It can be challenging to locate the special items
and resources sometimes needed in missions work.
Here, we've listed a few resources that may be helpful.
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Money/Finances/Support
Adopt A Missionary
WARNING! This website is NOT for people casually surfing the internet. It
provides details and substance for missions minded individuals and churches
who have a serious desire to better support their missionaries.
Aslan's Army
We support, with substantial financial donations, non-Western
Bible Colleges directed by nationals who have a calling to plant
churches and send out missionaries in their own countries. We can
support 10 times the number of non-Western Bible student/missionaries
for the price of a single U.S. based missionary sent overseas.
Evangelical Credit Union
Many financial services specifically for Evangelical Christian ministries.
In regard to missions, services include Web Wire Transfers to send funds from
your organization via the Internet, or electronically wire funds
to financial institutions throughout the world.
iKobo Funds Transfer
Inexpensive, fast way to send money to anyone in the world after you
open an iKobo account. If the receiving person is not an iKobo member,
iKobo sends them a free ATM card. Once the person has the card,
transfers can be made instantly, anytime, night or day, at over 800,000
ATM's in more than 170
countries. Use the service to transfer funds to a national preacher or
missionary, even if they have no web access or bank account. Sender
pays small fee, receiver pays small ATM fee.
Kingdom Come Training
We use live video via your own PC to train you to raise
personal support. Build the attitudes, the skills and the confidence to
actually enjoy raising support. Only a PC with high speed internet is
required. Courses run 1 1/2 hours a day, 4 days a week for 3 weeks.
Guaranteed results. Very low cost.
MannaCard
Claims to be the most secure way to provide funds to missionaries abroad,
without having to rely on writing checks, sending expensive wire transfers
or the dangers of carrying cash.
Mission Advisors
We provide tax and financial assistance for individuals and
small businesses, with a special focus on tax situations for US
citizens and residents working abroad, especially missionaries.
Support Raising
Raising financial, prayer, and other support can be a
daunting task. This People Raising site has
helpful suggestions and resources, and a very useful free newsletter.
"I have watched people recommend numerous fund raising tools for more
than 30 years. . ." Also, a source for the popular
Moody Press book, People Raising: A Practical Guide to
Raising Support.
The BodyBuilders
We assist other ministries and Christians by providing Boot Camps for personal support
raising, a two-day seminar for those raising support, an SRS Newsletter, focusing on issues
related to support raising, and NVision seminars for churches looking to educate their
people about God's heart for the nations.
Internet, Web,
Computers, Tech Support
Bravenet.com
Free websites, free hosting, free design tools, more. Ad
supported, or pay $5/month for no ads. Not necessarily Christian.
Consistent Computer
Bargains
The sole outlet for Microsoft software to charities and
non-profits at greatly reduced prices. Initial order must be any
combination of 5 or more MS licenses, and you must provide a copy of
your Church or mission organization's 501(c)(3) form (from the IRS) and
State Tax Exempt Form.
GraceNet
We've been hosting and supporting web sites longer than any
other Christian site, providing dependable, economical services.
Variety of hosting plans. Free support (email and phone).
Grassroots.org, Free Web Services
"Free Industrial-Strength Web Hosting, Web Design, Virtual
POP E-Mail, and more for Qualified Charities." (available only to US
and Canadian nonprofit organizations)
Indian Ministries Network
Free web hosting for Christian ministries in India. As a part our ministry, we provide the space and
hosting of five web pages related to your ministry. There is no hidden cost.
We want to support all Christian ministries which don't have their own web site.
Invisible Web
Links to a large number of content-rich databases, especially
medically oriented, from universities, libraries, associations,
businesses and government agencies are almost invisible to average
search engines such as Google, Lycos and Yahoo.
Jesus Sites Ministry
We provide free web site hosting for
Christian ministries. If the ministry can not build a website we build
it for them. If you have web design skills, volunteer to join us in
this ministry - work from home! Young and old webmasters and
programmers welcomed.
missionary411
You can create a free missionary website
in just minutes. Upload pictures, updates, plans, your location, prayer
requests and more. Once your free personal missionary website is set
up, simply send your sponsors your customized web address and they will
have instant access to your latest news.
MissionaryNet
We help mission teams to build fully functional, high speed
computer labs from routinely discarded older computers. We also will
provide tech support for the lab and will provide high quality
edcucational software, all at no charge.
OurChurch.com Web Site
Services
Free web site and web site builder, along with other, low
cost, packages. Custom web site design. Tech Serve International
Network wiring, Radio email, telephone systems, shipping,
packaging and purchasing services.
Tech Support Guy
(Not necessarily Christian)
If you're looking for free technical support for your
computers, you've found it! This site is run completely by volunteers
and paid for completely by donations and sponsors. There is no charge
to you (although we do appreciate donations).
SOON Ministries
Online Evangelism Guide - a resource tool explaining the
powerful evangelistic
opportunities that the Web gives to missions, and individual
returned/retired
missionaries who can continue to reach 'their' country.
Miscellaneous
Airborne
Ministries
"JetPAC" compact portable video projection system is small
and light enough to be checked as airline baggage. A great tool to
reach the unreached with videos such as the Jesus Film and the God
Story.
Alliance of Independent Christian Musicians
A resource to missionaries and churches worldwide. We aim to
impassion and equip like-minded Christian Musicians to partner with and
to serve the Church and its missionaries by encouraging the shepherds,
re-energizing believers and challenging the unsaved with new
experiences to the Gospel message.
Appliances
that work on 220 Volt - 50 Hertz (Used in many countries). Note that
simple
"transformers" sometimes sold to "convert" electricity to operate your
115 volt - 60 Hertz devices may damage or destroy them.
Audio Bibles
for the Blind
We are a worldwide ministry that provides FREE AUDIO BIBLES
to people all around the globe who are legally blind and
print-handicapped to more than 135 countries in 67 languages. If you
would like to help us in our headquarters, we're in Bradenton, Florida.
Blessing
for Obedience
We assist Christian missionaries and organizations with
communications, operating an amateur (ham) radio network, phone patch
assistance and emergency traffic handling. We also provide radio
equipment, training, and tech support, and FM and AM broadcast stations
for those in remote areas of the world.
"The
Bible's Way to Victory over ADHD and Other Childhood Challenges"
Free ebook. Sound answers on preventing and overcoming
Attention Deficit Disorder - ADD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Tourette's
Syndrome.
Brigada Today
The weekly Brigada Today email journal
informs Great Commission Christians about our great global quest:
giving hope and help to those who need it most. Brigada's emphasis is
to:
- Identify & promote helpful resources,
conferences, websites, agencies, individuals, etc.
- Analyze
& capsulize in layman terms the current trends in global
mission.
- Challenge & motivate evangelical Christians toward
greater involvement in finishing the task of global evangelism, so we
can finish the Task that Jesus assigned us in Matthew 28:19-20.
Free
subscription
Brigada
Resource List for MKs and TCKs
An excellent resource for Missionary Kids and Third Culture
Kids, from Brigada. Includes books and
magazines, web sites and web pages, child sexual abuse bibliography,
bullying, more.
C Y Technologies, Inc.
Inexpensive Global Phone Calls
We are a Christian owned and operated company that offers the
Send Global telephone service that allows anyone to call from the U.S.
to anywhere else in the world. TRY IT OUT FREE! Click the link to read
missionary testimonials and to find out more about our service, which
has blessed many missionaries.
Clean Water for the World
Our mission is to provide "simple, adaptable water purification systems to comunitees
without access to potable water. We provide water purification systems which are a combination
of simplicity and effectiveness.
Deaf Ministry and Teaching Resources
Deaf Ministries Connections
An extensive listing of deaf ministries, camps, schools, churches, websites, magazines, and
more.
Denton Program
Allows private U.S. citizens and organizations to use space
available on U.S. military cargo planes to transport humanitarian
goods, such as clothing, food, medical and educational supplies, and
agricultural equipment and vehicles, to countries in need. The program
is jointly administered by USAID, the Department of State (DOS), and
the Department of Defense (DOD).
Eagle International Tents
and Air Domes
With a vision for international missionary projects, we offer
Pole Tents, Frame Tents,
Clear Spans, Large Air Domes for Sports Covers, Churches, Missions,
Evangelism, Auditoriums, Storage, Housing, Office Space - etc., of the
highest quality and workmanship, at very competitive wholesale prices,
World Wide!
Echo
Resources for tropical agriculture: seeds, training,
internships, publications. Unique
working demonstration farm in florida has large collection of tropical
food plants.
Email Newsletter Do's and Dont's
A very useful Brigada article discusses how to use this form
of communication
effectively. Avoid the pitfalls of email's that don't accomplish what
you expect them to. What about attachments? Spam filters? and more.
Equipping the Saints
Our Virginia office utilizes volunteers to provide and ship
missions resources to over 60 countries annually. We use many skills,
including electronics, mechanics, medical equipment. Bring your
friends! Help us sort, clean, pack and prepare equipment to be sent
overseas. Accommodations are available for small groups.
Ethnic Harvest
Free downloads of the Bible in 140 languages, many in
searchable Ebook, MP3, Real Audio, Adobe Reader formats. Printed copies
available. Also videos, other Christian material. Blind or
visually-impaired may qualify for free Bibles in one of 67 languages
from Audio
Bibles for the Blind.
Evangelical Purchasing Service
Audio, Video, Class room furnishings, partitions, 220 volt
equipment, more. No membership fees. Fifty years
serving churches and missions. Call EPS at 800-445-6791.
EZ Rent A Van
We are a San Diego based van rental company serving church groups traveling to Mexico.
Travel as far as Ensenada is permitted. Our vans are allowed in all of California, Baja, Mexico,
Nevada and Arizona. Free delivery, 24 hour service. We are also interested in donating to the
mission trip cause.
Farms International
A Christian ministry that equips families in poverty with the
means for self-support. Working through the local church, provides
loans, technical support and spiritual training for families to lead
them out of poverty.
GEO - Global Economic Outreach
We partner with missionaries around the world, helping them
find practical assistance. When missionaries need information or someone to coordinate
support activities, they contact us. Then we recruit someone with the
needed skills and build a team. We are constantly recruiting skilled
craftsmen, hobbyists, artisans, professionals and students willing to answer
questions - as volunteers - by email. Some may travel to the field to help you in
their area of expertise for a few days or weeks.
Global Women
Global Women is designed to take Christian ministry and
witness to women, especially to those limited in access to Jesus, while
supporting and encouraging women who have received a call of God to
minister throughout our world. We seek to enlarge understanding of what
Christ means for women around the world, through
nurturing, facilitating, educating, and ministering.
Gospel Recordings
Unique media players, including the unique "TapeTalk" hand-wind cassette players that do not need
batteries or external electricity in order to play. Also gospel messages in over
5,500 languages and dialects.
Haven of Peace Academy
Opportunities for educators at this interdenominational
Christian school with over 220 students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We
offer excellent education for MK's, nationals, and expatriates of more
than 25 nationalities. Primary and secondary levels. Many mission
agencies are represented amongst parents, students and teachers.
Home Schooling Abroad
This web site is addressed especially to Christian workers
worldwide who home school their children. This is a great site with
many links, resources and a lot information on the subject.
Hope for the City
Food, clothing, office supplies, furniture, medical
equipment, etc., available at no cost to established non-profit
organizations who are helping the poor to overcome their circumstances
through education, housing, and other programs.
Indigitec
Listing of resources, including audio and video, to assist
missionaries in cross-cultural and contextual evangelism. (Create
International)
IngentaConnect
One of the world's largest websites for the search and
delivery of research articles. Article summaries from over 25,000
publications linked to the full text of over 5,200 titles.
Internet Missions Research
We offer free searches of the internet for the special needs
of missionaries. We look for material on the web that might be
difficult to locate, and deliver custom results via email.
JungleMaster Ministries
Manufacturing, designing and delivering useful technology to
Indigenous believers and
National Missionaries worldwide.
Living Water International
Develops water supplies. Conducts a shallow-well
drill-training seminar and a hand
pump seminar. Also team leader, health and hygiene, and slow sand
filter training.
MATS International
"If it has wheels and has to do with ministry, bicycles to semi tractors, MATS
can help. MATS serves both Foreign and Domestic Ministry needs. MATS can
secure excellent prices for FIELD units insured and delivered to port,
and has programs specifically designed for Furlough needs. MATS serves
Domestic ministers including pastors. churches, para-church ministries,
Christian Colleges, including staff personnel, with new and used
vehicles of most any brand name for purchase or lease."
Medical Edition, "Simple Steps to
Communicate with Spanish-speaking Patients" (Available as E-Book)
Ahora Hablo! Minimal grammar for maximum communication and simple communication strategies that medical personnel can
build on to develop their Spanish skills. Medical Spanish.
Mission Ready Inc.
MRI is a non-denominational, mainstream Christian non-profit
corporation organized to provide a rich set of resources and to remove
barriers for Christian men and women seeking to enter active missionary
service throughout the world. Financial assistance considered for
qualified candidates.
Mission Resource Yellow Pages
A "yellow pages" listing of mission resources by subject. A great resource.
Missionary Service Fellowship
We supply mission teams with the supplies they need for each
trip, for a minimal fee. It is more cost effective then purchasing from
local retail.
Mission Media Productions
A non-profit ministry producing videos for and about
Christian missionaries
the world over.
MissionsResources.com
A resource arsenal for the youth pastor, or church group
preparing to go on a short term missions trip. Bibles, biographies,
training materials, evangelistic dramas, travel gear and much more!
Mission2go
Your best source for Christian travel information, gear, and
advice. We can help you get ready for short term missions, vacations,
tours, international jobs, and other great adventure travels.
Mission2go.com is your passport to the online Christian travel and
adventure community.
MMS Aviation
"Preparing People and Planes for Worldwide Missionary
Service"
MullMan
Pictures - Video Production Service for Missionaries
An experienced television producer offers to help
missionaries generate awareness and raise funds through the use of
video and multimedia. He has experience in Spain, North Africa, and
Honduras. Contact Rodney, 770.385.7085 (USA) or at ironmull@aol.com.
OneSuite
Inexpensive phone service from the USA to all over the world.
Example: call China for 2.4 cents/minute.
Only 2.5 cents/minute within the USA. An 800 number provides access,
plus there are local access numbers in many areas. No monthly fees or
connection charges. $10 pre-payment required. 866-417-8483.
People Groups Web Site
Search more than 11,000 people groups by name, country,
religion, language or status of evangelisation. You can download a list
of all the world's people groups as well as related tables and charts.
(Thanks to Brigada for suggestion!)
Phronema
A Christian humanitarian search engine optimized for
Christian NGOs and Christian relief and development organizations,
drawing on a group of very high-quality websites.
The intent is to get key holistic ministry information to the people
who most need to use it.
Solar Cookers
International
A wealth of information, plans, reports, recipes on solar
cooking - including
water sterilization and disinfection techniques.
Spanish Booklets (SpanishBooklets.com)
Share the Gospel in the Spanish language! Designed for
individuals traveling to Spanish-speaking countries on short-term missions
trips, this booklet helps youth groups, churches and
outreach teams communicate their faith. Includes a 1,000 word English to Spanish Dictionary.
Sunwize Technologies
Solar energy solutions for electric power.
Teams Commissioned by Christ
International - TCCI
The "GO Prepared" specialized 6-video training series deal with Construction,
Medical, Fund raising, Recruitment, Evangelism, and how short-term missions
trips impact the life of a church.
Tech Serve International
Network wiring, Radio email, telephone systems, shipping,
packaging and purchasing services.
The God Story Project
80 minute Bible story-telling video (and audio-only), God's
Story: From Creation to Eternity, employs the chronological
storytelling method of presenting the essentials of the Gospel,
especially to remote and often hostile locations around the world. Available in VCR,
VCD, DVD and audio cassettes, and now in a hand held Solar Player, in more than 150 languages to date.
Outstanding field reports.
Unreached
Peoples Prayer Profiles
A searchable database of more than 1600 unreached people
groups.
World Christian
Database
A marvelous, massive, searchable database of detailed
information on 34,000 Christian denominations and on religions in 238
countries, 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, plus data on 7,000 cities
and 3,000 provinces. Find information on nearly all people groups, much
more.
World Computer
Exchange
Donate and/or obtain used computers and other information
technology equipment for humanitarian
purposed. Help build the capacity of local schools, teachers, and
students to use the Internet as a bridge to new resources,
opportunities, and understanding.
Worldview Resource Group
We provide training in cross-cultural church planting
methodologies based on a worldview level rather than at the levels of
outward behavior or institutions. There are three tracks - equipping,
training, and consulting. One to 3 week modules/seminars are in
Colorado Springs. Chronological Bible Teaching is a primary strategy.
Your
Dictionary
Hundreds of on-line dictionary and language resources for
more than 200 languages. New languages and dictionaries are constantly
being added to yourDictionary.com; as a result, they have what may be
the most extensive set of dictionaries, grammars, and other language
resources on the web.
Another
Great List of Resources
Brigada comes through again
with this very useful list of resources for missionaries.
Free Emergency Road Service
Good
Shepherd Baptist Mission
If you are a pastor, missionary or full time Christian worker
and you ever break down on the road anywhere in the US and need
assistance call Good Shepherd Baptist Mission at 1-800-226-9391 for no
cost assistance with repairs and housing.
Health and Dental
Care for Missionaries
International Society of Travel
Medicine
Searchable listing of medical clinics world wide that are
accessible to travelers.
Grace Dental Mission
Seeks to provide quality dental care to missionaries by a Christian dentist who
will travel to the foreign field with portable dental equipment. Grace
Dental Mission may also provide dental care to nationals on the foreign
field when it will enhance the evangelistic efforts of the missionaries.
i-tec
(Indigenous People's Technology & Education Center)
Portable Dental System. Solar/battery powered, light weight,
suitable for back-packing.
"At I-TEC, our focus is on enabling indigenous churches to overcome the
technological and educational hurdles that stand in the way of their
independence." Several projects designed to assist
the "hidden" church in its journey toward independence under the
lordship of Jesus Christ.
Med-help.net
Resource guide and medical database, medical questions, video conferencing with
medical professionals, medical videos/pictures, ask the nurses, ask the doctors.
Medical Spanish for Healthcare Providers
A web site with free Spanish medical vocabulary including greetings, history, examination,
and everyday speech, all with translation and audio. Designed to be helpful for a variety of medical personnel.
Sample dialogs with patient, patient's family, and healthcare providers.
Medical Supplies and Equipment for Missionaries
Medical Supplies - Free or Inexpensive. A
Directory of Sources.
1800miti.com
Refurbished, used, surplus, and new laboratory, medical, dental, and durable instruments and
equipment, parts, discount supplies. Equipment and wheelchairs for disabled. New, used and refurbished
veterinary equipment.
Assist International
Medical and Hospital Equipment. Technicians and specialists needed for short
term, for training, repair, calibration, installation in third world facilities.
Christian Dental Society
CDS makes available portable equipment on a first come, first
serve basis to current CDS members of at least Active Members Status
(minimum of $150.00 annual dues). All equipment loans must be approved
by the Home Office and the equipment must accompany the CDS member to
and from the mission site.
Direct Relief International
We work to improve the health and lives of people living in
developing countries and people victimized by disaster or war. We
support locally run facilities, hospitals, and programs that provide
health services with essential material resources - medicines, vitamins
and nutritional supplements, supplies, and equipment. (Not necessarily
Christian)
DrUsed
DrUsed.com is an Internet Portal promoting the trade of used
medical equipment and surplus medical supplies. 416-766-3340. Includes
a good directory of sources of such equipment and supplies.
Endure Medical
Carries the Welsh Portable missions microscope - the World's
best portable surgical
microscope. (Click on ENT, then Welsh ENT). Also used
surgical microscopes.
Finders Medical Depot
"World's leading force in new and used medical equipment provides top quality equipment.
Our resource network is able to locate virtually any type of medical equipment
at the most competitive prices." 1-877-834-5248
Helping Overseas Directory
An excellent listing of organizations providing varieties of
assistance. For medical supplies specifically, go
here.
Hope for the City
Medical supplies, equipment, drugs, pharmaceuticals,
available at no cost to established non-profit organizations who are
helping the poor to overcome their circumstances through education,
housing, and other programs.
Interchurch Medical Assistance
Supplies medicines and medical products to health care professionals and medical
mission teams for short-term, volunteer overseas medical mission trips.
MAP International
A rich source of help for obtaining medicine and medical supplies for
hospitals, clinics and doctors serving in impoverished communities.
Also disaster relief in the form of medicines and supplies to support
health workers in affected areas. Also, programs for promotion of
comprehensive community health.
Medical Benevolence Foundation
Provides support for medical personnel, as well as equipment, supplies and financial
aid to hospitals, medical outposts and clinics outside the United States.
This support is generated for the medical mission work of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Medical
Equipment Services
Provides new and refurbished medical equipment, technical
support, literature, training and advice, to hospitals and clinics,
with field support.
Medical Missions for Children
A network of specialists in major U.S. hospitals mentor
participating hospitals in underserved communities. Interactive video
sessions provide consulting on patient diagnosis, discussion of new
techniques and treatments, and answer questions. Interactive learning
for physicians, nurses and administrators where symposiums, lectures,
and information on new medicines and vaccines are presented.
MediShare
Provides missionaries and national health care workers with
equipment, technical
assistance, manuals, and supplies. Has shipped more than twenty million
dollars worth of new and renovated medical equipment. Volunteers and staff
install and repair equipment, develop and train in equipment operation
and maintenance procedures, and providing instruction in operating room
procedures, infection control and sterilization in hospital environments.
Project C.U.R.E.
(Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment)
Humanitarian
relief organization collects life-saving medical supplies and
equipment from donors and delivers it to the neediest people
in the world. Depends on volunteer medical professionals
and lay persons, and donations. Has served 106 developing
nations for more than 20 years. On-line video.
Wheels for Humanity
We collect, restore and distribute used wheel chairs at no cost to people who
need them in places where wheel chairs are unattainable luxuries. We work
with community leaders in the villages and town of developing countries
to identify those in greatest need of our help.
Health
Care Resource and Research Treasure Chest
Selected Housing for Missionaries on Furlough
(From a few days to extended stays)
SUGGESTION; Use Google or Yahoo search engines to
search for "Missionary Furlough Homes"
Also see; Christian
Retreats Online
Walnut Creek, California (San Francisco Bay Area) Bev and Culver Williams
925-935-4488 3 br furnished.
Berkeley Missionary Housing
Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church (California - San Francisco Bay Area) for contact info. 1-925-935-1574
Bradenton Missionary Village (Florida, Gulf Coast)
By the month, 2 BR 1 bath, lake view and lake front apartments.
Cedar Lane Missionary Homes (Laurel Springs, New Jersey)
Christian Hospitality Network
More than 400 bed and breakfast inns in all 50 states,
Canada, England, Honduras, Nicaragua, Thailand and the US Virgin
Islands, provide rooms and suites for a minimum of 25% discount to
full-time Christian workers. Many offer substantially greater
discounts.
D&D
Missionary Homes (Tampa Bay, Florida, USA)
55 1-to-5 bedroom fully furnished units with all necessary
household items including linens, blankets, towels, all kitchen things.
Playground, chapel, more. For evangelical missionaries on furlough,
medical leave, sabbaticals, their first year of retirement, or seeking
R and R. One week to one year.
Cost: Each family works a minimum of 5 hours/week, singles work 3
hours/week.
Elim Retreats
(Lake Huron, Waukesha, Wisconsin)
Our mission is to provide the place and occasion for the Lord
to lead us into the refreshment and renewal of His life to our lives,
and to bring renewed vision for our service to Him.
Elim Retreats provides a low-key preventative pastoral care to leaders
in ministry. We deeply believe that strengthened Christian leaders
result in more fruitful Kingdom work.
Guatefriend's Guest House
A Bed and Breakfast Guest House in Guatemala City, Guatemala about 1 minute drive from
La Aurora International Airport. Airport pick up and drop off. We frequently have missionaries,
both religious and secular, stay with us. Affordable rates, modern amenities including wireless internet.
The Hiding Place
Available for missionaries or full-time workers to rent whilst in the UK. Quiet, Self-contained,
self-catering; for a married couple or a single person; near Sherwood
Forest and the Derbyshire dales. Phone/Fax: 01623 441937. Brochure and
email contact: charlesandrachel@thehidingplace47.fsnet.co.uk
New Jersey Rental for Missionaries (Email - no web site)
One Bedroom apartment for rent in Hawthorn, suburban New Jersey, 30 minutes to New York City.
Will rent to Christian missionaries on furlough. Furnished or unfurnished. Ideal for couple.
References required. No smoking. 1-212-697-1419.
Life Impact - Oasis
Our "Oasis" in Oregon offers
missionaries, humanitarian aid workers, missionary care givers, and
pastors of sending churches a quiet place for spiritual and physical
refreshment, personal mentoring and processing. We provide orientation,
debriefing, sabbatical planning, help with
raising kids overseas, and more. More than 26 years of missions
experience. (541) 593-7415
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Makahiki Ministries
Makahiki Ministries' Hospitality Homes International
is a network of over 120 homes worldwide, privately owned by Christian
hosts in the spirit of Romans 12:13 "Share with God's people in need .
. practice hospitality." They are available to workers seeking
spiritual and physical renewal. Our goal is to provide a place for
those who battle for the faith to "come away" with Jesus and get some
rest and to be restored.
Missionary Home,
First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Mississippi
For Southern Baptist Missionaries only. Fully furnished.
Missionary Hospitality in
Upstate New York
The owners of a 20 room home in
Nunda NY (30 minutes from Houghton, 60 minutes form Rochester, 90
minutes from Buffalo)is opening their home for missionary families.
Contact A. Baird, PO Box 96, Nunda NY, 14517, 1-585-468-2827. The owner
is a member of Elim Gospel Church, Mt Morris, NY.
Missoula, Montana (no web site)
Lovely fully furnished 6BR, 3 1/2 bath log home available to missionaries. Located on spacious
grounds in beautiful canyon. Minimum
lease is 11 months. Phone 1-406-442-8995 or email for more
information:
randynancymoy (at) in-tch. com (remove
spaces and replace (at) with @. We do this to reduce spam)
Montgomery
House - Home of Peace (Oakland, California)
We welcome missionaries from many denominations; travelers
wishing for a friendly place with a Christian atmosphere and tourists
wishing to spend time seeing the San Francisco Bay Area's many
attractions. Bed and Continental breakfast on a nightly basis. Also
accommodations for small group retreats, transportation to local
airports, packing and overseas shipping services.
OSCAR Listing of Missionary Guest Houses Worldwide
Some listings on web site, contact OSCAR for others.
Paradise Mountain
Ministries (Toccoa, Georgia)
Provides a comfortable and caring atmosphere for young people
whose parents are located outside the United States. It is their home
away from home. We strive to bridge the gap between third world
cultures and the American way of life.
Philemon
International (Belton, Missouri)
We offer free lodging in the South Kansas City Missouri area to Christian workers and missionaries.
Rancho de la
Paz (Ranch of Peace) (Riverside County, Southern California)
A peaceful setting where missionaries (and other Christian
workers) can find respite. Guests can use their own kitchen and eat on
the patio or in the gazebo with its 360 degree view of the rolling
hills, or join the household in their dining room. Six, guest rooms, RV hookups. For more
information: (951) 245-4082
ServantCARE - Caring for those who serve.
Hospitality Homes in 35 states, including a home in S.E. Alabama that serves as a retreat
for individuals or couples in need of rest, refreshing or personal ministry. A weekly Prayer
Shield that offers prayer covering by 120 intercessors.
Soul Hut
Guest house in Manukau (South Auckland), New Zealand, primarily serving international students, missionaries,
supporters of missionaries and teachers.
Packing and Shipping for Missionaries
Selected Retreats
for Missionaries, Pastors, and Christian Workers
Retreats
with Counseling Services
He Restoreth Ministry (Butte Falls, Oregon)
We are here for missionaries needing a break. We strive to minister to the whole family at one of the most
beautiful spots on earth. One apartment on 114 acres with forest, fields, pond, and two creeks. Counseling available,
specializing in marriage and family, cross-cultural, and crisis. For singles and families.
Mountain Top Retreat (Near Bozeman, Montana)
A secluded setting perfect for those seeking a peaceful place
for renewal, a quiet place to receive guidance and to work through
personal problems, or even just to use as a base camp to explore the
Gallatin National Forest or Yellowstone National Park.
Marble Retreat Christian Counseling (Colorado Rocky Mountains)
A secluded lodge where many Christians have found a new day
dawning in their hearts and spirits. Since 1974, this peaceful refuge
has been a setting for healing and gentle restoration. An
interdenominational Christian counseling provider, for marriage
problems, debt, gambling or drug addiction, and other of life's
challenges. Serving both Christian ministers and all Believers who are
burdened and troubled.
Still Life Retreat (92 secluded acres near Durham, Ontario, NW of Toronto)
Guided by the Holy Spirit, personal ministry got individuals
and couples seeking healing from unresolved issues of the heart.
We focus on forgiveness and freedom, and on unifying you as a couple.
We believe unity in the church starts with married couples being as
one. A time for renewal, refreshment, encouragement and healing. Set on
a private lake, beach, gardens, orchard, etc.
Fairhaven Ministries (Roan Mountain, Tennessee)
Sometimes it is helpful to meet with a qualified and
experienced counselor to help us sort through the issues related to the
ministry, marriage or a personal crisis that we are facing. Fully
furnished and equipped chalets and cottages nestled in our secluded
100-acre valley surrounded by National Forests.
Fairhaven
Ministries - Canada (Okanagan Valley, Vernon, BC)
Committed to providing a retreat ministry where Christian
leaders serving those in positions of Church, Mission, and Parachurch
leadership can be encouraged, supported, and restored physically,
emotionally, and spiritually. Lay leaders are most welcome when space
is available. Counselling is available. Cottages for up to 6 family
members. Non-denominational.
Retreats without Counseling Services
(Some are free)
Allison Ranch
(Wilderness area of Idaho)
A Private Spiritual
Retreat for God's Servants on the Salmon River in Idaho wilderness.
Play badminton or croquet, hike, swim, or photograph elk and deer. All
the comforts of home plus wonderful home cooked meals, without the
intrusion of the outside world. Total cost for a family for a four day
stay is $200. Contact Judy at 208-377-3005.
Beside Still Waters
(Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida - 40 miles from Tampa)
If you need to get away and restore your own relationship
with God, we can help. We have NO programs; the time is yours to spend
with God however you see fit. The condominiums are approximately 1
block from the beach.
Elim Retreats
(On 1400 secluded acres, Lake Huron, Waukesha,
WI) Free
Retreats are 5 nights and 6 days in length. There are never
more than 16 participants involved in any Retreat week. Each individual
or couple will meet once with a host early in the Retreat week. Very low-key. Mornings
and afternoons are entirely free for long
walks, naps, and the variety of activity the property affords.
Spirit-directed time of spiritual renewal.
Matthew 5:16 Ministries (Ministerio Mateo 5:16)
Located in Carazo, Nicaraqua, we are a full-service Ministry Spiritual Center, with individual
and group rates for your group retreat. Our ministry hotel includes private and dorm style rooms,
full service restaurant and conference rooms. We provide supplies, equipment and meals as needed for your
conference. Participate in our work with the poor if you so desire.
New Life Christian Retreat
Two well-equipped cabins on 17 acres of wooded land in Paris Landing, TN, free to active Christians (donations accepted).
Come to rest physically and spiritually, to read God's Word uninterrupted, to pray, to fast, walk in the woods,
and to return to the world ready for what God readied them to do. Near Paris Landing State Park and Kentucky Lake.
Pastor's Retreat Network (Three locations)
Cedarly - West of Milwaukee in the quaint
town of Delafield, Cedarly is a completely restored turn-of-the-century
home resting on the shores of Upper Nemahbin Lake.
Selah Inn at the Ranch - 100 miles east of Dallas, the Inn continues
our long tradition of ministry in Texas. Rooted in rolling pasture lands and
lush woods, you'll find warm Texas hospitality and a gracious retreat home with
spacious common areas, generously sized guest rooms with luxurious private baths, much more.
Valley View Inn - 42 acres of gently
rolling hills in eastern Ohio, the Inn rests among the farms, fields
and woodlands of Amish country. First-rate hospitality in a lovely
rural setting. Each room has a private bath, queen-size bed and
handcrafted Amish furnishings.
Prairie Road Acres Mission Camp & Retreat Center
Christian facilities, 1 to 7 nights, for planning, mini-retreats, as a recharge center, or as a mission base
that we coordinate to serve those in need in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area. Non-denominational. For youth group ages
and beyond.
Private Mountain Get-Away for Families in Ministry
A fully furnished retreat cabin located on over eight acres of serene, tree-lined property between
Jamestown and Oneida in Tennessee. Available for up to a week free of charge to Christian ministers, missionaries,
and others involved in full-time Christian service to our Lord. Accommodates up to six people. No smoking.
Selah Cottage
(Western Tennessee)
Selah Cottage is a completely furnished A-frame cottage, thoroughly modern, heated and air
conditioned, and suitable for a vacation retreat the year round. It
offers the family an opportunity to
relax together completely free of any obligation. It is available at NO
CHARGE for up to two weeks to missionaries who meet certain requirements. 1-877-820-7424
Christian Retreats Online
A directory of a variety of retreats and conference centers.
Students and Children of Missionaries
Excellent
resource for missionary kids and third culture kids
Baker's Guide to Christian Distance Education
An extensive directory featuring over 500 online degrees, schools, colleges, universities, and
seminary listings, from home schooling programs and virtual high schools through accredited bachelors,
masters, and doctorate degrees and numerous theology degree programs offered by international universities.
Eagle Christian School
An online school that provides a complete junior high and high school program. We have been teaching on-line since 1986.
Accredited by the Montana Federation of Independent Schools.
Jubilee Academy Online Home Schooling Program
A nationally recognized, accredited curriculum provider for preschool through 12 families.
All of our courses are designed from a Christian world view and include a rich collection of
videos, graphs, audio files, and offline activities.
The HOPE ESL Software Curriculum
This CD-ROM takes a listening/speaking approach to learning English using beautiful images, audio, video,
and flash driven content, based on The HOPE film, representing a dramatic presentation of God's redemptive
story from creation through Jesus Christ. For intermediate/advanced students and English teachers to
use as a resource as part of their instruction in the class room.
See also The Hope Project for more study material.
Your Story Hour
A global, non-profit, interfaith Christian educational organization working with children,
youth and families of all denominations. We have Bible, History and True Life Adventure Stories
on CD, cassette, and MP3, plus radio programs, an online children's magazine, coloring books, and more.
Multiple languages.
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