Rescue Mission History Project:
Resources to Train Staff in the Movement's History and Values​​

Resources to Train Staff in Rescue Mission History and Values​​

Train your staff by having them subscribe to the Rescue Mission History & Values Podcast, watch this YouTube playlist, use this training checklist or click on the videos below.

Use our NotebookLM AI Archive and our Digital Books and Articles Archive and book recommendations below

Books Still in Print

Books on Rescue Mission Values, Programs & Approaches

Recent Books by Individual Missions & Mission Founders


Out-of-Print Books Available for Free Digitally

History of the Rescue Mission Movement

Key Rescue Mission Founders & Historical Missions (Free on Archive.org)

We have compiled the top history sources into NotebookLM as an AI tool for you to use for research and to create customized histories for your mission

  • Prompt for your Mission’s History: “Write a history of MINISTRY NAME to inspire new staff & supporters. Focus significantly on key historical figures and early stories. Summarize the organization’s impact. Summarize the organization’s mission, core values, the Biblical basis for the work, what is unique about their approach. Connect the movement to the works of Jesus and in the early centuries of the Christian church’s charity work. This should be at least 5,000 words. Your tone should be professional but encouraging and inspirational as if you were the Executive Director of the mission.” See examples.
  • Core Values of Gospel Rescue Missions. “Write a paper of at least 5,000 words explaining the core values of gospel rescue missions and tie them into their Biblical basis, the life and teachings of Jesus and the Charity works of the early church. Be sure this is at least 5,000 words.” See results.
  • Founders. “For every rescue mission that has an identified founder, list the founder, the mission name and the founding date in a table.” See results.
  • Founding Dates. “Identify the founding dates of all missions including city and state where they were founded.” See results
  • Women. “Identify all women in these histories and provide a summary of the role of each person.” See results.
  • Scriptures Used in Rescue Ministry. “List the most common scripture references quoted in the material, sort by the most frequently quoted.” See results.
  • Core Values of Gospel Rescue Missions. “Write a paper of at least 5,000 words explaining the core values of gospel rescue missions and tie them into their Biblical basis, the life and teachings of Jesus and the Charity works of the early church. Be sure this is at least 5,000 words.’ See results.
  • Founding Family Tree. Multiple prompts to try to assemble a founding family tree of rescue missions. See results.
  • Video Script. “Write a history of the gospel rescue mission movement in the US to be used as a script for a three minute inspirational video for new staff and supporters of rescue missions.”

Using Our Archive to Build Your Own NotebookLM (Advanced)

  • Download books from our Digital Books and Articles Archive
  • Uploaded into a new notebook you create in https://notebooklm.google.com
  • Add webpages, documents and videos from your ministry’s history & recent annual report.
  • Creating a Mission History Document for Staff Orientation. 
  • Prompt for your Mission’s History: “Write a history of MINISTRY NAME to inspire new staff & supporters. Focus significantly on key historical figures and early stories. Summarize the organization’s impact. Summarize the organization’s mission, core values, the Biblical basis for the work, what is unique about their approach. Connect the movement to the works of Jesus and in the early centuries of the Christian church’s charity work. This should be at least 5,000 words. Your tone should be professional but encouraging and inspirational as if you were the Executive Director of the mission.” See example at: Bay Area Rescue Mission History
  • Creating an audio history. Use the audio overview function of NotebookLM to create a custom audio history using a prompt like this (replacing YOUR MINISTRY with your ministry’s name): “Prepare this as an orientation for new staff and volunteers for the YOUR MINISTRY. Summarize YOUR MINISTRY’s history and impact to inspire. Connect its history to the larger rescue mission movement and history. Summarize the Biblical basis for the work rescue mission, what is unique about their approach and values and their overall impact. Connect its history to the works of Jesus and Charity in the early centuries of the Christian church.” See example at: Rescue Mission History & Values Bay Area Rescue Mission.

Use and contribute to our toolkits (listed below) including adding to our history archive. To contribute email partnerships@cityvision.edu.

Workshop: Teaching Staff Core Values & Theology