|
Database Home
List of Topics
List of Authors
About the Database
|
|
Author: |
Gouge, B.
|
|
Title: |
Discipleship and the Missionary Kid.
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
Vol. 44, pp. 432-438.
2008
|
|
Summary: |
This is an article pointing out that Godly parenting with the goal of spiritual formation of children requires a focused and strong commitment to be involved in the lives of our children.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Hay, R.
|
|
Title: |
Worth keeping: Global perspectives on best Practice.
|
|
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2007
|
|
Summary: |
This book is the report of ReMAP II, the largest research project ever done in the missions world. It took five years to complete, 40% of the world mission workforce was represented, including people from 22 countries on six continents. It gathered data on virtually every topic the Mission Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance thought could impact missionary retention.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
O'Donnell, K.
|
|
Title: |
Wise as doves and innocent as serpents?
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
Vol. 43, pp. 40-49.
2007
|
|
Summary: |
This article contains many practical suggestions for dealing with conflict resolution in situations involving human dysfunction involving weakness and wrongness and in biblical discipline to restore people and organizations.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Lo, J.
|
|
Title: |
The missionary and porn.
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
January, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 61-64.
2003
|
|
Summary: |
An article suggestion ways missionaries can decrease the probability of becoming controlled by pornography.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Williams, K.
|
|
Title: |
Sexual purity in missions.
|
|
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 249-256).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2002
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter giving practical strategies and tools for remaining pure in missions and for avoiding the snares of the Evil one.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
O'Donnell, K.
|
|
Title: |
Building resilient teams: The CACTUS Kit.
|
|
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp.391-398).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2002
|
|
Summary: |
An excellent article giving eight characteristics of resilient teams organized around the acronym CCACTUSS, as well as giving two practical tools to help maintain it. Revision of an article in Ebangelical Missions Quarterly, 1999, Voil. 35, pp. 72-78.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Wyse, B.
|
|
Title: |
Are we preparing our TCKs for college?
|
|
Fitted Pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 374-380),
St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Service.
2001
|
|
Summary: |
An article presenting a great competency checklist for all areas of the MKs life that would prepare him or her for college, hindrances to the competencies as well as several solutions. Also see the "letter" elaborating on the article in Interact, May, 1997, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 16-17. An edited version also found in Bowers (ed.), 1998, Raising resilient MKs, (pp. 121-129). Colorado Springs: ACSI. Same as in Interact December, 1996, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-4.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Rosik, C. H.
|
|
Title: |
Professional use of the Internet: Legal and ethical issues in a member care environment.
|
|
Journal of Psychology and Theology,
29, 106-120.
2001
|
|
Summary: |
An article raising ethical and legal issues in the use of the Internet by professionals in providing member care. Recommendations are presented which can help mission organizations and member care professionals promote ethical practice and reduce legal liability when providing online services. A condensed form of this article is also in Powell & Bowers (2002) Enhancing Missionary Vitality, pp. 463-471.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Tebbe, B.
|
|
Title: |
When will you be home?
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
37, 428-433.
2001
|
|
Summary: |
An article filled with practical suggestions about living with the separations caused by today's mobile ministry situations faced by most missionaries.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
McIlhenny, A.
|
|
Title: |
Multiple choice in TCK education: The learning center method.
|
|
Fitted Pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 603-609),
St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Service.
2001
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter describing the program at the Katmandu International Study Center, the international supported self-study model which allows much flexibility in MK education. Same as in Interact, May, 1992. Also found in Bowers, (1998) Raising Resilient MKs, Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Pirolo, N.
|
|
Title: |
The reentry team: Caring for your returning missionaries.
|
|
San Diego, CA: Emmaus Road International
2000
|
|
Summary: |
A book written for the local church about reentry containing many stories written anonymously by missionaries each analyzed relative to 9 factors relative to length of time for reentry, 9 areas of life experience, 5 reentry behavior patterns, 6 areas in which missionaries need care, and 5 scriptural-based steps to full integration. Excellent for missionaries as well as local church mission committees.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
O'Donnell, K.
|
|
Title: |
The "CACTUS Kit" for building resilient teams.
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly.
35, 72-78.
1999
|
|
Summary: |
An excellent article giving eight characteristics of resilient teams organized around the acronym CCACTUSS, as well as giving two practical tools to help maintain those characteristics to keep team members from sticking one another. A revision of it is also found in O'Donnell (2002) Doing Member Care Well, pp. 391-398.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
McGill, B.
|
|
Title: |
On-site orientation programs.
|
|
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 368-371).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter describing what is needed in a good orientation program for MK school staff on-site, especially if there has not been an adequate pre-field orientation. Same as in Interact, December, 1995
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Kaak, P.
|
|
Title: |
Provenness.
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
34, 164-168.
1998
|
|
Summary: |
An article calling for prospective missionaries show that they are able to do the things they expect to do overseas by actually doing them at home, regardless of their training.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
McIlhenny, A.
|
|
Title: |
Multiple choice in MK education.
|
|
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 323-329).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter describing the program at the Katmandu International Study Center, the international supported self-study model which allows much flexibility in MK education. Same as in Interact, May, 1992. Same as Blomberg & Brooks, 2001, Fitted pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 603-609). St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Services.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Wyse, B.
|
|
Title: |
Preparing our MKs for college.
|
|
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 121-129).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter presenting a great competency checklist for all areas of the MKs life that would prepare him or her for college, hindrances to the competencies as well as several solutions. Same as in Interact, December 1996 and May 1997.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Luce, R. H.
|
|
Title: |
Staff relationships that work.
|
|
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 372-383).
Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.
1998
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter about developing relationships between missionaries, especially staff at boarding schools, although the principles are generally applicable to missionaries in all situations. Same as in World Report, September/October and November/December, 1996.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Elkins, P.
|
|
Title: |
Attrition in the USA and Canada.
|
|
Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 171-179).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter presenting the data of the survey in north America along with two examples of mission agencies who have minimized the attrition rate.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Wyse, B.
|
|
Title: |
Are we preparing our MKs for college?
|
|
Interact.
December, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-4.
1996
|
|
Summary: |
An article presenting a great competency checklist for all areas of the MKs life that would prepare him or her for college, hindrances to the competencies as well as several solutions. Also see the "letter" elaborating on the article in Interact, May, 1997, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 16-17. An edited version also found in Bowers (ed.), 1998, Raising resilient MKs, (pp. 121-129). Colorado Springs: ACSI. Same as Blomberg & Brooks, 2001, Fitted pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 374-380). St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Services.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Jones, M.
|
|
Title: |
Psychology of missionary adjustment.
|
|
Springfield, MO: Logion.
1995
|
|
Summary: |
An excellent introductory overview of mental health issues arranged in a developmental context from selection to retirement. A good book for anyone interested in mental health and missions to begin as an introduction..
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
McGill, B.
|
|
Title: |
What's important in orientation programs?
|
|
Interact.
December, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 12-13.
1995
|
|
Summary: |
An article describing what is needed in a good orientation program for MK school staff on-site, especially if there has not been an adequate pre-field orientation. Same as in Bowers, 1998, Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 368-371). Colorado Springs, CO: ACSI.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
McIlhenny, A.
|
|
Title: |
Multiple choice in MK education: The Kathmandu International Study Center Model.
|
|
Interact.
May, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 6-8.
1992
|
|
Summary: |
An article describing the program at the Katmandu International Study Center, the international supported self-study model which allows much flexibility in MK education. Same as in Bowers, 1998, Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 323-329). Colorado Springs, CO: ACSI.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Ringenberg, K.
|
|
Title: |
Field education system.
|
|
Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 229-237).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
|
|
Summary: |
A chapter presenting the field education system in which children spend three weeks as a group, then nine weeks back at the village, then three weeks as a group. They are studying a core curriculum and the teacher at the ERC is in charge of the education
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Echerd, P.
|
|
Title: |
Planning for MK nurture. Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume II.
|
|
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
|
|
Summary: |
Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, volume II. Contains 49 chapters grouped into six categories.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
McBurney, L.
|
|
Title: |
Counseling Christian Workers.
|
|
Waco, TX: Word.
1986
|
|
Summary: |
A book about counseling all Christian workers, but containing some sections specifically about missionaries, and all of the more general material is relevant to missionaries. The author is a psychiatrist who had counseled hundreds of Christian workers at Marble Retreat in Colorado over a dozen years, so the text is filled with scores of real-life examples. A very practical, sound book.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Smith, S.
|
|
Title: |
The trouble with my home board is.
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
21, 118-128.
1985
|
|
Summary: |
An article written anonymously listing 9 problems a missionary sees with his home board, and follows this with 9 suggestions. This is also followed by a survey by Reapsome (1985) showing which of these criticism are generally made by other missionaries.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: |
Reapsome, J.
|
|
Title: |
Readers cite rushed visits and lack of pastoral care.
|
|
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
21, 128-131.
1985
|
|
Summary: |
A report of a survey made to see which of Smith's (1985) criticisms other missionaries felt were relevant to them. Rushed visits by home executives and lack of pastoral care were at the top of the list, closely followed by ineffective recruitment and screening. Criticism for not "going native" home executives being out of tune with the basic purpose of missions and too much work piled on by the home office were at the bottom.
|
| |
read full citation... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
