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The Lausanne Movement has a collection of documents called the Lausanne Occasional Papers, a good resource for any academic. Also, the Lausanne Movement has Gatherings where Christian leaders convene and write on a variety of theological and evangelistic issues. There is a document specifically written about holistic mission which can be found here.
The Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity: A institute of Calvin College based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This institute was designed to develop awareness and knowledge about the rise of Christianity in the global South and East.
The Oxford Centre for Missions Studies believes that mission work goes beyond evangelism. The center creates missiological scholarship concerning the church’s response to issues such as development, poverty, human trafficking, and corruption. The center also provides Masters and Doctoral degrees as well as publishes the Transformation journal and Regnum books.
The Micah Network: A coalition of over 300 Christian relief and development organizations which seeks to build capacity, encourage integral mission, and advocate on behalf of the oppressed.
PRISM: The Evangelicals for Social Action, a group in light of The Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern in 1973, publishes a excellent magazine, called PRISM which has holistic mission ideas, case studies and articles.
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