Resources from The Centre for Mission Direction
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK
977 Centerville Turnpike, Virginia Beach, VA 23463-0001, United States of America
To order any of these videos simply click on the video icon that accompanies the title and send an e-mail message to the Centre for Mission Direction. Be sure to include your postal address. You will be invoiced for the video and for postage. Prices quoted are in New Zealand dollars. Postage is not included.
LIGHT THE WINDOW
Christian Broadcasting Network, May 1995
11.30 minutes
This video was produced for the Praying Through The Window II event (October 1995). It tells the story of the Praying Through The Window programme. Key Christian leaders describe the spiritual need within the 10/40 Window and how God is using prayer to fulfil the Great Commission. Footage from several of the Gateway Cities graphically portrays the physical power of poverty as well. The concept of on-site prayer journeys is explained. Even after the October 1995 prayer event this video still presents a powerful challenge.
Price: NZ$8.00
THE GATEWAY CITIES
Christian Broadcasting Network, Virginia, October
1995
60 minutes
During the Praying Through The Window II event that focused on the Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window, Christian Broadcasting Network screened profiles of 17 of these cities on their weekday "700 Club" television programme in the United States. This video contains these 17 segments. Footage from the seventeen cities is shown and prayers for each of the cities are offered.
Price: NZ$12.50
CREATE INTERNATIONAL
PO Box 6075, East Perth,
Western Australia, Australia
To order any of these videos simply click on the video icon that accompanies the title and send an e-mail message to the Centre for Mission Direction. Be sure to include your postal address. You will be invoiced for the video and for postage. Prices quoted are in New Zealand dollars. Postage is not included.
The Centre for Mission
Direction
70 Nortons Road
Avonhead, Christchurch
New
Zealand
Note: The Centre for Mission Direction is the New
Zealand distributor
for Create International
videos. For information on the availability of
Create International videos outside New Zealand
contact
ConkeyCreate@Xc.Org
.
THE KASHMIRI -Caught in the
Crossfire
An
inspiring portrayal of the Kashmiri people of Northern India. Video
footage and computer animation enhance this moving
account of a people
searching for lasting
peace.
Price: NZ$20.00
THE KOMERING -A River of Gold
Highlights a river
people on one of the world's most unevangelised
islands, Sumatra. Hear of recent breakthroughs and
opportunities for
ministry and prayer for these
1.5 million followers of Islam.
Price: NZ$20.00
THE MALAYS -The price of
Harmony
Dramatically portrays the 9.5 million Malays of
Malaysia and Singapore
who have a very rich
culture and heritage. Their pursuit of harmony,
however, has become a spiritual wall restricting them
from trusting
Christ as their Saviour.
Price: NZ$20.00
THE MANCHU -The Bannermen of Imperial China
A passionate
portrayal of a people who once ruled China. Opening with an
overview of some of China's largest unreached people
groups, this lively
presentation is enhanced by
recent video footage from China.
Price:
NZ$20.00
THE URDU MUSLIMS
-A Cry in the Night
Opens with a view of the Muslim world then focuses
attention on the 60
million Urdu Muslims of India
and Pakistan, and challenges all to active
participation.
Price:
NZ$20.00
INSTITUTE OF
CHINESE STUDIES
SCATTERED SHEEP -The
Minorities of Southwest China
In this video
documentary series you will meet some of the colourful,
fascinating minority peoples of southwest China. You
will learn of their
lifestyles, culture and
religion through live video footage shot in
their remote villages. These videos will help you to catch God's vision
for these unevangelised peoples and move your heart
to fervently pray
for their salvation. For those
looking to "adopt" a people group, here
are some
vivid pictures of people in need of the Gospel.
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accompanies
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for postage. Prices quoted are in New Zealand
dollars. Postage is not included.
HIDDEN PEOPLES OF GUIZHOU
Video profiles of
Shui and Bouyei peoples
Price: NZ$20.00
HIGH STRONGHOLDS OF NORTHERN
YUNNAN
Video
profiles of Bai, Naxi, Mosou, Pumi and Lisu peoples
Price: NZ$20.00
FROM THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHERN YUNNAN
Video profiles of Dai, Bulong, Hani, Lahu, Jingpo, Jinuo and Kecong peoples.
Price: NZ$20.00
FASCINATING CRAFTSMEN
Video profile of Dong people.
Price: NZ$20.00
ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE WORLD
Video profiles of Tibetans, Qiang peoples.
Price: NZ$20.00
Three further
titles from this series are still in production. These
will feature the Miao and Ge peoples, the Yao people
and the Yi people.
Hopefully these will be
available soon.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INC.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS VIDEO
This video consists of two parts:
THE NEW MISSIONARY
Highlights the
opportunities for evangelism that exist among
international students who visit our countries. It
deals particularly
with the issue of how we can
be involved in this ministry.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Highlights the opportunities for
evangelism that exist among foreign
students who
come to study. It is a useful illustration of Ralph
Winter's "voluntary come" missionary mechanism.
Both parts are on the same
video.
Price: NZ$20.00
TRUE COLOUR PRODUCTIONS
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video simply click on the video icon that accompanies the
title and send an e-mail message to the Centre for
Mission Direction. Be
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address. You will be invoiced for the video
and
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not included.
DOING YOUR BIT -A Promotional Video for the
Adopt-a-People Programme
This video is an excellent introduction to the
Adopt-A-People programme.
Though just ten minutes
in length, it gives a solid understanding of the
programme and how your church can become involved.
Price: NZ$15.00
PROCLA-MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
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order any of these videos simply click on the video icon that
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the Centre for Mission Direction. Be sure to
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THE WORLD OF ISLAM
This professional, high quality video honestly yet
compassionately explores the world of Islam. It
will take you not only into remote Muslim
villages and homes but also into the heart and personality of
individuals. The primary purpose of the video is to
help you, your church or small group pray with
"new eyes" for the one billion people worldwide
who call themselves Muslims, and also for those committed to
reaching them.
Price:
NZ$15.00
ISLAM'S HIDDEN
HALF
Here is a fun yet compassionate video for
children who want to make a difference in the
world of Islam. It addresses the needs of the
estimated 500 million Muslim children and explains
how they can be prayed for. The barriers to
reaching this hidden half of the one billion
Muslims world-wide -those under 15 years of age
-sometimes seems insurmountable, but this
potentially fruitful harvest field cannot be
ignored. Don't miss this opportunity to pray for
Islam's Hidden Half.
Price: NZ$15.00
THE CHALLENGE OF OUR UNFINISHED TASK
Prepared for GCOWE
95 this video overviews the challenges that still lie
ahead in world mission.
Price: NZ$15.00
THE BERBER'S OF MOROCCO -Africa's Free Men
This documentary-style video explores the world of
the Muslim Berbers of Morocco, one of North
Africa's earliest inhabitants. They are described
as an ancient and proud people, colourful yet
mysterious. Discover details of their culture,
history, lifestyle and religious background.
Be challenged by their need for the gospel and inspired by the testimony
of those attempting to reach them. An extremely
worthwhile video.
Price: NZ$20.00
U.S. CENTRE FOR WORLD
MISSION
1605 Elizabeth Street
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GLOBAL COUNTDOWN 2000 :
INDIA
This issue of Global Countdown 2000 will
draw you into the lives of some remote peoples of
India. See the dark bondage that holds the Rajasthani
Bhils captive to fear. Witness baptisms and the
heartfelt worship of new believers among the
Kolowar people of Maharashtra. Hear the incredible
and encouraging story of how more than 20,000 feared
Maltos are turning from their violent ways and
giving their lives to Jesus. Learn about the
powerful model for sending and supporting
missionaries established by Friends Missionary
Prayer Band. Discover how FMPB intercedes for
missionaries and the unreached peoples of India.
Price: NZ$20.00
GLOBAL COUNTDOWN 2000: MEXICO
This issue of Global Countdown 2000 reveals the
recent spread of the gospel within three Indian
tribes in Mexico. See the impact that
missionaries have made among the secluded tribe of
Pame Indians and experience the joy of this
growing Pame church. Hear the incredible
testimony of a Tarahumara witch doctor as she reveals
her life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ. Be
encouraged by the impact that the
"Jesus" film is having on the Zoqui peoples as it is shown to many
nearby villages in their native tongue. Hear pastors
express the excitement felt by their
congregations as they reach their newly adopted
peoples -causing their churches to come alive!
Price: NZ$20.00
GLOBAL COUNTDOWN 2000: CAMBODIA
This issue of the Global Countdown 2000 series
explores the colourful history of the Khmer
people and reveals the tragic story of the
murderous genocide during the reign of the Khmer
Rouge. Learn how Cambodians are now finding new
hope for their lives in Jesus Christ.
Hear encouraging testimonies of Khmer believers who survived the
terrible Khmer Rouge years. Witness the impact that
the Christian and Missionary Alliance has made as
the result of years of dedicated church planting.
See how the Assemblies of God is bringing the gospel to the
Khmer through their effective medical ministry. Learn
how the Southern Baptist's are training up local
leaders who are rapidly planting many new
churches. Be challenged by the commitment of the trinity Methodist
Church in Singapore which has adopted the Khmer
people.
Price: NZ$20.00
The Centre for Mission
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To receive information on unreached people groups
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GLOBAL COUNTDOWN 2000: CENTRAL ASIA
This issue of the
Global Countdown 2000 series reveals the exciting
works of God among several people groups in Central
Asia. Learn how the fall of Communism has opened
the door for the gospel to be introduced to these
people. Witness how a variety of ethnic groups are worshipping the Lord side by side in a growing church in Dagestan, a southern province of Russia. Hear exciting testimonies of believers in the Islamic country
of Kazakstan as they share how the gospel message has transformed their
lives. Learn how a church's
strategic involvement among the Kazaks is helping
to complete the Great Commission!
Price:
NZ$20.00
To receive information on
unreached people groups
send a message to
info@cmd.org.nz
THE FINAL FRONTIERS
This video is a must for anyone dedicated
to completing the Great Commission. Discover
God's eternal purpose for all the peoples of the
earth! This completely revised and updated version of
the original "Final Frontiers" video outlines the
dynamic advance of the Kingdom of God in the last
200 years, including the landmark contributions of
mission pioneers like William Carey, Hudson Taylor,
Cameron Townsend and
Donald McGavran. It explains
the unreached peoples concept and shows
what needs to be done to complete the task. This is powerful,
life-changing material.
Price: NZ$20.00
INDEX
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EXPLORING THE LAND
-Discovering Ways for Unreached People To Follow
Christ
Since 1988, Caleb Project has been sending
research teams to under-evangelised cities in
North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Now
the method used by over 150 researchers on nearly twenty teams is
available in this easy-to-use manual. Exploring The
Land will equip you to understand complex urban
situations, to discern unreached people groups,
and to develop culturally relevant church planting strategies.
"Oh how I wish I and my co-workers would have had
such a guide book earlier in our careers. What a
difference it might have made" (Greg Livingstone,
Frontiers).
Discount: NZ$30.00 (RRP NZ$38.46)
FOCUS! -The Power of People
Group Thinking
This is
a practical manual for planning effective strategies to reach
the unreached. If you are a missionary, evangelist,
pastor or lay person who wants to focus your
ministry more sharply to become more effective in
God's service, this book is for you. It will give you the tools to
develop a ministry strategy that will be relevant to
the people you are trying to reach. It will
enable you to communicate the gospel with new
effectiveness and greater impact. It will assist you
to design programmes of social service that the
Spirit of God can use to move a whole unreached
people group toward the salvation and social well-being
He so deeply desires for them.
Discount: NZ$20.00 (RRP NZ$29.00)
LIFE-CHANGING ENCOUNTERS -A
Handbook for Short-Term Research among Unreached
Peoples
Discount: NZ$25.00
(RRP NZ$36.25)
The NEW
CONTEXT OF WORLD MISSION
Best-selling mission
author Bryant L. Myers brings you a thorough but
concise overview of Christian mission. Myers uses the
most current information available and brilliant
colour graphics to portray not only
the current world context of mission, but also mission's historical
roots. He also brings to light some of the key issues
that will face mission in the 21st century.
Strategists, practitioners and everyone
engaged in mission will find this new resource a valuable tool.
Discount: NZ$15.00 (RRP NZ$21.75)
RESEARCH IN CHURCH AND
MISSIONS
Insightful, practical and full of examples.
Those who aspire to do research would do well to
begin the journey here. In three distinctive sections in the book the author (1) imbeds his
explanation of the why and how of research in a
model of communication; (2) explains how his approach is one in which research is driven by what
we need to know; and (3) rightly demands that
research be driven by those who manage or carry out the communication process.
Discount: $22.00 (RRP $31.90)
SCENARIO 2000
by Tom Houston, MARC, World Vision, 1990, 56pp
Drawing on comprehensive data from Christian
researchers, Tom Houston provides a personal
forecast of the prospects for world evangelisation in light of recent worldwide changes.
Discount: NZ$12.00 (RRP NZ$17.40)
The Praying Through the
Window III: The Unreached Peoples book and it's companion video, To the Ends of the Earth are
available from a variety of locations and in more
than 13 languages. Your local Christian bookstore
may have quantities in stock. In New Zealand contact the Centre for
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Caleb Project, 1995, large format,
200pp
by John D. Robb, MARC, World
Vision, 1994 (new expanded edition), 167pp
Edited by Debra Sanders, Caleb Project,
1995, large format, 103pp
What is a life-changing encounter? It's an opportunity to meet unreached peoples face-to-face and to take the first steps
towards seeing a church planted among them. It's
a chance to be part of a worldwide movement
focused on some of the neediest peoples of the world.
It's a way for you and your church to begin
learning about "adopting" an unreached people
group. This book will show you how to form a Joshua
Project team in your church, and do short-term
research on-site among your selected people
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World Vision, 1996, 61pp
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