Missional Living Links
About.com Geography
Planning a missions trip? Promoting missions? You'll appreciate this site's data from the Census, maps, free clip art, and information on weather systems.
ACMC
A national organization for helps with mobilizing for missions. They offer everything from how to send your own missionaries to how to lead children to pray for, give to and become missionary.
Antioch Network
Antioch Network is a growing fellowship of churches who are interacting with the challenge of sending church planting teams to unreached peoples. They offer workshops and resources.
Ask A Missionary
It's exactly what it says it is. You got a question? They've probably got an answer from a missionary somewhere.
Baptist Student Ministries in the Houston Area
For a link to all of our area BSMs, click here.
Barna Update: Short-Term Mission Trips
This new study from The Barna Group shows that most of the people who embark on service adventures describe the trips as life-changing.
Caleb Project
Caleb Project challenges the Church to complete the task of world evangelization by taking the gospel to the least evangelized people groups of the world. Offers workshops, articles and resources.
Call2all
Call2all is a website providing information, training, and networking dedicated to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. "Call2all is about all nations, all spheres of society and every unreached person everywhere in the world."
Center for Missional Research
Order and download detailed demographic reports for your community; search more than 1,000 pieces of downloadable info in the church and culture fact file; research and connect with people groups across North America; connect online to a missional network; explore the latest news about culture, communities, churches, and networks of churches in North America.
Cristo Centro Community and Apartment Ministry
This ministry provides apartment Bible studies, Kid's Club, English & computer classes, and family oriented seminars.
Ethnologue
This exhaustive language reference presents statistics about more than 6,700 tongues, including number of speakers, countries and regions, and dialects. You can browse the complete text of the Ethnologue for free (the site charges only for the book and CD-ROM versions)
EveryTongue
Launched with the goal of TALKING TO members of every language group on earth. Over 1000 links to on-line Good News recordings to which you can click and listen. 72% of the world can find Good News at this site in a language they can understand. Also includes a list of hundreds of recordings that are on cassette but not yet on the web.
Finishers Project
The Finishers Project provides Christian adults information, challenge and pathways for discovery and processing of opportunties in ministry and missions — short-term or as a second career.
Feeding America
Check out the 2010 report on statistics for hunger in Houston here. Search "Local Reports" using "Houston Food Bank" for statistics. Recommended by Ginger Smith, Executive Director, Mission Centers of Houston.
Global Mapping International
GMI is a Christian inter-denominational missionary research agency whose highest priority is serving evangelical mission ministry leaders in the developing world. The site offers research, maps, training resources and an online store.
Gracewood
At Gracewood in Houston, single mothers can live on a short-term basis with their children in a group residence where residential case managers and other staff support a plan of service tailored to fit their individual needs. The program also provides nonresidential services by connecting families with beneficial community resources.
Habitat for Humanity
Information for how to volunteer, contact numbers, etc. for participatin in Habit for Humanity of Northwest Harris County. If you know of someone in need of a home through this ministry, you may contact them through this site.
Link2missions
Woman's Missionary Union of Texas provides this helpful tool for praying, giving, learning about and doing missions
Medical Bridges
Medical Bridges recovers medical surplus that would otherwise be discarded and redistributes it to hospitals, clinics and healthcare providers in less fortunate countries. Our goal is to continue bridging the healthcare gap, connecting those who have with those who hope.
Miracle Farm
This nonprofit, residential boys' ranch program rebuilds lives and restores family relationships through innovative programs, counseling services, family interaction, spiritual development and dedicated staff. The Brenham, TX location includes a retreat center and ropes course.
MisLinks
Before you start a project, go here. Before you Google search, go here. This site is the Master Missions Linking service! From practical helps for churches to academic resources, these pages will get you where you want to go.
Missions Mobilization Network
Site says, " We are a network of the World Evangelical Alliance Missions Commission, an international Christian body which exists to glorify God by enhancing the cross-cultural ministry effectiveness of the global church." Includes information about world-wide initiatives, access to resources, and a framework for linking up with partners around the world.
Network for Strategic Missions
The Network for Strategic Missions is a grassroots movement of emerging leaders from 850 organizations in more than 100 countries working together to see the Kingdom advance throughout the 10/40 Window. Emphasis is on church planting movements among the unreached, empowering field sensitive church planting projects, and providing leadership tools.
Office of Missional Church Strategy (BGCT)
A missional church is a body of authentic disciples being equipped as missionaries sent by God to live His Kingdom in their world. This site contains useful info, connects to resources, and a calendar of workshops and learning opportunities.
Search for Houston Area Hotel
If you're heading to Houston on a mission experience, here's some help with finding lodging nearest your site.
Sim.org
Links you to hundreds of missions organizations who make up the Great Commission Christian community. Best feature is the search engine that searches every page of every link.
Teaching Resources for Multi-Housing Ministries
Mission Arlington, established 18 years ago to minister to multi-housing residents in Arlington, Texas, has developed Bible Study materials designed for use with unchurched residents in multi-housing complexes. Available from their website for free download.
Texas Baptist Children's Home & Family Services
TBCHFS shall promote child care, family services and activities by providing administrative, organizational, and other support, on an at-cost, at low-cost or no-cost basis, to organizations that are engaged in the direct provision of child and family services, including emergency and non-emergency residential and non-residential child and youth care, custody, maintenance, mentoring, counseling, training, education and/or similar activities.
UBA Royal Ambassadors
Learn more about Houston area Royal Ambassador and Challengers as they explore the world of missions.
MISSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
International Mission Board
North American Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists of Texas Convention
Woman's Missionary Union