Handpicked links to websites on the following topics:

• Locating an Opportunity
• Articles
• Researching Countries
• Researching People Groups
• Training Resources
• Travel Health, Passports, Visas, Etc.
• Associations and Conferences
• Long-term Cross-cultural Service

Disclaimer: ShortTermMissions.com does not endorse the websites linked below. ShortTermMissons.com is not responsible for the content found on these websites. The links are solely provided as a helpful resource.

Locating an opportunity:

• Association of Gospel Rescue Missions Directory
  Inner city rescue missions throughout North America.
• Mission Next
  A service designed to provide Christian adults information and challenge for processing and discovering ministry opportunities in the missions enterprise – short-term or as a next career.
• Medical Opportunities
  For serious medical involvement visit: www.MedicalMissions.com and www.healthenations.com/links.html.
• Mission Finder
  Search through hundreds of short-term, medical, domestic and international mission trips including orphanages. Extensive directory of links and ministry opportunities categorized by skill.
• Oscar: The UK Information Service for World Mission
  Your gateway to useful UK information, advice and resources; includes lists of mission organizations and job openings.
• ShortTermMissions.com’s Search Tool for Mission Trips
  Full details on 1000+ one-week to three-year short-term mission opportunities from over 100 mission organizations. Search by length, country, region, start month, agency, or keyword.

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Articles:

• Howard Culbertson’s Short-Term Missions Resources
  Articles and training materials for people organizing and participating in short-term mission trips.
• Mission Frontiers
  The news and issues bulletin of Frontier Ventures, formerly the U.S. Center for World Mission.
• Urbana’s Articles
  Top quality articles on a wide range of topics related to missions.

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Researching countries:

• CIA World Factbook
  Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and international issues for 267 countries.
• CountryWatch
  Provides critical country-specific intelligence and data to public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests.
• The Library of Congress Country Studies
  Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
• Lonely Planet
  Lonely Planet’s online guide to the world.
• VirtualTourist
  A worldwide travel community where travelers and locals share travel advice and experiences.

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Researching people groups:

• Asia Harvest
  Hundreds of prayer profiles (including many unreached people groups) are individual pages extracted from Asia Harvest publications.
• Joshua Project
  Provides a complete list of the world's ethnic people groups with full profiles, country specific data, and basic status indicators.

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Training resources:

• STEM International (Short-Term Evangelical Missions)
  Mission trips, training and consulting, a well-stocked online bookstore.
• Articles from Building Church Leaders
  Downloadable articles, previously published in Christianity Today and related publications, and designed to equip mission teams for effective service.
• STM Resource List
  To download a PDF list of recommended short-term mission resources, go here.

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Travel health, passports, visas, etc.:

• U.S. Department of State: Passports
  Everything you need to know about how and where to get a U.S. passport. Includes downloadable applications as well as information on how to obtain a copy of your birth certificate.
• CDC Travelers’ Health
  Official U.S. government health recommendations for traveling. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• Travisa
  A commercial service that helps a person get passports and visas quickly. Includes visa information for every country.
• Yahoo! Finance: Currency Conversion
  An easy-to-use currency converter. Simply select the currency you are converting from and the currency you are converting to.

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Associations and conferences:

• Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Missions
  An accrediting and resourcing body for those who send, receive, facilitate and support mission teams.
• Best Practices for Christian Short-Term Healthcare Missions An international working group of Christian scholars, leaders and practitioners from diverse backgrounds seeking to promote best practices guidelines for the planning, execution, integration and follow-through of cross-cultural health missions.

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Long-term cross-cultural service:

• Ask a Missionary
  Provides answers from missionaries to frequently asked questions on topics like: support-raising, selecting an agency, the call, training, and singles/families concerns.
• The Journey Deepens Retreats
  Weekend retreats to help prospective missionaries explore what it is like to be a missionary, discover whether a missionary or sender role is God's fit, and connect with mission agencies.
• Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
  A course designed to help believers learn about God's heart for all nations and how believers worldwide can play an active role in the Great Commission.
• Go.Serve.Love.
  Motivational stories for the aspiring missionary.

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