A collection of tips, ideas, and links to help missionaries
What is a church planting movement? This 60 page booklet by David Garrison explains that a church planting movement is a rapid and multiplicative increase of indigenous churches planting churches within a given people group or population segment. He explains this by describing some recent church planting movements (CPMs). He then describes common elements and obstacles of CPMs, tips for missionaries, and concludes with a glossary. Download the PDF. Learn more.
Download a KMZ file that displays people group information in Google Earth. As you view locations, this will display information about the people grouip, including evangelization and links to more information.
This large wall map illustrates the status of global evangelization and includes population, gospel response and scripture availability. The 2006 Evangelical Christianity maps are on sale at a reduced price at Campus Crusade. These are published every three years. If you buy 10, they are $1/each plus shipping. Order here. Learn more at WorldMap.org.
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Are you looking for Bible software for your computer? Two free alternatives are BibleGateway and e-Sword. BibleGateway is a website with many translations and reference tools. e-Sword is a free Bible study software application that includes many reference tools. e-Sword is available for Windows and Windows-based handhelds.
The best way to maintain your vehicle is through preventive maintenance at regular scheduled intervals. If your vehicle use includes rough roads, dusty conditions, or other such extreme conditions, you will want to be proactive and perform more than what you might if these conditions did not exist. Here is a sample vehicle service checklist, adapted from AidWorkers.net. Download specific service schedules for the Toyota Corolla, Toyota Landcrusier, and Toyota Landcrusier HZJ75, 78, or 79. It is important to find a good mechanic who is diligent and will go to great lengths to prevent problems. It is equally as important to budget sufficient funds for regular vehicle maintenance, repairs, accidents, and replacement.
Do you notice that when you connect to a VPN (virtual private network), you sometimes loose your internet connection? That is because all your internet traffic is being routed through your VPN’s gateway. If your only use of the VPN is to connect to a network for email or a specific application, this is unnecessary. If you wish to surf the internet privately, you would want to use this and your VPN will probably be configured to handle this, so do not disable this feature. Follow these steps to turn off this feature. Learn more.
When you visit the US with small children, you should be aware of the regulations concerning child safety seats. These laws vary from state to state. View a list of the laws for each state.
Toyota has produced a guide to off road driving. This simple guide explains how your four-wheel drive vehicle works and when to use each four-wheel drive setting. If you are new to off road driving, you will find this guide to be a good orientation. Click here to view the PDF.
Do you live out of your email inbox, using it as a default to-do list? Remember the Milk (RTM) is an online task list. You can create tasks and be reminded via email or text message. It is simple and easy to use and can help you organize your daily tasks. It evens works when you are offline and offers many plugins.