Austin area mission resources and opportunities:

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AAMLN (Austin Area Mission Leaders Network)

focus:

* best practices with missions from a local church perspective
* networking opportunities with other Austin area mission leaders

visit our Facebook page! www.facebook.com/AAMLN

next meeting:
TOPIC: "implications of the Arab spring"
SPEAKER: Georges Houssney (founder / director of Horizons International)
WHEN: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 11:45-1:15
WHERE: Covenant Presbyterian Church (3003 Northland Drive, SE corner of MoPac and 2222), room FEB 107
LUNCH: please bring your own brown bag lunch

Georges Houssney is also providing the following training while in Austin:

TOPIC: "Engaging Islam" weekend
WHEN: March 23-24

WHERE: Hill Country Bible Church UT
COST: $25
REGISTER: registration link

TOPIC: "contextualization and Bible translation in the Muslim world" (includes Elijah Abraham)
WHEN: March 24, 4pm - 6pm (NOTICE TIME HAS CHANGED)
WHERE: Hill Country Bible Church UT
COST: free
REGISTER: registration link

leadership team: Annemarie Diaz, Blake McDaniel, Mark Stephan, Barbara Yandell

facilitator: Blake McDaniel (blakemcdaniel @ austin.rr.com)

ABBA (Austin Bridge Builders Alliance)

web site: www.abbaconnect.net

executive director: Alan Nagel (alan @ abbaconnect.net)

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EWI (Encountering the World of Islam)

web site: encounteringislam.org

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International Student Outreach

Bridges International (Campus Crusade for Christ): Trae Vacek (trae.vacek @ uscm.org)

Evangelical Free Church of America: Cliff Holubec (cholubec @ fefc.org)

International Students Incorporated: Denny Rigstad (drigstad @ isiwebnet.net)

The Navigators: Daniel Evans (danielevans4 @ sbcglobal.net) / Dave Sneller (dsneller @ austin.rr.com)

Mission Possible

"to glorify God by connecting the body of Christ with Austin's urban communities to foster Christ-life transformation through life-on-life relationships"

focus:
* children and family outreach (with at risk youth in Austin's government housing projects)
* street ministry (with Austin's homeless community)
* community outreach (with East Austin's elderly)

web site: www.mpaustin.org

executive director: Tim Pinson (twpinson @ pinsonfamily.net)

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Mission Resources

Biblical Missiology: www.biblicalmissiology.org

Brigada: www.brigada.org

Catalyst Services: www.catalystservices.org

Finishers Project: www.finishers.org

Mission Frontiers: www.missionfrontiers.org

Missions Catalyst: missionscatalyst.net

Pioneers / Caleb Resources: www.cartpioneers.org

U.S. Center for World Mission: www.uscwm.org

William Carey Library: missionbooks.org

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Perspectives on the World Christian Movement -- spring 2012

start date: January 16-17, 2012

Monday location: University Avenue Church of Christ (1903 University Avenue)
Tuesday location: Austin Stone Community Church (500 East St. Johns)

Austin web site: www.perspectivesaustin.org
Austin director: Richard Hampton (rhampton2 @ sbcglobal.net)

Texas director: Chad Mason (chad.mason @ perspectives.org)

national web site: www.perspectives.org

plantR (Austin church planting network)

web site: www.plantr.org

facilitator: Jonathan Dodson (jdodson @ austincitylife.org)

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prayer for the nations

Global Prayer Digest: www.globalprayerdigest.org

Unreached People of the Day: www.unreachedoftheday.org

WayMakers: www.waymakers.org

refugee outreach

Austin refugee roundtable: www.aaimaustin.org/roundtable.html

blessing the nations among us:·mac-global.net/blessing-nations-among-us

short term missions

opportunities: www.shorttermmissions.com

special events

Verge missional communities conference:

PRE-CONFERENCE (for the city): February 28
CONFERENCE: February 29 - March 1
POST-CONFERENCE (for the nations): March 2

WEB SITE: verge2012.org