This document is a work in progress. Feel free to add any resources that may help promote growth in any of the areas listed (or send your suggestions to a SEND U staff member.

(know and clearly explain gospel, know methods, have experience, confidence, passion to reach the lost)

• Evangelism > a wiki page with many resources on this topic.
• Engaging Unreached > a wiki page with many resources on this topic.
• Evangelism Online Training Module > an online 5-week course offered several times during the year. Contact Ken Guenther if you are interested.
• Story-telling > a SEND U Wiki page with links to articles and resources
• Applied Theology: Foundations of the Christian Faith (Master Reference Collection) by James Montgomery Boice. Recommended by Anne Marie Smoker. “A systematic theology book for the lay. The first half of the book is solid theology, may not interest some folks. But the second half of the book I've used over and over again in ministry as I relate to people and try to bring Christ into our conversations.”
• Shame Tract > a Gospel presentation for people from a shame-based culture.
• Every Student > a tool for answering relevant questions, available in 35 languages
• 6 Learning Exercises for teaching Honor / Shame
• One Gospel for All Nations: A Practical Approach to Biblical Contextualization by Jackson Wu > discusses the overarching themes of the gospel message and how to contextualize in your specific context. Excellent material
• Saving God's Face: A Chinese Contextualization of Salvation through Honor and Shame by Jackson Wu
• Conversational Evangelism: Connecting with People to Share Jesus by David and Norman Geisler.Reviewed by Gary Ridley on the SEND U blog. “The book gives examples of the kinds of questions to use in different situations, recognizing that conversational evangelism is more art than science. What stood out to me was that in each conversation we want to keep the door open for further conversations.”

(nurturing new believers; developing reproducing disciples)

• SEND U page on Disciplemaking
• Discipleship: Growing Mature Followers > a 4-week online training module offered several times during the year. Contact Ken Guenther or Ted Szymzcak if interested.
• Story-telling > a SEND U Wiki page with many articles and resources
• Personal Disciplemaking: A Step-By-Step Guide for Leading a New Christian From New Birth to Maturity by Christopher Adsit. Recommended by Brett Hamilton. “He lays out a type of grid of discipleship through various phases of growth (baby, child, young adult, adult) with key spiritual disciplines (prayer, witnessing, word, family, etc). It is a helpful tool to be aware of needing to repeat certain foundational truths at various depths and not to dump the truck of theological truths too much or too fast on a young growing believer.”
• Life Change Groups, as done by Joel & Elaine Loewen in Japan. Based on the book, Cultivating a Life for God: Multiplying Disciples Through Life Transformation Groups by Neil Cole.
• Strategic Disciple Making: A Practical Tool for Successful Ministry by Aubrey Malphurs. Recommended by Bernhard Triebel. Addresses the preparation of disciple-makers and the process of disciple-making.
• Discipling Others by Ron Hardy. Ron shares some of the principles that he has used in the past as he has discipled hundreds of high school and college students over the past 40 years
• The Lausanne Cape Town Commitment > discipleship and disciple-making is emphasized at several points in the commitment
• New Life in Christ > The New Life In Christ discipleship manuals were designed to help Christians grow. The lessons will help new believers take their first steps towards victory in their Christian life. The original volume was written in Spanish and later translated into English, Russian,Ukrainian, Romanian,German, Tagalog, and several other languages. Recommended by Craig Nordgren.
• Taking People from Where They are to Where God Wa ts them to Be

(cross-cultural CP; CP movements; types of church planters; developing national leaders)

• DMM > a wiki page with many resources on this topic.
• SEND U's Wiki Page on Church Planting > links to many articles and resources
• Sample KRA for Soul-Winning
• SEND U Wiki page on Story-telling
• Frank Severn's Manual on Church Planting
• Enroll in the online church planting course, “Nurturing Communities of Faith”.

(leadership/facilitation of small group Bible studies; leading ministries, teams; servant leadership)

• Discovery Bible Study > a wiki page with many resources on this topic.
• Supervision of others
• Job Descriptions of Leaders
• Expectations of a Leader
• The Super 7
• Team Leader Ministry Description Form
• Team Leader Ministry Description Sample
• Team Leader Profile Self-Assessment
• Leadership Books
• SEND Team Leader Profile (mind map)
• Leadership Resources
• Team Leader Training - Visit a Senior Team Leader
• Study on the life of Moses as a leader
• What's a Team Leader to Do
• What Accountability Looks Like
• Leading Meetings
• Organizational trust survey: to be done by an entire team, concerning team leadership
• Managing Those Called.docx: short story (fiction) written by Dr. Ken Harder about a mission leader who discovers the value of intrinsic motivation
• DiSC Profile Assessment > Understand and appreciate the styles of the people you work with.
• Team-Building
• 5 Tips for Better Meetings
• Developing a Philosophy of Leadership

(giving testimony; communicating with donors; teaching & preaching; storying)

• Preaching > a wiki page with many resources on this topic.
• Overcoming Death by Email webinar by Ted Esler of Missio Nexus.
• Partner Development
• SEND U Wiki page on Communication Skills
• Short Introductions to Adult Learning
• Muslim Communication Guidelines for Workers
• Donor Manager: Windows-based program for tracking donor information
• TntMPD: Windows/Mac-based program for tracking donor information
• Speaking with a Non-Native English Speaker

(develop preparatory skills; growing in fluency)

• Self-Assessment for Language Learning Progress
• Language & Orientation > a SEND U Wiki page with links to articles and resources

(with lost; among team members; with those of other cultures; adopting an incarnational lifestyle)

• Experiencing Teaming Learning Activity
• Team-Building
• COATS: Learning Another Culture
• How to Map a People (Learning Another Culture)
• Organizational trust survey: to be done by an entire team, concerning team leadership
• Self-trust survey: to be done by individuals to gauge how they are influencing the health environment of their team

(resolving own conflicts; ability to be a peacemaker in conflicts of others)

• Fostering Unity > a wiki page with many resources on this topic.
• Conflict Management > a SEND U Wiki page with links to articles and resources

(encouraging others in their development and ministry)

• Coaching > a wiki page with many articles and resources on coaching
• Mentoring > a wiki page with many articles and resources on mentoring
• Managing Those Called
• Comments on Coaching > a series of articles by Ken Guenther
• Questions for Mentors > This is a very simple, one-page list of questions in 5 key areas that all new missionaries are faced with: language study, cultural adjustment, spiritual health, personal/family adjustments, and church involvement. This just gives an idea of some of the kinds of practical questions that could be discussed between mentor and mentee.
• Thrive in a New Place > this is a great little booklet put out by SIM, again to be used in a mentoring relationship with new missionaries. It is intended to be used weekly over the course of several months. Included are great questions, covering a range of topics, as well as evaluation tools. Again, a great little tool that could easily be adapted to a particular team/field.
• Mentoring New Missionaries > by John DeValve, SIM. This is an excellent EMQ article from 2008 with a great rationale for the need to mentor new missionaries and specific ideas as to how to do this.

(finding your fit; respecting other's strengths & roles on the team; pulling your weight; multi-cultural teams)

• Multicultural Teaming > a wiki page with many resources on this topic.
• Team-building > a SEND U Wiki page with many articles and resources
• Experiencing Teaming Learning Activity

(skills specific to your ministry assignment)

• TESOL Resources