Missions & Outreach

It can be argued that nothing is more important in the Christian life than reaching out to people who don't know Jesus. Explore many of the issues surrounding this complex subject using these trusted studies with your group or by yourself.


5 Principles of a Purpose-Driven Church
5 Principles of a Purpose-Driven Church

Current Issues Bible Study
Rick Warren's genius is in helping pastors see the obvious


Answer the Skeptics
Answer the Skeptics

Current Issues Bible Study
Do you have an answer for the misconceptions about Christianity?


Care for Children with Special Needs
Care for Children with Special Needs

Current Issues Bible Study
How can we offer practical help for children and their parents?


Caring for Adult Children of Alcoholics
Caring for Adult Children of Alcoholics

Christian Living Bible Study
Churches can help adult children of alcoholics find healing.


Caring for Our Community
Caring for Our Community

Current Issues Bible Study
Why we should give back to the places that help shape us.


Corporate Integrity Begins at Home
Corporate Integrity Begins at Home

Current Issues Bible Study
New laws won't prevent another Enron.


Culture: Love It, Leave It, or Transform It
Culture: Love It, Leave It, or Transform It

Current Issues Bible Study
Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture is 50 years old—and still has something wise to say to evangelicals.


Dallas and Antioch: A Big Approach to Church
Dallas and Antioch: A Big Approach to Church

Current Issues Bible Study
Dallas has more megachurches, mega-seminaries, and mega-Christian activity than any other American city.


Dangerous Popularity of Habitat
Dangerous Popularity of Habitat

Current Issues Bible Study
Habitat for Humanity strives to keep its Christian identity—a tricky task, when everybody wants to join.


Defining Our Role in Politics
Defining Our Role in Politics

Current Issues Bible Study
How Christians should practice 'right politics'


Do Missionaries Invite Trouble?
Do Missionaries Invite Trouble?

Current Issues Bible Study
Christian relief agencies no longer work in war zones—they are the war zones.


Do You Have a Stingy Gospel? - New!
Do You Have a Stingy Gospel? - New!

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
An open-handed God empowers us to speak the gospel message in both truth and love.


Engaging The Da Vinci Code
Engaging The Da Vinci Code

Current Issues Bible Study
How should Christians respond to pop culture that contradicts biblical teaching?


Enjoy the Global Church
Enjoy the Global Church

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
What we see of the global church depends on where we look.


Faith in the Workplace Course
Faith in the Workplace Course

Bible Study Course
Build the confidence to share your faith and hope at work.


Following God’s Lead in Missions
Following God’s Lead in Missions

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
As God moves through space and time, we need to be ready to go with his flow.


For God So Loves the City - New!
For God So Loves the City - New!

Current Issues Bible Study
God's message of comfort and hope speaks into the city's soul.


Fresh Ways to Connect with the Gospel
Fresh Ways to Connect with the Gospel

Current Issues Bible Study
Christianity must be presented so it reaches the whole person, not just the mind.


From Personal Faith to Social Action
From Personal Faith to Social Action

Current Issues Bible Study
How does Christ’s command to care for “the least of these” translate to social action?


George Barna: Prophet to Evangelicals
George Barna: Prophet to Evangelicals

Current Issues Bible Study
He believes his ten-year campaign to reform the church has failed. What is he going to do next?


The Gospel of Love - New!
The Gospel of Love - New!

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
We need to challenge the self-centered life with renewed commitment to the greatness of God’s love for humankind.


The Gospel, a Napkin, and Four Circles - New!
The Gospel, a Napkin, and Four Circles - New!

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
Explaining God’s “Big Story” with diagrams simple enough to be drawn on a napkin.


Great Commission Complete?
Great Commission Complete?

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
The growth of Christianity in Latin America, Africa, and Asia should make us rethink our approach to missions.


Growing with Wesley's Small Groups
Growing with Wesley's Small Groups

Current Issues Bible Study
How what they did might power up our groups today.


Hollywood Disciples
Hollywood Disciples

Current Issues Bible Study
Even when they're writing fiction, these Hollywood insiders bring the truth to bear.


How to Help the Dying
How to Help the Dying

Current Issues Bible Study
An innovative program combines hospice care, traditional medicine, and faith to comfort the terminally ill.


Jim & Casper Go to Church: Video Curriculum
Jim & Casper Go to Church: Video Curriculum

Watch and discuss as Jim, a Christian, and Casper, an atheist, discuss matters of faith.

Is Our Gospel Too Small? - New!
Is Our Gospel Too Small? - New!

Christian Vision Project Course
Authentic ways of believing, sharing, and living a rich gospel message.


Is Persecution a Plus in China?
Is Persecution a Plus in China?

Current Issues Bible Study
Top communists, despite their denials, endorse arrest and torture of Chinese Christians by the thousands.


Lessons in Hospitality and Humility
Lessons in Hospitality and Humility

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
We can learn by being guests of another culture.


Marketing Jesus - New!
Marketing Jesus - New!

Current Issues Bible Study
How to “sell” the church without the selling the church short.


Ministering in the Global Church
Ministering in the Global Church

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
A fractured church with a crippled mission finds healing through brokenness.


Missional Commuting - New!
Missional Commuting - New!

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
Forging the way between accommodation and irrelevance in communicating the gospel message.


Missional Evangelism
Missional Evangelism

Bible Study Course
How do we share the gospel where we live?


Missional Evangelism: Get to Know Unbelievers
Missional Evangelism: Get to Know Unbelievers

Current Issues Bible Study
Reaching out needs to start with getting to know those who don’t follow Jesus.


Missional Evangelism: Help Others to Repent
Missional Evangelism: Help Others to Repent

Current Issues Bible Study
Define sin, encourage confession, and learn to listen to help lead others to repentance and salvation.


Missional Evangelism: To Your Community
Missional Evangelism: To Your Community

Current Issues Bible Study
Making a difference in your community will require getting outside the church walls.


Missional Evangelism: Touch Broken Lives
Missional Evangelism: Touch Broken Lives

Current Issues Bible Study
Jesus reached out to a cynical generation, and he teaches us how to do the same.


Our Flops: God's Success
Our Flops: God's Success

Current Issues Bible Study
Zambia is missionary David Livingstone's greatest legacy. But this Christian nation isn't always heaven on earth.


Our Part in Worldwide Community
Our Part in Worldwide Community

Current Issues Bible Study
Why barriers between us and the nations must come down.


Should Christians Risk Life for Peace?
Should Christians Risk Life for Peace?

Current Issues Bible Study
Caught between rebels, paramilitaries, and toxic spray, peacemaking Christians put their lives on the line in violent Colombia.


Should Missionaries Break the Law?
Should Missionaries Break the Law?

Current Issues Bible Study
Former Taliban hostages Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer talk about the risks they took, the imprisonment they suffered, and their plan to return to 'the hardest place on Earth.'


Silicon Valley's Surprising Testimony
Silicon Valley's Surprising Testimony

Current Issues Bible Study
High-tech Christian executives are bringing biblical values back into the mecca of Mammon.


The Gospel and Social Issues
The Gospel and Social Issues

Christian Living Bible Study
Is the gospel getting lost in our concern for social issues?


The Measure of Our Compassion
The Measure of Our Compassion

Current Issues Bible Study
Some surprising finds about how much we care.


The Mission of the Trinity
The Mission of the Trinity

Christian Vision Project Bible Study
All creation was designed to do one thing, and the church’s mission should be no different.


Understanding Teens
Understanding Teens

Current Issues Bible Study
How do teens view God, and what does it haveto do with the rest of us?


What Makes a Hero?
What Makes a Hero?

Current Issues Bible Study
One man's journal of ministry among New York City's firefighters and police officers at Ground Zero.


When Did We Lose Our Global Vision?
When Did We Lose Our Global Vision?

Current Issues Bible Study
Passion for worldwide mission outreach is fading because of more pressing concerns. How can we get it back?


Where Is Mercy in America’s Health-Care?
Where Is Mercy in America’s Health-Care?

Christian Living Bible Study
Health care must move beyond money to compassion.



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