At Good Neighbor Insurance, we take pride in the tens of thousands of happy customers we have all over the world. And even moreso by all those who have spent their time and money to go overseas on behalf of others, during a summer break, in the midst of crisis, and in response to natural disasters. And we want to encourage you to join us working as a short-term missionary or volunteer to make the world a better place. To make a difference. Maybe you can serve a year or more overseas as a teacher or doing relief work. While there are many opportunities to donate, we also want you to consider “going”.
The following list, of resources you can use to find a mission organization to volunteer with, is not complete. It is simply a start.
Don’t see your mission agency or training or book on this list? Let us know and we’ll look into adding you.
Mission Trip/Cross Cultural Training:
TRAIN International, Equipping Missionaries for Cross-cultural effectiveness – http://www.traininternational.org
Elmer, Duane. Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993.
Elmer, Duane. Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting In Around the World. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2002.
Elmer, Duane. Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006.
Global Frontier Missions – http://globalfrontiermissions.org/missionary-training/
Institute for Cross-Cultural Training – http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/ICCT/
Lanier, Sarah A. Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot- And Cold- Climate Cultures. Hagerstown, MD: McDougal Publishing, 2000.
MissioNexus – http://www.missionexus.org/
MissionNext Forum – https://missionnext.org/
Missionary Training School – http://missionarytrainingschool.com/
Piper, John. Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010.
Downloadable resources on support raising for short-term missions and more – http://www.internationalmessengers.org/resources/downloads
Prayer:
Christians Concerned for Burma – http://www.prayforburma.org/
Global Prayer Digest – http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/
God Reports – http://godreports.com/
Mandryk, Jason. Operation World, 7th ed. Colorado Springs: Biblica Publishing, 2010. http://www.operationworld.org/
Praying for Indonesia – http://www.prayingforindonesia.com/
Pray4Tunisia – http://www.pray4tunisia.com/
Joshua Project – http://joshuaproject.net/
Friends of Sumatra – http://friendsofsumatra.blogspot.com/
Unreached People of the Day – http://www.unreachedoftheday.org/
30 Days Prayer Network – http://www.30-days.net/
Apps:
The Jesus Film in over 1,100 languages on your phone or device – http://app.jesusfilmmedia.org/
iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jesus-film-media/id550525738?mt=8
Android –https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jesusfilmmedia.android.jesusfilm&hl=en
Language Learning:
ACQUIRE two-week intensive – TRAIN International: http://www.traininternational.org
LAMP,Language Acquisition Made Practical: Field Methods for Language Learners –http://www.amazon.com/Language-Acquisition-Made-Practical-Learners/dp/0916636003
Ask a Missionary – http://www.askamissionary.com/question/112
Online language learning tutors live – http://www.italki.com/
Bibles:
End Bible Poverty – http://www.endbiblepoverty.org/
Social Justice:
Cannon, Mae Elise. Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009.
Advent Conspiracy – http://www.adventconspiracy.org/
Pilgrim Africa – http://www.pilgrimafrica.org/
Unreached/Hidden Peoples:
Christians Concerned for Burma – http://www.prayforburma.org/
Etnopedia – http://www.etnopedia.org/
Finishing the Task – http://finishingthetask.com/
Getting There – http://gettingthere.imbresources.org/
IMB Global Research – http://public.imb.org/globalresearch/Pages/default.aspx
Joshua Project – http://joshuaproject.net/
People Groups – http://www.peoplegroups.org/
Praying for Indonesia – http://www.prayingforindonesia.com/
Pray4Tunisia – http://www.pray4tunisia.com/en.html
Unreached People of the Day – http://www.unreachedoftheday.org/
Conferences:
Urbana – https://urbana.org/
ICOM – http://theicom.org/
Missio Nexus Mission Leaders Conference – http://www.missionexus.org/events
Missio Nexus Mission Finance & Administration Seminar – http://www.missionexus.org/finance -admin/
Converge Missions Conference – http://www.convergeignite.com/
Filing Taxes Overseas | International Tax Preparation
Randy Bradbury, EA, CLU, Chartered Financial Consultant helps non-missionary expats and expat missionaries with tax consulting and preparation. Website: http://www.MissionaryTaxServices.com (USA): +1-317-215-7110 / 317-703-4729 / Fax: 1-815-301-3349
Jeff Wood has prepared hundreds of tax returns for international workers. You can also email him at: [email protected].
Charles L Jonas, CPA was a tax auditor, then a missionary for years, and now he is back in the states helping other charitable workers with their taxes. [email protected]
Bret Willoughby, CPA, was recommended by the past President of the Association of Christians Ministering among Internationals. [email protected]
Village Tax Service helps international workers, and offer a host of resources. Email them at [email protected].
Do you have a recommendation? Let us know so we can include them.
Note: We do not take responsibility for recommending any particular tax service or offering tax advice.
Networks:
Missio Nexus – www.missionexus.org
Global CHE Network – http://www.chenetwork.org/
Medical resources while overseas?
Please see our guide, Top Three Risks When Traveling Overseas at https://www.gninsurance.com/resources/guides/top-three-risks-when-traveling-overseas/
See our page at https://www.gninsurance.com/resources/ask-jeff/
Please see our essential medical apps page at https://www.gninsurance.com/essential-medical-apps/
Can you help us? As we encourage others to serve and develop this list, we’d love to get your honest feedback on behalf of others using this missions resource list – Endorsements, what you found helpful, contributions of organizations/items we missed, all are welcome! Please use our comment form and in the SUBJECT line put “In regards to the missions resource list”