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Ask a Missionary: The askamissionary newsletter (it�s free!) answers your questions with responses from missionaries around the world. Once a month your e-mail in-box will receive a message bursting with answers from real-life missionaries to questions such as � How can I know if God is calling me overseas? I�m afraid of raising support. What do I do? etc.

CastYourVision.net: a unique tool that allows church planters, missionaries and other leaders to present their vision online, using state of the art technology.

Community Insurance Agency: offers International Travel Medical Insurance for missionaries and pastors, including quote comparisons and several plans.

Crisis Consulting, International: Providing security-related training and consultation services; assisting Christian organizations with specific needs, such as event security, protection of personnel and investigation of hostile acts; and serving as consultants and hostage negotiators for Christian organizations during crises such as kidnappings.

Evangelical Christian Credit Union (ECCU) has products and services designed specifically for missionaries. Whether overseas, stateside, or at the home office, ECCU makes the task of banking convenient and safe. Founded in 1964, ECCU is the only financial institution in the world focused on serving the needs of field workers seeking to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

GoMissionTrip.com: We have made it our business to provide friendly and helpful health insurance consultation and representation to long term missionaries, short term missionaries, and mission organizations around the world. Our website provides helpful information for all types of missionary groups about the insurance plans they need.

Insurance for Missionaries Directory of agencies that advertise health, life, and travel products for individuals, families or groups, whether for short term or career purposes (developed by Mission Finder.org).

Institute for Cross Cultural Training (ICCT): equips Christians to meet some of the principal challenges of cross-cultural ministry. Through an on-campus summer school program located at Wheaton College, publications, special workshops, and consulting, we focus on three key areas: learning a new language, teaching English as a second/foreign language, and communicating effectively across cultural boundaries.

Ministry Travel Association: Benefits of booking online with Ministry Travel include substantial discounts offered for individuals and groups, resolve questions by talking with your personal agent, membership benefits such as free flight insurance, ability to track and view any/all travel information, and consolidated resource for reporting.

MissionaryHealth.com: International Health, Life and Travel Insurance for Missionaries Traveling or Living Overseas.

The Missionary Resource Center (MRC) is a website provided by Emercy as a means for missionaries to find articles, links, and phone numbers for a wide variety of missionary resources, supplies, and gear. The newest version allows missionaries from all over the world to contribute resources through a web-based control panel.

Missionary Resources of Columbia: Based in Columbia, S.C., they offer a variety of services to area missionaries. These include: A resourcing center for housing, cars, and professional referrals (doctors, dentists, lawyers, etc.); fellowship opportunities (e.g. a weekly missionary women's Bible study); MK ministry (two summer retreats in August for college freshmen); various seminars, workshops, retreats for adults including SYIS, Re-entry & Renewal,Mental Health and Missions, etc.

Missions Fest: a catalyst to enable people to catch a vision of the Great Commission spoken by Jesus in Matthew's gospel (28:19,20); to help people find a place where their interests and abilities can best be put to use. Its three-fold purpose is to inform, celebrate and challenge people of all ages to get involved in missions by sending, praying, giving and going.

Mission Prep MI Canada is affiliated with Missionary Training International (MTI), based in Colorado. For the past eight years a number of mission agencies in Eastern Canada have been seeking to establish co-operative Pre-Field Training for their missionaries. Under the organizational umbrella of MI Canada, and now Missionprep, this training has expanded and in 1999 over seventy missionaries were trained for effective cross-cultural ministry.

Missions Resource Directory Yellow Pages of mission resources: Extensive list of resources sorted alphabetically by topic.

Missionary Shipping: Links to travel agents who have experience working with missionaries (developed by Mission Finder.org).

Missionary Tracker: Our new website is designed for churches, missionaries and Christians. Our vision is to link missionaries with every church that they support. By doing so, as each missionary updates his/her page, each church page is automatically updated. Our second goal, create a global view of missions by building our database of missionaries. Churches and missionaries gain a valuable service and the service is free for missionaries when just one of their support churches signs up.

Multi-D.E.S.P.™ "can be transformed to more than 54 positions. You can convert it into a laptop desk, artist easel, bookholder, podium, bed stand, student desk, music stand, Stool or mini-drafting table, desktop, or bookstand. Multi-D.E.S.P.™ is ideal for Home or Business use, Ministry or Training... Traveling, Camping, and Bunkbeds."

MyMissionaryLink.com: This site allows missionaries from around the globe to post their needs in very specific categories, post urgent needs, or sell items to raise funds. Additionally, the platform allows the posting of products, services and resources from those who have a heart to donate, sell or auction items for purchase by Missionaries, or their respective sending organizations, to raise the funds necessary to support the mission field in general.

People Raising.com (support raising books/materials)

Scruples.net The Scruples Web Site is dedicated to equipping Christians in the marketplace with helpful information, Biblical principles and business skills. Scruples provides a wealth of resources for Christians in business; professional practice or career employment. Visitors can browse a library of teaching resources, explore a network of marketplace ministries offering help and fellowship, pick from various Christ centered company policies or check out the FAQS Forum Mailbox for answers to common dilemmas and questions.

ServeSaints.com: Using the power of the internet, ServeSaints globally connects missionaries, churches, missions organizations, and individual believers. ServeSaints provides 3 ways to connect: 1) Personalized web pages - Missionaries, pastors, and other Christian workers are encouraged to create their own dynamic personalized web pages FREE of charge. 2) The Exchange - Financially support specific missions projects. 3) Lift up the Hands - You play an integral role in accomplishing God's work by providing daily focused prayers.

World Christian Resource Directory: The purpose of this website is to provide information and resources on how you can reach your world for Jesus and other useful information for Christians. This web site provides information on resources in many different languages.

Worldview Resource Group: The purpose of WRG is to provide equipping, training, and consulting in cross-cultural church planting methodologies with a particular focus on a worldview approach.

Disclaimer: MisLinks offers no guarantee over the products or companies listed on this page. While we try to ensure we list quality resources, we are unable to individually check each business or item. If you have problems with any of the above, or have additional sites or organizations you would like to see listed, please e-mail us.