Below are general links that may be helpful to current missionaries or to those planning short term mission trips. Also there is a list of suggested reading on missions theology, culture, history, support raising, and missionary biographies. Links to missionary self-care resources are also listed.
Ethnopedia Missions Atlas Project Joshua Project Lussanne World Pulse U.S. Government's Offical Web Portal U.S State Department U.S. State Department Travel Warnings U.S. Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions U.S Customs Service U.S. Customs Service Travel Information U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Center for Infectious Diseases National Center for Infectious Diseases Travel Information World Health Organization World Heath Organization International Travel & Health
• A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot • Bruchko by Bruce Olson • Jungle Pilot by Russell T. Hitt • Lords of the Earth by Don Richardson • Peace Child by Don Richardson • Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
• Anthropological Insights for Missionaries by Paul Hiebert • Christianity Confronts Culture by Marvin Keene Mayers • Cross-cultural Conflict by Duane H. Elmer • Ministering Cross-culturally by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter • Strange Virtues by Bernard Adeney
• A Concise History of the Christian Mission by J. Herbert Kane • A History of Missions by Stephen Neill • From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth Tucker
• A Biblical Theology of Missions by George W. Peters • A Vision for Missions by Tom Wells • Let the Nations be Glad! by John Piper • Unveiled at Last by Bob Sjogren
• Friend Raising by Betty Barnett • Funding Your Ministry by Scott Morton • Getting Sent by Pete Sommer • People Raising by William Dillon
• Discipling Nations by Darrow Miller (worldview and development in developing nations) • Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman • Missionary Methods, St. Paul's or Ours? by Roland Allen • On Being a Missionary by Thomas Hale • Re-entry by Peter Jordan • Serving as Senders by Neal Pirolo • Spontaneous Expansion of the Church by Roland Allen • The Re-entry Team by Neal Pirolo