ission Resources

The forms and other resources on this page are meant as samples for mission professionals to utilize in creating their own resources. The funding applications are not provided here for individuals to use to apply for funding, and the use of APMP email lists, mailing lists, or website content for fund raising purposes is prohibited.

Download Audios of Each Conference Session/Speaker
Experience APMP 2007

Ministry Partners:

• Guidelines & Criteria
  • Guidelines & Criteria for Ministry Partners of La Canada Presbyterian
• The Outreach Foundation's "Changing Mission" powerpoint
• The Outreach Foundation's "Changing Mission" notes for powerpoint

Positions/Roles:

• Compensated Position Descriptions for Missions
  • Ministry Assistant Job Description
  • Outreach and Equipping Pastor La Canada Presbyterian
    
• Volunteer Ministry Descriptions in Mission

Short Term Mission:

• Policies for Short Term Mission Trips
  • Funding Our Journey (Template)
    
• Applications for Short term Mission Trips
  • Short Term Trip Application Form (La Canada Presbyterian Church)
    
• Forms for Liability and Medical Release
  • Building Project Adult Release
  • Building Project Youth Release
  • Hold Harmless
    
• Crisis Response Policies
  • Crisis Management Policies

Funding:

• Funding Policies for Mission
  • Funding Application for Short Term Journey (La Canada Presbyterian Church)
    
• Disaster Response Policies
  • Disaster Policy Approved by La Canada Session
    
• Applications for Mission Funding
  • Evaluation 2007
  • Evaluation Local 2007
  • HPPC Annual Report
  • Request for Funding from Presbytery of San Fernando

Missionary Care

• MN Renewal Center does Missionary Care Conference

• Essential Links to
  Important Mission Resources

  Presbyterian Church (USA) www.pcusa.org Worldwide Ministries, Presbyterian Church (USA) http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide Presbyterian Global Fellowship http://www.presbyterianglobalfellowship.org/pgf WMD Mission Connections www.pcusa.org/missionconnections WMD Mission Highlights http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide/highlights.htm The Three Validated Mission Support Groups Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship www.pff.net The Outreach Foundation www.theoutreachfoundation.org Medical Benevolence Foundation www.mbfoundation.org PCUSA Mission Policy Documents Gathering For God's Future www.pcusa.org/worldwide/get-involved/pdf/gathering_brochure.pdf Gathering For God's Future Study Guide http://www.pff.net/resources/tttlgod.htm Presbyterians Do Mission In Partnership http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide/get-involved/partnership.htm Turn To The Living God www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/ turn-to-the-living-god.pdf Also see content at www.pff.net/resources/tttlgod.htm Other PCUSA Mission Papers The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ in a Pluralistic World www.pff.net/resources/uniquejesus.htm Witness & Evangelism Among People of Other Faiths http://www.pcusa.org/interfaith/study/witness.htm Hope in the Lord Jesus Christ www.pcusa.org/theologyandworship/ christology/hopeinthelord.pdf Other Organizations of Interest Evangelicals for Social Action www.esa-online.org Literacy & Evangelism International www.literacyevangelism.org New Wilmington Mission Conference www.nwmcmission.org Presbyterian Center for Mission Studies www.pcms.ws visionSynergy www.visionsynergy.net and www.powerofconnecting.net World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary www.worldmissioninitiative.org Christmas international House www.christmasih.org Education How to Do Short-Term Mission Without Doing Long-Term Harm Distance Learning Course

  Contact jmilley@lacanadapc.org if you would like to have your link or organization considered for inclusion on this list. To join the egroup for Association of Presbyterians for Cross-Cultural Mission, please send a blank email to: PresbyterianCross_CulturalMissionNewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com "The Newsletter of the Association of Presbyterians for Cross-Cultural Mission, founded in 1984, as a network of Presbyterians with cross-cultural experience and commitment to: AFFIRM the gifts, calling, and vocations of persons in cross-cultural ministry; EXPLORE past, present and future mission theology and practice; FACILITATE mission advocacy with the Presbyterian Church (USA); SUPPORT the professional development of mission workers; and to ASSIST mission workers re-locating in the USA. This Newsletter provides a forum for ongoing discussion of the meaning and goals of cross-cultural mission within the diversity represented in the PC(USA). The focus may include (but not necessarily be limited to) such topics as mission theology and practice, cross-cultural communication and evangelism, partnership in mission, mission interpretation, etc."