Internationals Ministry Training

• International Project: resources for discovery Bible study, disciple-making movements, and other information about reaching unreached people groups in the U.S.

• Jeannie Marie: this website has a number of resources for Christians who are interested in ministry to internationals, both in the US and abroad. It includes suggestions for meeting people from unreached people groups, ideas for understanding refugees, and more.

• Pathways: Free online 12-session video series for individuals and groups to teach about God's plan for global evangelization and how everyone can be part in different ways.

• View this curated list from Restoring Hope Roanoke with items helpful for learning about immigrants and refugees.

Working with Refugees

• Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services' webinar series on working with survivors of trauma and sometimes torture.

• Refugees generally go through cultural orientation (CO) before they leave their refugee camps and again at their resettlement agency. This free, self-paced training from the Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange may be helpful if you are working with refugees and would like to know more about CO to better understand refugees' experiences and incorporate it into ESOL classes. 

• Free one-hour course on how the church can help in the global refugee crisis from International Association for Refugees (IAFR). 

• Redcliffe College (UK) online course on working with refugees and self-care for helpers (~$100)

• Switchboard's Trauma-Informed Care Training Seminars for people working with refugees: 

"Movement Towards Practice" Webinar and Information Guide

"Preventing Crises and De-Escalating Difficult Situations" Webinar and Information Guide

ESOL Teacher Training

• Institute for Cross Cultural Training (Wheaton College) offers several courses and workshops for teachers of ESL: a one-day workshop that highlights foundational methodology and specific skills for ESL teachers; three 30-hour ESL teaching courses meet the practical needs of English teachers and volunteers who have had little or no practical training. They suggest beginning with our basics of ESL teaching course that we call "Reach Out with English." All workshops and courses are offered via Zoom, allowing for flexibility and interaction with participants around the world!

• Training options (link will take you to our ESOL Resource site)

• Training from Restoring Hope Roanoke

• Virtual and In-Person English teacher training through Mission to North America (MNA - PCA). Upcoming Zoom and in-person training around the US are listed.  

Multilingual Bibles

• Multilanguage Media - buy Christian materials in a variety of languages

• Scripture Earth - scripture resources in thousands of languages

• Find.Bible - a directory with links to thousands of Bible versions and resources from different organizations

• Wycliffe- find Bibles and other print, audio, and video resources in numerous languages

• Digital Bible Society - Digital Bible Society’s Bible resources in numerous languages

• Wordproject - find the Bible translated in many languages

• iTunes Radio has many audio Bibles available for free listening.

• The Bible Project is continually adding to their list of translated videos.

• WordProject Parallel Bibles - English and other languages side-by-side

• Faith Comes by Hearing (bible.is) - has written and audio Bibles in hundreds of languages.

• YouVersion - searchable Bible in over a thousand languages.

Tip: If you're searching for a passage in a language you cannot read, go to YouVersion, find the passage in English, and then switch languages. Occasionally, the other translation will change the book of the Bible (for example, if that translation only has part of the Bible), so it's a good idea to copy and paste into Google Translate and/or keep an eye on the abbreviations in the URL bar to make sure you are still getting the same chapter and verse. You can also use WordProject's parallel Bibles with English and the other language side-by-side.

Also, be mindful of the fact that some languages are read from right-to-left (e.g., Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew), so if you try to copy and paste that text, it will likely be pasted backwards. Take a screenshot or use a tool like Microsoft Snip to get an exact image of the text.

For a full tutorial on how to create multilingual verse handouts, watch this video.

International student ministry

• Every International: Free online training for working with international students