What does mobilisation look like? There is not a ‘one size fits all’ method of mobilisation but, in general mobilisation is the ministry of a mobiliser to help fellow believers find their most strategic role in discipling the nations. This involves connecting that Christian’s passions, skills, spiritual giftings and resources in ways that maximizes their fruitfulness for the glory of Jesus.
Below is a partial list of resources available to you to help you “learn” and “lean” into your role as a mission mobiliser.
A mobiliser can always be learning new information, skills and applying tools to help connect Christians with the Great Commission.
This library of resources will help you lean into your ministry of mobilisation so that you can maximize your multiplication potential.
PERSPECTIVES
Perspectives has been responsible for turning thousands of people in several countries to reach places outside their comfort zones. Through deep, Biblical conversations by seasoned practition-ers and others actively working in faraway locations, Perspectives is a 12-week course on a college-level that gives you what you need to understand why God often calls us out from the places we grew up. Join the hundreds of people who are blessed by Perspectives every year and open yourself up to the Lord’s impassioned leading by dedicating an evening a week and time to complete the readings for twelve weeks.
(Malaysia Singapore, Indonesia, China, South Korea, and India.)
KAIROS, and other resources by Simply Mobilizing
The International SMI Center is situated in Butuan City, in the southern Philippines. This rapidly developing city—where Kairos began many years ago and has since expanded into more than 100 countries—is home to the SMI Center, which serves as both the International Office, and the International Service Provider to the movement. Specific resources offered by Simply Mobilizing include Kairos, The Unfinished Story, Interfacace, and Empowering to Influence. These can be found in major Asian languages, such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Chinese, Vietnamese, and many others.
GMMI
GMMI STEP Program (ENGLISH-LANG INTERNSHIP)
A physical base camp situated in Chiang Mai, Thailand, encourages prayer, training, and support for mobilizers.
Via
Formerly the Center for Mission Mobilization, Via exists to come alongside the global church for the purpose of multiplying mission movements in 50 countries around the world with a focus on the unreached peoples of the world.
Operation Mobilisation (OM)
The heartbeat of OM is to see vibrant communities of Jesus followers among the least reached. We inspire all believers to embrace their God-given gifts and callings to share God’s love with the least reached.
Vision 5:1
One out of four people in the world today is Muslim. Jesus calls us to love our neighbors! We start by understanding. The course Encountering Muslims offers compelling reading and instruction, rich discussion, experiences with Muslims, and the skill of praying with insight. Please visit Encountering Muslims
OMF
OMF publishes a series of primers called “Mobilization Foundations Booklets.”
These can be acquired and downloaded from the following links (from OMF’s Singapore office).
Mobilization and Church History
Mobilization Principles and Practices
MISSIONS CATALYST
100 Best Practices List (and Podcast in English) covers a list of specific practices that mobilizers should pursue. Worth visiting.
GLOBALCAST RESOURCES (ENGLISH ARTICLES)
GLOBALCAST RESOURCES is an excellent platform by YWAM that offers basic mobilization courses, some of them available directly from YouTube.
These are self-guided or group led and open the door to a large body of articles and other resources.
LAUSANNE DISCUSSION AND ACTION HUB
Lausanne’s enormous body of material has some excellent, fresh material about mobilization, specifically how it is perceived and used on Frontier Mission Fields, including Asia.
For an interesting discussion on what mobilization looks like in places where it has not been done thoroughly, join the following links.
Polycentric Resource Mobilization-Collaborate Gap Summary
Why Missions Mobilizers Need Foundational Training (Article by Jojie Wong)
Arise Asia
Arise Asia is a missions movement launched in 2023 to inspire young adults across Asia and beyond to take the gospel where it has never been heard. Now, in the 21st century, the need for the Gospel to be shared and lived out in Asia is tremendous, and God is setting the hearts of people in Asia on fire for His glory and purpose. The time has come for Asia to arise and participate in God’s Great Commission.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY USERS
Hibbert, Richard and Evelyn, Leading Multicultural Teams (William Carey Publishers).