A Mission Journey: A Handbook for Volunteers
Encourages short-term volunteers to reflect on the reasons why they engage in mission and how to prepare to be more intentional about... Read More
After the Trip: Unpacking Your Crosscultural Experience
By Cory Trenda. Provides a unique guide for individuals and teams to make the most of a crosscultural trip after returning home.... Read More
Doing Good…Says Who? Stories from Volunteers, Nonprofits, Donors and Those They Want to Help
By Connie Newton and Fran Early. Based on 400 interviews, features experiences of both “givers” and “receivers” and uses stories, humor, analysis... Read More
From Classicism to Community: A Challenge to the Church
By Jini Cockroft. Examines the biblical truths that all persons are made in the image of God, and that persons who are... Read More
How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas
By Joseph Collins, Stefano DeZerega & Zahara Heckscher. A guide that provides all the necessary information on volunteering in Latin America, Africa,... Read More
Immersion Travel USA: The Best and Most Meaningful Volunteering, Living, and Learning Excursions
By Sheryl Kane. Provides practical information from experience travelers about immersion trips; special considerations and costs; how to plan and take vacations,... Read More
Make a Difference: America’s Guide to Volunteering and Community Service
By Arthur Blaustein. Includes more than 185 national, nonprofit organizations that use volunteers of all ages & lists 30 organizations that give... Read More
Nonprofit, Starting a Charity: How to Successfully Change Lives, Give Aid and Build a Community
By Susie McCall. Offers advice how to choose a cause, structure a nonprofit, and get started helping others, explains how to encourage... Read More
Short Term Missions Workbook: From Mission Tourists to Global Citizens
By Tim Dearborn. This ten-week course, includes questions for individual reflection and group discussion, as well as: a concise summary of crosscultural... Read More
Sojourners
Encourages Christians to put their faith into action in the passionate pursuit of social justice, peace, and environmental stewardship through resources like... Read More
The Changemaker Ripple Effect: How One Person Can Transform the Lives of Thousands When Driven by Passion, Purpose and Boldness
By Sarah Boxx. Shares inspiring stories of some remarkable people who’ve overcome challenges and uncertainty to change lives. Read more.
The Power of Proximity, Moving Beyond Awareness to Action
By Michelle Warren. Makes the case that merely raising awareness about injustice is not enough and challenges readers to live in communities... Read More
Volunteer: A Traveller’s Guide to Making a Difference Around the World
A resource from Lonely Planet, with practical information regarding short- or long-term volunteer experiences around the world including: 159 organizations listed and... Read More
Wide-Open World: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family’s Lives Forever
By John Marshall. The story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary 6 month journey as they quit their... Read More