World Mission Sunday
February 23, 2025
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A message from Jenny Noyes, Executive Director of New Wineskins
A letter from Archbishop Steve Wood, Anglican Church in North America, for World Mission Sunday 2025.
World Mission Sunday Liturgy: This powerful liturgy includes prayer for the numbers of people who have not yet been “invited to the Lord’s table.”
Litany for Mission: Lead your parish in praying for the nations in this litany produced by the Anglican Global Mission Partners. Printable color download can be a bulletin insert.
World Mission Sunday Offering: We encourage you to highlight mission projects and partners that your own parish supports, and take up a special offering on their behalf. Donating to our AGMP mission agencies is also a wonderful way to support global mission around the world.
Guest Speakers: Invite an AGMP Partner, missionary, or other ministry leader to speak, train or preach. Consult the 2022 MAP talk list for 120 ideas for speakers and topics to consider.
‘All Nations’ Verses: Explore this collection of verses for a Scriptural basis to celebrate world mission.
Worship
Encourage your congregation to share their faith in everyday life! Our 111 Little Red Stickers have caught the world by surprise with how the Lord has used this simple tool across the nations.
Be the One that Sees the one in need, and Share the One true God!
We can ship stickers in orders up to 1,000 for free! Just send us an email with your desired amount and address. We do humbly request a donation to help cover our ministry’s cost for this resource as we hope to make this readily available to all, but it is not required.
If you would like some training to go with the 111 Little Red Sticker, virtual courses (for a small fee) will be available in the new year! You can get on an updates list by sending us a quick email.
Evangelize
Ready-To-Use Slides
Get people excited by announcing World Mission Sunday a few weeks in advance. Encourage everyone to wear their international garb if they have it!
Videos
Use one of these videos as an announcement or teaching tool, or at a special mission event. Afterward, you may lead a discussion to process and formulate action steps.
Church Army USA Video - 11 min.
Reaching International Students (featuring Lisa Chinn) - 14 min.
God’s Passion for the World (featuring Gary Haugen of IJM) - 26 min.
Trailer for God's Passion for the World (featuring Gary Haugen of IJM) - 1½ min.
Discerning A Missionary Call: Go Where God Calls You - (Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders) - 4:32 min.
The Power of Multiplication - (Global Frontier Missions) - 3:18 min. (shown at New Wineskins 2022)
The State of the World: The Task Remaining (Global Frontier Missions) - 5 min. (shown at New Wineskins 2019)
Missional talks from New Wineskins Conference - check out the resources from 2022, 2019 & 2016
Join Anglicans In Prayer to learn practical ways to pray for various mission agencies, missionaries, and countries!
Prayer
Praying through Scripture that reminds us of God’s Heart for all People: Pray through this collection of verses for the fulfillment of the Great Commission that every nation, tribe, and people would come to know Jesus Christ.
Prayers for Mission: The beautiful forms of prayer below may be used in your church’s corporate Prayers of the People or for a special prayer service.
Kenyan Liturgy for Mission: This powerful liturgy includes prayer for the numbers of people who have not yet been “invited to the Lord’s table.”
AGMP Prayer Litany for Mission: Lead your parish in praying for the nations in this litany produced by the Anglican Global Mission Partners. Printable color download can be a bulletin insert.
New Wineskins Prayer Guide: This list is gathered from our agency partners (AFM, SAMS-USA, and Global Teams) to pray over our many Anglican missionaries all over the world.
Prayer Cards for Cross-Cultural Workers: Print out some pictures of the missionaries that your church and/or diocese supports. If your church is not currently connected to a CCW, you can reach out to your diocesan GMI Advocate to get a partnership started!
Purchase a poster of a map: Regularly pray over missionaries and people groups with a visual guide of where they are in the world! You could place a pin or sticker on the countries you feel particularly led to pray for, or use it on a mission table at your church.
Purchase a string of flags: Decorate your sanctuary or parish hall with international flags to get into the World Mission Sunday spirit. Having this colorful reminder of the nations will encourage people to pray for all those not yet reached with the Gospel!
Courses
For those who want to engage in deeper training on missions and outreach, we recommend:
Anglican Introductions to Missions - 6 Lessons Understanding global missions and the task remaining in world evangelization are crucial to Christian discipleship and church growth. Consider using this study during Epiphany leading up to World Mission Sunday to encourage prayer and engagement in global missions in your congregation!
Anglican Frontier Missions Introduction to Missions 4-Session Course This curriculum explores the meaning and purpose of the Great Commission. For their children’s curriculum, scroll down to the “Children & Youth” section of this page.
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement courses: online options or find a course near you.
Bridges DVD series by Crescent Project: equip your people to reach Muslims with the love of Jesus.
Children & Youth
How can we get kids excited about mission? These curricula can get you started!
Children of the World downloadable curriculum
Do Great Things for God downloadable curriculum (best for ages 8-11)
Frontier Mission Kids (Ages 10-13), a four-week curriculum from Pamela Ward (AFM), designed not only to educate but also to inspire your church towards greater involvement in reaching the nations.
Children’s Corner from Anglicans In Prayer, mentioned in our Prayer section here.
Many people have questions about the need for mission. The resources below could provide clarity!
Statistics To Share
Status of World Evangelization: How much of the world has heard the gospel or has access to the bible in their language?
Unreached Peoples Overview: What does it mean to be an “unreached people group”?
Why Still Unreached?: With so much advancement in technology over the centuries, how are there still groups of people that have never heard the gospel before?
Speakers
Want someone to come and speak on an area of global mission? Here are some Anglican partners that would love to visit your church!
Sending Agencies
You can also connect with other Anglican missional entities through Anglican Global Mission Partners. We have a full list of agency partners that would love to visit your church on the AGMP webpage!