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Author: Davis, N. (Ed.).
Title: The finishing well handbook: For missionaries and chaplains facing retirement.
   Springfield, MO: Gospel Publishing House.   2008
Summary:  Covering the stages of transition, this book is written for people who lose not only their occupation at retirement, but they also often lose their friends, culture, identity, self-esteem and even their future hope of ministry. It is best to read this in years immediately before retirement.
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: Families in missions: A research context.
The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve (pp. 347-358).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   2004
Summary:  An article describing the Missionary Kid Consultation and Research Team/Committee on Research and Endowment (MK-CART/CORE) and the three major research projects it has conducted. A condensed version of this is published as a chapter in Powell & Bowers (2002), Enhancing Missionary Vitality under the title MK-CART/CORE: A multi-mission research model, pp. 485-493. This article also appears in the Journal of Psychology and Theology, 1999, 27, 98-106.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Going global: A member care model for best practice.
Mission Frontiers,  September-October, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 8-9   2002
Summary:  An article presenting a model of member care that is comprehensive, practical, and potentially applicable in a variety of cultures. A summary of "Going global: A member care model for best practice." published in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, April, 2001. Another revision of it is in O'Donnell (Ed.), 2002, Doing Member Care Well, pp. 13-22.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Touring the terrain: An international sampler of member care literature.
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 551-560).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   2002
Summary:  An chapter which is an annotated bibliography of member care literature. It is organized into eight categories of member care, often provided by different "specialists." The chapter also gives additional sources and bibliographies of member care. This first appeared as an article in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 2001, vol. 39, pp. 18-29.
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Author: Taylor, G.
Title: Dimensions of care in the missions community.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 209-217).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter looks at a comprehensive definition of care and different ways care may be received in terms of the experience of the person. Caring for one another is an effective means of Christian witness.
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Author: Gardner, L. M.
Title: Missionary care and counseling: A brief history and challenge.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 41-47).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter reviews the history of different eras of missionary care during the past century with each stage building on and including the previous ones.
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Author: Lindquist, B.
Title: Member care in the service of missions: What is in the driver's seat?
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 33-40).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter raises a variety of thought-provoking questions about member care issues which everyone involved in member care should consider.
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: The annual conference on mental health and missions: A brief history.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 3-11).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter is a summary of the history of the conference held annually in November in Indiana since 1980.
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: Enhancing Missionary Vitality: Mental Health professions Serving Global Mission.
   Palmer Lake, CO, Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  A comprehensive, 500-page book about member care of primarily North American missionaries consisting of 56 Chapters gathered into 9 parts with from 1 to 12 chapters in each of the parts. This is the most valuable resource on North American member care available at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Doing Member Care Well :Perspectives and Practices from Around the World.
   Pasadena, CA, William Carey Library.   2002
Summary:  A comprehensive, 566-page book about member care around the world consisting of 50 Chapters gathered into 3 parts with 5 sections in each of the last two parts . This is the most valuable resource on world-wide member care available at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Giants, foxes, wolves and flies: Helping ourselves and others.
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 237-247).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   2002
Summary:  A chapter summarizing the things that distract, distress, and destroy missionaries, together with ways to combat them. And series of questions to make applications to our own lives. A revision of an article in the International Journal of Frontier Missions (1995) v. 12, pp. 185-188.
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Author: Pollock, D.
Title: Developing a flow of care & caregivers.
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 23-32).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   2002
Summary:  This chapter describes care that should be given to missionaries throughout their lives. It is an expansion of an article from Interact, 1997, October, pp. 1-6. It is also summarized in Mission Frontiers, September-October, Vol. 24, No. 5, p. 10
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Going global: A member care model for best practice.
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 13-22).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   2002
Summary:  A chapter presenting a model of member care that is comprehensive, practical, and potentially applicable in a variety of cultures. This is a revision of an article with the same title appearing in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 2001, Vol. 37, pp. 212-222. A summary of it also appears in Mission Frontiers, 2002, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 2-3.
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: MK-CART/CORE: A multi-mission research model.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 485-493).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  A chapter describing the Missionary Kid Consultation and Research Team/Committee on Research and Endowment (MK-CART/CORE) and the three major research projects it has conducted. An expanded version of this chapter appeared in the Journal of Psychology and Theology (1999), vol. 27, pp. 98-106.
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Author: Pollock, D.
Title: Developing a flow of care & caregivers.
Mission Frontiers.  September-October, Vol. 24, No. 5, p. 10   2002
Summary:  This article describes care that should be given to missionaries throughout their lives. It is a summary of Chapter 2 of Doing Member Care Well by K. O'Donnell, 2002.
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Author: Moreau, A. S.
Title: Virtual missionary care?
Evangelical Missions Quarterly.  37, 84-87   2001
Summary:  An article describing member care resources available on the World Wide Web
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Going global: A member care model for best practice.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  37, 212-222.   2001
Summary:  An article presenting a model of member care that is comprehensive, practical, and potentially applicable in a variety of cultures. Another revision of it is in O'Donnell (Ed.), 2002, Doing Member Care Well, pp. 13-22. A summary of it also appears in Mission Frontiers, 2002, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 2-3.
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Author: Lindquist, B.
Title: What IS member care all about?
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  37, 223-225.   2001
Summary:  An article in response to O'Donnell (2000) in which the author comments on the strong points of the article and expresses two major concerns.
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Author: Foyle, M.
Title: Honourably wounded: Stress among Christian workers (Rev .ed.).
   London: Monarch.   2001
Summary:  A revised, updated, and expanded edition of Foyle (1987) Understanding Missionary Stress. An excellent resource on stress in every aspect of missionary life.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Touring the terrain: An international sampler of member care literature.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly.  37, 18-29.   2001
Summary:  An article which is an annotated bibliography of member care literature. It is organized into eight categories of member care, often provided by different "specialists." The article also gives additional sources and bibliographies of member care. A revised version of this article appears in O'Donnell (2002) Dooing Member Care Well, pp. 551-560.
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: Families in missions: A research context.
Journal of Psychology and Theology.  27, 98-106.   1999
Summary:  An article describing the Missionary Kid Consultation and Research Team/Committee on Research and Endowment (MK-CART/CORE) and the three major research projects it has conducted. A condensed version of this is published as a chapter in Powell & Bowers (2002), Enhancing Missionary Vitality under the title MK-CART/CORE: A multi-mission research model, pp. 485-493. This article also appears in L. Andrews, (Ed.) 2004, The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve, pp. 347-358.
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Author: Hall, M. E. L.
Title: Psychology and missions: The role of the mental health professional in member care.
Journal of Psychology and Theology.  27, 83-86.   1999
Summary:  An article introducing a special journal issue, looking at the past, present and future.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Developing member care affiliations: Personal reflections and community psychology contributions.
Journal of Psychology and Theology.  27, 119-129.   1999
Summary:  An article summarizing the state of RIMAs (Regional Interagency Member-care Affiliations), including the characteristics of RIMAs and a dozen examples.
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: MK Research: Notes and Observations.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 433-444).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.   1998
Summary:  A chapter giving the history and summarizing research done on MKs, emphasizing the MK-CART/CORE studies
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Author: Larsen, J. A.
Title: The Third Culture Kid.
Christian Counseling Today,  6 (3), 10-11, 31-32.   1998
Summary:  An article about counseling TCKs. It is an overview including the definition of TCKs, characteristics of TCKs, and suggestions for counseling TCKs.
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Author: Edlin, R. J.
Title: The Christian school in a missions context.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 249-262).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.   1998
Summary:  A chapter which gives an overview of issues from tasks to tests to teamwork related to MK schools. Abridged from Edlin's The cause of Christian Education, Northport, AL: Vision Press, 1994 (Chapter 9).
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Author: Ward, T.
Title: MKs in perspective: Deacons for the 21st century.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 12-19).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.   1998
Summary:  A chapter which is essentially the closing address at ICMK Nairobi, 1989. A statement of where we were in MK care at that time.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Member care in missions: Global perspectives and future directions.
Journal of Psychology and Theology  25, 143-154.   1997
Summary:  This is an excellent summary of the state of member care in missions in the late 1990s with some suggestions for further development. The list of references is long and valuable. It is must reading for anyone wanting to learn about the current state of member care.
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Author: Taylor, W. D.
Title: Challenging the missions stakeholders: Conclusions and implications; further research.
Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 341-360).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1997
Summary:  A chapter summarizing what has been learned in this major research study along with implications for everyone involved and some suggestions for further research.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: An international guide for member care resources.
Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 325-338).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1997
Summary:  A chapter listing missionary care resources by continent and country. An update of "Member care resource guide" published in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, January, 1996.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Member care on the field: Taking the longer road. Perspective of the old sending countries.
Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 287-302).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1997
Summary:  A chapter giving an overview of member care in the mid 1990s. This is an excellent summary of what is available as well as a call for what more is needed. The member care needs and resources grid is particularly helpful in integrating staff, services, stages, and stressors.
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Author: Donovan, K.
Title: Reflections on attrition in career missionaries: A generational perspective into the future.
Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 41-73).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1997
Summary:  A chapter detailing the differences between generations of missionaries during the second half of the twentieth century along with suggestions on how to capitalize in the best characteristics of both to carry out the Great Commission.
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Author: Taylor, W. D.
Title: Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition.
   Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1997
Summary:  A book describing the Reducing Missionary Attrition Project (ReMAP) conducted by the World Evangelical Fellowship Missions Commission which was conducted to identify the causes, explore solutions and deliver products and services to mission agencies and churches worldwide to help reduce undesirable attrition.
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Author: Keidel, L.
Title: Conflict or connection: Interpersonal relationships in cross-cultural settings.
   Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Missions Information Service.   1996
Summary:  A very good book on relationships with many different types of people. The first four chapters and the last six chapters are particularly about mental health issues.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Member care resource guide.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  32, 72-79.   1996
Summary:  A listing of sources of member care categorized by continent. Most have 10 or more listed, except Africa has only 1 (Nairobi), and Central and South America has only 1 (Colorado Springs!!).
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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..
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Foxes, Giants, and Wolves
International Journal of Frontier Missions,  12, 185-188.   1995
Summary:  An article summarizing the things that distract, distress, and destroy missionaries, together with ways to combat them. And series of questions to make applications to our own lives. This article also is in Odonnell (2002) Doing Member Care Well (pp. 237-247).
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Missionary Care: Counting the cost for world evangelization.
   Pasadena, CA: William Care Library.   1992
Summary:  An outstanding overview of member care consisting of five chapters in each of five sections covering much of member care in missions. Each chapter ends with questions for discussion and reverences. An index is provided.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Perspectives on Member Care in Missions
Missionary Care: Counting the cost for world evangelization (pp. 10-23).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1992
Summary:  Introductory chapter to the book written by two outstanding psychologists. It is a revision of O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1990). The increasing scope of member care, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 26, 418-428. They show a commitment to developing missionary personnel throughout their whole careers.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: The increasing scope of "member care."
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  26, 418-428.   1990
Summary:  Introductory chapter to the book written by two outstanding psychologists. They show a commitment to developing missionary personnel throughout their whole careers. Same as In a revised form as O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1992) Member care: Counting the cost of world evangelization (10-23) Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
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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.
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Author: Echerd, P.
Title: Understanding and nurturing the missionary family. Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I.
   Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1989
Summary:  Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I. Contains 42 chapters grouped into seven categories.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions
   Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1988
Summary:  An excellent compendium of 50 previously published articles and papers all gathered together in one place. An excellent introduction to mental health and missions
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Author: Collins, M. A.
Title: Manual for today's missionary: From recruitment to retirement.
   Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1986
Summary:  An outstanding, very practical book raising issues that should be considered by all missionaries from the time they begin to think about missions until they retire. A bit dated, but still the best I have found.
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Author: Tetzel, B.
Title: New directions in Missions: Implications for MKs: Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Manila, Philippines, November 5-9, 1984.
   West Battleboro, VT: ICMK.   1986
Summary:  A compendium of the international conference on missionary kids held in Manila, Philippines, November 5-9, 1984. It consists of 47 chapters arranged in five categories.
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Author: Stringham, J. A.
Title: Likely causes of emotional difficulties among missionaries.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  6, 193-203.   1970
Summary:  An early, complete attempt to look at causes for emotional problems in missionaries. Sixteen external problems and 10 internal problems were specified. This article is continued in Stringham, 1970.
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