The development of leaders is closely linked to the ministry resources that are available to those leaders. Leaders are hampered in their ministry development by lack of basic resources that are essential to effective ministry. Essential then to the EGM ministry strategy is resource development. We believe that effective leaders need to be equipped with quality resources in order to develop all of their ministry potential. EGM's Resource Development Ministry focuses on two major areas: the actual production of resource material and its subsequent distribution to those who need it for their ministries.

In many cases there is a serious shortage of resources. Frequently, children’s workers lack basic resources for ministry and are severely handicapped in their effectiveness. Therefore our ministry teams seek to produce these much needed resources. These resources are produced with three guiding criteria:

Quality: Our ministry teams are committed to producing only the highest quality resources. We believe that quality reflects on the Lord, our commitment to ministry leaders and the value we attach to young people.

 

Heart Language: We believe it is essential that materials be produced in the language spoken in that country. Our desire is to communicate in the heart, or native, language of ministry leaders and children. Therefore, we publish our resources in their heart language.

 

Felt Need: The selection of resources for production is based on the felt needs of those who are actually involved in ministry to children and youth. Resources are not selected based on popularity in other cultures or funding potential, but rather on the basis of needs within a country. Our ministry teams seek to gather information from a wide variety of experienced children’s workers in order to establish the actual resource needs.

In the last fifteen years EGM has produced children’s workers journals in Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Romanian and Spanish. These are distributed to thousands of teachers in Belarus, Chile, Hungary, Egypt, Poland and Romania. We have produced evangelism and discipleship materials in Belarus, Hungary and Poland. These have been distributed in over 2,500 churches and used to minister the love of Christ to thousands of children. In the last three years summer curriculum series that can be used for Sunday School and Summer Camps, have been produced in Egypt, Romania, and Eastern Europe.  All these resources and more have been produced with the goal to helping children hear, see and experience the life saving love of Jesus Christ.