The services we provide

Independent Research Studies Informing strategies for global mission.

We initiate and/or partner with others to conduct carefully selected research projects, making results available to the mission community.

Examples

Churches' Response to AIDS a global research report prepared for the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies exploring how local congregations in India, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Honduras, and Peru are responding to the AIDS pandemic
FlightPlan a collaborative study documenting the status and exploring the future of mission aviation ministry around the world
Fruitful Practices a collaborative study to research best practices in church-planting among cross-cultural teams in unreached areas
Oxford Initiative a literature review and survey of international leaders analyzing opinions and attitudes among those sharing money in international mission partnership
African Proverbs we collected and published indigenous African proverbs as a teaching resource for African seminaries and Bible colleges