The Mission Stream: The deeper and wider segment
When churches and individuals enter in to the flow of The Mission Stream, its influence…
Missionary Care Resources
The Mission Stream: The Flow
The headwaters of The Mission Stream are generated by these five truths that are discovered…
Language and Culture Resources
We're born and raised into language and culture. The environment we live in is the…
The Mission Stream: Headwaters
The Mission Stream is a phrase that Shepherd's Staff has found to be incredibly useful…
Missionary Support Raising Resources
Everybody knows money matters, but not very many of us like talking about it. There…
11 Missionary Blogs We Love
Let's face it. When you're a missionary, you think of yourself as an odd ball.…
On earth as it is in heaven… a prayer for global missions
In His first recorded sermon, Jesus unpacked the following fundamental truths about the Kingdom of…
The Initiator of Relationships
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let…
Updates from Missionaries and Cups of Cold Water
If you ask a missionary whether they are pleased with the breadth and depth of…
Loving in Gospel-centered Community
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the…
Thankful and Prayerful Missionaries
Phil 1:3-5 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 always in every…
The Benefits to Churches that Send Their Own to the Mission Field Part One
When Jeff Jackson was sent to the mission field by his church, he had no…
Shepherd’s Staff Mission Facilitators Beginnings Part Three
In this podcast, Jeff Jackson concludes the narrative behind the founding of Shepherd's Staff Mission…
Understanding the Dynamics of Honor and Shame Part Two
Missionary Security
Shepherd’s Staff Mission Facilitators Beginnings Part Two
In this podcast, we continue the fascinating and informative interview with Jeff Jackson about the…
Shepherd’s Staff Mission Facilitators Beginnings Part One
In this podcast we interview Jeff Jackson about the beginnings of Shepherd's Staff Mission Facilitators.…
Interview with Bryon Mondok Part Two
Bryon Mondok, former Shepherd's Staff missionary, continues telling the story of how his family navigated…
Interview with Bryon Mondok Part One
The Mondoks are former Shepherd's Staff missionaries. While preparing to go to the mission field…
Interview with Byron and Emily Johnson Part Two
This is part two of our interview with Shepherd's Staff Missionaries Byron and Emily Johnson.…
Interview with Byron and Emily Johnson Part One
In a previous podcast, we interviewed Pastor Ed Taylor, lead pastor of Calvary Aurora. Pastor…
Missionary Self-care
In this episode Jeff Jackson explains missionary self-care from biblical and practical perspectives. Resources discussed…
Furlough: What It Is Part 2
In this podcast, we learn about what a missionary needs to do to prepare for…
Understanding the Dynamics of Honor and Shame Part Two
Understanding the Dynamics of Honor and Shame Part One
This is the first part of a two part message Jeff Jackson delivers on the…
The Mission
In this video, Pastor Ed Compean coins the terms expose, engage, entangle. These are the steps, says Ed, that God…
Missionary Financial Support Following the Rules
Practical steps for complying with IRS laws and best practices. Ron Clipp, director of Shepherd’s…
Honor and Shame Part Two
This is part two is a series where Jeff Jackson defines the difference between American…
Honor and Shame Part One
In this video, Jeff Jackson defines the difference between American culture and culture in most…
Written Missions Policy an Essential Tool for Local Churches Desiring Global Impact
This video is from a webinar Jeff Jackson participated in with 1615 president Matthew Ellison on the…
Missionary Debriefing – a Gift
This video is from a webinar Jeff Jackson participated in with 1615 president Matthew Ellison. Their discussion…
Debriefing is a Gift
Non-Western Cultures: Understanding the Dynamics of Honor and Shame
American missionaries need a framework for understanding how people in other cultures treat each other,…