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ARTICLES
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BOOKS
EVENTS CALENDAR
MINISTRIES
MISSIONARY CARE WEB PAGE EXAMPLES
FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES
RESOURCE LINKS
ADOPT-A-MISSIONARY
ADOPTAMISSIONARY.INFO
Here's a web site that provides an array of great pointers for
churches and individuals on how to adopt a missionary, as well as for
missionaries on how to be an effective adopted missionary.
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ARTICLES
MISSIONARY CARE AND EVALUATION
(series
of articles from Mobilizer magazine)
MISSIONARY
SERVICES INVENTORY & WELCOME BASKET
Here are two global outreach tools you can use
together or implement individually to expand your care for missionaries on home
assignment.
CARING FOR MISSIONARIES ON HOME ASSIGNMENT
Great advice on how to welcome your missionaries back from the field.
MINISTERING
TO MISSIONARY CHILDREN
Resources to help local church members show love and appreciation to MKs
WHAT
MISSIONARIES OUGHT TO KNOW (SERIES)
Brochures in this series contain general information about various topics related
to mental health and missionary care. These brochures are all titled, "What
Missionaries Ought to Know about ______," and each one contains information
on topics ranging from adolescence to guilt to trauma.
HOW
TO INTERVIEW A MISSIONARY
The interview is a good way of getting a missionary involved
in a Sunday service without having to ask the pastor to give up the pulpit.
Here are a list of questions from which you can choose the most appropriate
ones for the particular missionary, remembering that it is always best to talk
to the missionary before they come for the interview to determine the most relevant
topics to be explored.
SERVING
AS SENDERS (Book review by Lisa Calvin)
Your Part in Foreign Mission Work: A Summary of the Book Serving as Senders
by Neal Pirolo
TOURING
THE TERRAIN: AN INTERNATIONAL SAMPLER OF MEMBER CARE LITERATURE,
by Kelly O'Donnell
The member care literature continues to expand, informing member care programs,
policies, and practice. Here is a compilation of many of the key published materials
that have been developed so far.
TEN
REASONS MISSIONARIES LEAVE THE FIELD AND DON'T RETURN
by George Verwer
Scroll down a bit to find this on George Verwers Mission Mobilization Network
newsletter
WEA’S COMMISSION (JOURNAL) SERIES OF ARTICLES
ON MEMBER CARE
Click
here to find the WEA Publications page, then click on the file folder to
the left of “Connections”, then click on “2003 February Connections”
Contents include:
• Member Care: An International Model for Best Practice, Kelly O’Donnell
• Helping Senders Develop A Flow of Care, Dave Pollock
• Member Care for African Mission Personnel, Naomi Famonure
• In the Trenches with Asian Missionaries, Ah Kie Lim
• Awakening Pastoral Care in Latin American Missions, Christopher Shaw
• Goads, or...Missiological Proverbs, Stan Nussbaum
• Reports:
• Member Services to National Missionary Movements, Bertil Ekström
• International Missionary Training Fellowship, Jonathan Lewis
• Future Directions for Member Care: PACTS, Kelly O’Donnell
FUTURE
DIRECTIONS FOR MEMBER CARE: INTEGRATING NEW AND OLD TREASURES
by Kelly O'Donnell
A member care working group of 15-20 people met in March 2006 as part
of a major conference. The conference was attended by some 350 leaders from
around the world. It focused on networking together in order to effectively
minister among Unreached People Groups (UPGs).
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ONLINE MAGAZINES (FOR MISSIONARIES)
ENCOURAGEMENT (monthly) by Barnabas International
WOMEN
OF THE HARVEST
(bi-monthly)
This bi-monthly, written by North American women who are or who have been serving
cross-culturally, provides stories and articles by women who know the difficulties
of adjusting to a new culture, stumbling over a new language, finding a place
in ministry, and setting up house with sometimes unusual furniture and amenities!
Filled with practical tips, medical advice, personal stories, recipes and more.
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BLOGS
CORE
MEMBER CARE
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BOOKS
SERVING
AS SENDERS by Neal Pirolo (e-book
version)
Click
here for hard copy version. See also
Serving as Senders book summary under ARTICLES below.
DOING
MEMBER CARE WELL by Kelly O’Donnell
“This book delivers what it promises! Here are 50 chapters from the widest selection
of writers in the member care field to date... [that] take member care beyond
its usual boundaries.” -- Brent Lindquist, President, Link Care Center
THE
REENTRY TEAM by Neal Pirolo
Pirolo says churches are largely unaware of the complex issues of reentry. He
wants the reader to hear the bad and the good, to understand the feelings and
thoughts of returning missionaries, to grapple with the issues, and to relate
that understanding to their own missionaries. “Ultimately, I want to see the Church
educated in the Biblical model of reentry care so simply stated in the Book of
Acts.” (Intro)
(Read
excerpts from David Mays’ Book Notes)
BURN
UP OR SPLASH DOWN: SURVIVING THE CULTURE SHOCK OF RE-ENTRY by
Marion Nell
This book explains what happens and how to deal with the struggles of returning
from the field. One whole section is especially written to help young people survive
and thrive. And the last shorter section provides guidance for the church receiving
missionaries coming back home. (Read
excerpts from David Mays' Book Notes)
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EVENTS CALENDAR
MEMBERCARE.ORG
(NOTE: This calendar is no longer being updated) After clicking to this page, scroll down and on the right will be a current calendar
of member care training events and conferences taking place around the world.
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MINISTRIES
MEMBERCARE.ORG
Resourcing the global mission/aid community with quality member
care materials that inform (updates, analyses, links) and equip (guidelines, articles,
tools) and providing key ways for member care workers to stay current, connected,
and cohesive as a field.
MISSIONARY RESOURCES CONNECTION
Missionary Resources Connection began in response to a perceived need for missionary care in the Columbia, South Carolina area. In March 2000, several individuals with a shared vision for providing member care services began to meet informally for prayer and discussion. They identified several potential avenues of care for missionaries and their families that would address the high rate of preventable attrition that has been a concern in missions circles for many years.
MOBILE MEMBER CARE (West Africa)
Mobile Member Care Team (MMCT) is a non-profit organization providing training, consultation, counseling, and crisis response for missionaries on the field. We exist to strengthen the mission community in West Africa for healthy, loving service in the midst of challenge, change, and crisis.
OVERSEAS MINISTRIES
STUDY CENTER
The Overseas Ministries Study Center exists to provide the best in residential
programs for the renewal of missionaries and international church leaders, advancement
of mission scholarship through research and publication, and continuing education
in cross-cultural Christian ministries.
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MISSIONARY CARE WEB PAGE EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES
MISSIONARY
CARE LINKS
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RESOURCE
LINKS
ADOPTAMISSIONARY.INFO
Here's a web site that provides an array of great pointers for churches and individuals on how to adopt a missionary, as well as for missionaries on how to be an effective adopted missionary.
ETHNE'S MEMBER CARE LINKS
Providing quality member care resources: 1) to support the mission community as it works among Least-Reached People Groups (LPGs) and 2) to support the member care community, especially Member Care Workers (MCWs) who prioritise their services for LPGs.
MISSIONARY CARE DATABASE
Over 100 topics containing over 800 references to books and articles.
MEMCARE BY RADIO
“MemCare by Radio is a tremendous help to people in areas where
there is no easy access to membercare resources. It provides timely spiritual
input to help people in hard places, as well as practical advice for
effectiveness in living and working.”
MISSIONARYCARE.ORG
LINKS
organizations provide member care either to missionaries in the
United States or to missionaries on their fields.
MISSIONARY
CARE (Missions Resource Network)
Various articles under eleven categories provide the best catalog of missionary
care helps that GO Connect has been able to find so far from a denominational
missions department (Churches of Christ).
MEMBERCARE.ORG
LINKS TO MEMBER CARE MINISTRIES
A valuable clearinghouse for world-wide missionary care resources. For North American
links go to page 14.
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