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Van Reken, R.
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Adult missionary kids returning as missionaries: Going Home?
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The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve (pp. 179-190).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2004
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This chapter looks at missionary subculture as a "third culture" and examines patterns of relationship to the host culture. Advantages as well as pitfalls of an MK background are explored, as well as complexities of motivation, relationship and lifestyle patterns of adult MK missionaries.
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McAllister, L. A
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Road blocks and improvements.
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 56-74).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A chapter summarizing qualitative research conducted in the mid 1990s for a PhD dissertation on constraints encountered in ministry.
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Campbell, M.
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Making adjustments favorably.
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 31-55).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A chapter considering the special needs of women as they adapt to the host culture as well as suggestions for meeting those needs.
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Downes, D.
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Confused missionary roles--Theirs or mine?
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 101-122).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A chapter considering the problems women face in cultures that perceive women's roles as quite passive, including concrete practical suggestions as to how to function in such cultures.
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S. L.
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The uninvited.
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Women of the Harvest,
September/October.
2003
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This is an article about being asked to leave a group (Bible study), the expected reactions and what one can do when this happens.
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Kraft, M. G.
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Distinctly female.
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Frontline women: Negotiating crosscultural issues in ministry (pp. 7-20).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A chapter discussing major gender differences between male and female, between boys and girls as well as between men and women.
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Donovan, K.
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Growing through stress.
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Berrien Springs, MI: Institute of World Mission
2002
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Written by a missionary, this book integrates secular research with a Biblical perspective shoeing that stress is our enemy only when it gets our of control. Handled creatively in helps us grow and enriches out lives.
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Gardner, L. M.
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A practical approach to missionary transitions.
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Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 91-99).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2002
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This chapter looks at major transition points, both expected and unexpected, in the lives of missionaries. Missionary life is very stressful, and much of the stress is caused by such changes.
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Windle, J.
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Conflict!...who, me?
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Women of the Harvest,
January/February.
2001
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This article considers how conflicts can arise both in marriages and in teams, and then presents ways these conflicts can be resolved.
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Jones, M.
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Psychology of missionary adjustment.
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Springfield, MO: Logion.
1995
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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..
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Dye, T. W.
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Stress-producing factors in cultural adjustment.
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Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 335-351).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1988
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A good summary factors increasing and decreasing culture stress as well as practical suggestions to decrease it. Same as in Missiology: An International Review, 1974, 2, 61-77.
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Dye, S. F.
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Decreasing fatigue and illness in field-work.
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Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 352-378).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1988
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An article presenting applications of Freud's defense mechanisms to the production of cultural stress for missionaries. A good set of ways of dealing with stress is also presented. Same as in Missiology: An International Review, 1974, 2, 79-109.
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Williams, K.
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Worksheet on balanced living.
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Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 390-398).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1988
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This is an excellent worksheet for assessing workload, its stress, and its effect on other relationships with suggestions for moving toward a balanced life.
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Foyle, M.
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Missionary relationships: Powderkeg or powerhouse?
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Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 399-406).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1988
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A good, short article on conflicts between administration and personnel, and how to address them. Cultural differences between expatriates and expatriates and nationals are also discussed with ways of solving them. The problem with missionary subcultures are also addressed. Same as in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1985, 21, 342-349. Also many of these ideas are found in Chapter 8 of Foyle (1987) Overcoming missionary Stress, Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service.
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Foyle, M.
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Overcoming stress in singleness.
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Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 413-420).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1988
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An excellent short article covering singleness, practical problems, practical advice; it includes potential sexual problems and being alone. Same as in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1985, 21, 134-142. Similar to Chapter 2 in Foyle (1987), Overcoming Missionary Stress, Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service.
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Author: |
Foyle, M.
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Overcoming stress in singleness.
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
21, 134-142.
1985
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An excellent short article covering singleness, practical problems, practical advice; it includes potential sexual problems and being alone. Same as in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1988), Helping missionaries grow (413-420), Pasadena, CA: William Carey Press. Very similar to Chapter 2 in Foyle (1987) Overcoming missionary stress, Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service.
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Author: |
Foyle, M.
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Missionary relationships: Powderkeg or powerhouse?
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Evangelical missions Quarterly,
21, 342-349.
1985
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A good, short article on conflicts between administration and personnel, and how to address them. Cultural differences between expatriates and expatriates and nationals are also discussed with ways of solving them. The problem with missionary subcultures are also addressed. Same as in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1988), Helping missionaries grow (399-406), Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library. Many of these ideas are also found in Chapter 7 of Foyle (1987) Overcoming missionary stress, Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service.
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Author: |
Dye, S. F.
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Decreasing fatigue and illness in field-work.
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Missiology: An International Review
2, 79-109.
1974
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An article presenting applications of Freud's defense mechanisms to the production of cultural stress for missionaries. A good set of ways of dealing with stress is also presented. Same as in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1988), Helping missionaries grow (352-377), Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
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