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Great resources that are especially or exclusively for people engaged in overseas missions or cross-cultural ministry!
Are you in need of encouragement?
Are you reaching the point of ministry burnout?
Do your kids need help transitioning between cultures?
Barnabas International exists to shepherd the hearts of global servants and serve faith-based organizations so that they may carry out their calling to fulfill the Great Commission.
Help for missionaries who are struggling.
Providing help and member care when
and where it’s needed.
Online or in-person counseling (they will even come to your host country to meet with you if if that is what you really need).
Free ebooks and brochures on topics of finances, stress, re-entry, marriage issues, MK concerns, illness, grief, burnout, etc.
Do you work in a creative access country?
You can still receive the same resources and care, but in a format that is sensitive to your setting and security needs by using the alternative site: Cross Cultural Workers.
Serving those who serve interculturally to assist the women to thrive in their field of calling; providing a variety of resources such as encouragement, prayer, Bible studies, coaching, mentoring, educational consulting for homeschoolers, personal debriefing, and more!
Email address: missajo3@hotmail.com
Care, Support, and Community
Need Prayer?
24/7 Prayer Lines
Crossroads
Call: 1-866-273-4444, or submit a request online.
A prayer partner would be pleased to pray with you for any special need you may be
facing today.
Silent Unity
Call: 1-800-669-7729, or submit a request online.
Whatever your prayer need, there is always someone ready to lift you up in prayer.
Your request is a sacred trust and is kept confidential. There is never a charge
for this service.
In a Crisis?
Click here for an extensive list of 24/7 Crisis Hotlines
Serving Missionaries and Their Sending Congregations
Paraclete provides a network of associates who are equipped to help in a wide variety
of ways . . . accounting, couching, missionary debriefing, member care, soul care,
training, and more! They have hundreds of organizations, churches, and individuals
in dozens of countries, working as counselors, consultants, mentors and trainers.
Peter’s Wife is a website that contains articles that are relevant to women who are
living and working cross culturally. Living outside our own culture is stressful.
Keeping a home, helping our husbands, and raising kids can be very difficult without
the usual support systems of home.
The articles on the Peter’s Wife website were all written by, and for, women who
have given up the comforts and normality of “home” to serve people in a completely
different culture and setting.
Mission Training International has cross-cultural missionary training and debriefing
programs. Their vision is to see cross-cultural messengers of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ experience effectiveness, endurance and personal vitality.
The mission of Bethesda by the Sea is to help struggling servants of the Lord “make
it to the healing waters of the Pool of Bethesda” so that they may be Rested in body,
Renewed in soul, and Refreshed in spirit.
Our Vision is to see valiant kingdom servants Restored to eternally fruitful ministry
on the front lines of the spiritual battle.
A visit to Bethesda by the Sea may be just what you need to experience a fresh encounter
with the Lord that will restore
your soul.
Resting your body
Renewing your soul
(mind, will, & emotions)
Refreshing your spirit
Tributary is a retreat center for Global Christian Workers, offering debriefing,
coaching, and/or just a relaxing getaway. Located in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
Colleen served on the mission field with YWAM for over 40 years, then pursued training
as a counselor with the Australian Institute of Family Counselling (AIFC), and has
set up an online practice with the desire to help missionaries who are currently
serving abroad and seeking Christian counseling.
Missions Catalyst is a free, weekly electronic digest of mission news and resources
designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide for global ministry. Use it to
fuel your prayers, find tips and opportunities, and stay in touch with how God is
building his kingdom all over the world.
If you’re interested in seeing what kinds of ministry work is going on around the
globe, here is a simple list of blogging missionaries to explore!
Living cross-culturally can feel very lonely at times, but checking out the blogs
of other missionaries can be a great way to feel connected and encouraged as you
gain a bigger perspective of what God is doing all around the world.
And who knows, maybe you’ll find another missionary you can connect with and share
this walk of life with! God never meant for us to walk alone!
The mission of Shepherd's Heart Ministry is to provide healing and restoration to
ministry leaders.
Shepherd's Heart Ministry recognizes the pain and isolation that ministry leaders
face. We know that leaders are often alone and find themselves without the support
or resources they need.
If you are a ministry leader or spouse, and you are experiencing pain from moral
failure, marital problems, addiction, or burnout we earnestly desire to help you.
Shannon Eaton
Shannon specializes in helping global workers experience an effortless
re-entry through personalized care.