24-7 Prayer

This website hosts a 'light' version of Operation World giving statistical information and prayer pointers for many countries around the world.
Website: www.24-7prayer.com/ow

Briefings

'Briefings' highlight the work of the Christian Church at its cutting edge, where churches are few and Christians a tiny minority. Vivid and broad in scope, 'Briefings' are a unique news resource for all who want to see the Church at the cutting edge of Christ's commission in the world. Each 'Briefings' booklet, available from WEC, contains more or less 64 pages, bound in an attractive cover, colour coded according to the area of focus. Each page is packed with useful information designed to be used as a research source and prayer tool. Booklets are available to order.
Website: www.wec-int.org

Center for the Study of Global Christianity (incorporating the former Global Evangelization Movement)

The Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary is a comprehensive resource center for Christian research.It serves as a resource for faculty, students, alumni, visiting religion scholars, church leaders, missiologists and journalists seeking empirical information and analysis on the global Christian movement. The center maintains both the World Christian Encyclopaedia and the World Christian Database. There is also a one page 'Status of Global Mission' table edited by David Barrett & Todd Johnson.
Website: www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/globalchristianity

Christian Research

CR produce a number of key printed resources that report on Christian statistics mostly for the UK but also some global. The 'UK Christian Handbook' (not the online version) and 'Religious Trends' both contain information and statistics about mission work overseas.
Website: www.christian-research.org.uk
Email: admin@christian-research.org.uk
Tel: 01793 418388

Council for World Mission

CWM is a community of 32 mainline Protestant churches worldwide committed to sharing their resources of people, skills and insights to further God's mission locally and globally.
Website: www.cwmission.org.uk
Email:
Tel: 020 7222 4214

DCI Global Partnership

Supporting people in mission on five continents since 1985 with prayer, world news, free diploma-level Schools of Mission and Support Raising, Business for Mission and
Banking for the Poor projects, with support from the DCI Trust for new evangelism, mission and care projects. Our website in 16 languages is the heart of a global on-line network open to all.
Website: www.dci.org.uk
Email:

Ethnic Harvest

This site provides a list of people groups categorised by country and language.
Website: www.ethnicharvest.org/peoples/peopleindex.htm
Email: info@ethnicharvest.org

Eye on Europe

This website, run by the Assemblies of God in the USA, includes some information about the history of mission (particularly Pentecostal mission) in different countries throughout Europe.
Website: www.eyeoneurope.org

Friday Fax 2

Fridayfax2 exists to bring you strategic and prophetic insights from around the world, and provide you with cutting-edge information and stories of God-on-the-move for people with a vision for the extension of the Kingdom of God into all dimensions of life.
Website: www.english.ffax2.com

The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry

This is a worldwide Christian ministry dedicated to the support of Israel, the Jewish people, and the message of the Messiah. The FOI web site features current news from Israel, articles from Israel, 'My Glory' magazine, Real Audio radio programs, a secure web store, and information on the ministries of The Friends of Israel.
Website: www.foi.org
Email: foi@foigm.org
Tel: ++ 1 856 853 5590 (USA)

Global Mapping International

GMI is a Christian inter-denominational missionary research agency who's highest priority is serving evangelical mission ministry leaders in the developing world.
Website: www.gmi.org

Joshua Project

The mission of Joshua Project is to highlight the peoples of the world who have the least exposure to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Joshua Project II seeks to accomplish this through information sharing and networking. Joshua Project II is a continuation and expansion of the original Joshua Project launched in 1995 by the AD2000 and Beyond Movement.
Website: www.joshuaproject.net

Keston Institute

Keston Institute monitors religious liberty and religious affairs in postcommunist and communist countries. Their web-site contains information and reports on some of these countries. A news email service is also available.
Website: www.keston.org
Email:
Tel: 01865 792929

Mission Frontiers

This is the bulletin of the US Center for World Mission and includes a lot of information about mission around the globe.
Website: missionfrontiers.org

Missions Resource Directory

A central directory of information about mission work.
Website: www.mrd.org

MisLinks

This web-based missions directory hosted in the USA has links to many other sources of mission information and is categorised by continent.
Website: www.mislinks.org

Mundus - Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK

The Mundus Gateway is a web-based guide to more than four hundred collections of overseas missionary materials held in the United Kingdom. These materials, comprising the archives of British missionary societies, collections of personal papers, printed matter, photographs, other visual materials and artefacts, are held in a large number of libraries, record offices and other institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Website: www.mundus.ac.uk

Network for Strategic Missions

This network is designed not as a new organisation but as an unprecedented "cooperative thrust" to link the local Church, its resources and compassion, with the masses of unreached people in the "10/40 Window."
Website: www.strategicnetwork.org
Email: nsm@strategicnetwork.org
Tel: ++ 1 757 420 4500 (USA)

Operation World

This book by Patrick Johnstone is an indispensable source of Christian information about countries throughout the world. Also available in CD-ROM format and now daily extracts are available online. Book details: 'Operation World' by Patrick Johnstone, OM Publishing. ISBN: 1850783578. £12.99. The website provides not only information on the daily featured country but also has many links to other sites for individual countries.
Website: www.operationworld.org
Email: info@operationworld.org
Tel: 01753 884631

Operation World for Youth

The 24-7 Prayer network has set up a youth orientated online version of Operation World. Initially 50 countries are represented, others should follow.
Website: www.24-7prayer.com/ow

People Groups

A site with all the statistics you need about people groups in just about any country of the world.
Website: www.peoplegroups.org

Persecution.com (The Voice of the Martyrs)

The Voice of the Martyrs is an interdenominational organization working with Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ. Their US based website includes some good information about the persecuted church around the world brought together and linked to a Global Prayer Map.
Website: www.persecution.com
Email: thevoice@vom-usa.org

Pray for North Korea

The Global Week of Prayer for North Korea is an inter-agency call to urgent prayer against the devastating darkness oppressing North Korea.
Website: www.prayfornorthkorea.org

Romania Information At Cleaford (RIAC)

Directory of charities working in Romania.
Website: www.riac.org.uk
Email: news@cleaford.co.uk
Tel: 0845 124 9402

Tentmakernet

News, articles and resources for tentmakers.
Website: www.tentmakernet.com
Email: info@tentmakernet.com

Wholesome Words 'Worldwide Missions'

This U.S. page entitled 'Great Commission and the Harvest Fields' has collated a number of interesting physical and religious statistics about the world.
Website: www.wholesomewords.org/missions/greatc.html

Window International Network

Window International Network (WIN) is a US based nonprofit organization whose goal is to mobilize millions of Christians to pray for the 10/40 Window nations. WIN was founded in 2000 to continue the international outreach segment of the Christian Information Network. They host a worldwide initiative called 'Praying through the Window' and their website includes information on many 10/40 Window nations.
Website: www.win1040.com
Email: win@win1040.com
Tel: ++ 1 719 522 1040 (USA)

World Christian Database

The World Christian Database (WCD) represents the core data from the World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE) and World Christian Trends (WCT). The WCD includes detailed information on 34,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 238 countries and 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as data on 7,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. Statistics in the WCD represent a significant update of the data published in WCE/WCT in 2001. WCD is an initiative of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Website: www.worldchristiandatabase.org

World Missions Atlas Project

This site contains maps that help to assess the current status of Missions progress throughout the world. It is a constantly expanding site that seeks to produce a strategically significant World Missions Atlas.
Website: www.worldmap.org