MAPS Commander Guide

By Joe Ensley

The MAPS Commander Guide is a practical handbook designed to help churches, leaders, parents, and volunteers launch and lead a Missionary Adventure Prayer Squad (MAPS) ministry in their local church.

This guide provides the tools, structure, and vision needed to build a missions-focused discipleship program that helps children grow in:

PrayerBiblical understandingGlobal missions awarenessServiceEvangelismChristian character

Through interactive challenges, missionary engagement, reading systems, prayer activities, mission quests, journals, badges, and team participation, MAPS helps children become active participants in God's mission-not just observers.

The Commander Guide includes:

The vision and purpose behind MAPSLeadership structure and volunteer rolesProgram setup instructionsAdvancement and level systemsMissionary partnership ideasPrayer and missions activitiesReading and journal systemsEvent and challenge ideasSuggested schedules and implementation strategiesTools for churches of different sizes

Whether your church is large or small, the MAPS Commander Guide is designed to be flexible, practical, and easy to adapt to your ministry context.

More than a program, MAPS is a tool to help raise a generation of children who:

Love JesusPray for the nationsSupport missionariesUnderstand the GospelLive missionally where they areFollow God wherever He leads

The goal of MAPS is not simply to create activities, but to cultivate a lifelong heart for God's global mission in the next generation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H1MB86XC
• ISBN13: 9798196685347
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"