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Seabrook Seven
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Tender Care: The Heart and Soul of Caring for God's Scattered Servants.
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Rockford, IL: Barnabas Books.
2010
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This book about the "heart and soul" was written by a group of seven people involved in member care of missionaries with Barnabas International. They met in Seabrook, Washington several times during a year, thus the name the Seabrook Seven. The authors are not all named because they work in sensitive areas. The book is more about who you should be than what you should do.
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Lingenfelter, J. E.
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In the line of fire.
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 209-219).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A chapter on women's concerns when facing danger or stress, along with things agencies and churches can do both before women go to the field and while they are serving there.
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Carr, K.
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Crisis intervention and debriefing.
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Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 303-311).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2002
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A chapter showing the effects of trauma, the need for immediate attention, and describing what should be done and major issues to be considered. It includes a step-by-step procedure for debriefing. Same as Carr (1997) Evangelical missions quarterly.
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Williams, K.
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Sexual purity in missions.
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Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 249-256).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2002
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A chapter giving practical strategies and tools for remaining pure in missions and for avoiding the snares of the Evil one.
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Murray, G.
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Missionaries' temptations.
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
34, 66-68.
1998
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A brief article warning of the lack of immunity to temptation on the field, especially In the areas of honesty and sexuality. Also includes suggestions for avoiding sin.
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Carr, K.
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Crisis intervention for missionaries.
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
33, 450-458.
1997
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An article showing the effects of trauma, the need for immediate attention, and describing what should be done and major issues to be considered. It includes a step-by-step procedure for debriefing. Article is reprinted in Powell & Bowers (2002) Enhancing missionary vitality, pp. 303-311.
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Johnston, L. N.
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Core Issues in Missionary Life
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Missionary Care: Counting the cost for world evangelization (pp37-45).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1992
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Distinction of various types of issues in missionaries. Good distinction between the core issues that are central to all that the missionary is and does and secondary issues that are important in life, but may get so much attention that we forget the primary ones illustrated in Abraham's life
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Echerd, P.
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Planning for MK nurture. Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume II.
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Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, volume II. Contains 49 chapters grouped into six categories.
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Fritz, J.
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Homesick--My Own Story.
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New York: Yearling Press.
1982
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This book is the story of the author's life growing up in a tumultuous China when foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular. Written for children 8-12 years of age, the book is a Newberry Honor Book and winner of the American Book Award for Children's Fiction.
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