of Christ. Perspectives can be taken in a classroom setting. To check on class locations visit the Web site at www.perspectives.org.

5. High Adventure In Tibet(David V. Plymire)

1. Published by Gospel Publishing House
2. High Adventure in Tibet is a biography of Victor Plymire, a pioneer missionary to Tibet. Victor's story will give you a great connection with pioneer missionaries who have blazed the trail in world missions.

6. Until The Whole World Knows (Alicia Britt Chole)

1. Published by onewholeworld, inc.
2. Until the Whole World Knows is an excellent small group study guide that will give you a deeper understanding of God's heart for the world and your part in His plan to reach all nations with the gospel of Jesus.

7. Live Life on Purpose (Claude Hickman)

1. Published by Pleasant Word
2. Live Life on Purpose will challenge you to put your life under the microscope and ask yourself if God's highest priority is also your highest priority. Hickman challenges readers to live their lives according to the compass of God's heart for the nations and to become believers who live out God's highest priorities with their lives. This book is A+!