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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Global member care, Volume one: The pearls and perils of good practice.
   Pasadena, CA: William Cary Library. (265 pages).   2011
Summary:  Written primarily for the faith-based community in the mission/aid sectors, this book is a good text for training purposes. Each chapter begins with five "pearls" which enhance and enrich good practice and five "perils" which enhance and endanger good practice. Throughout the chapters are "boxes" which summarize important points and "health promoters" for reflection and discussion.
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Author: Rosik, C. H.
Title: Can specific MMPI-2 scales predict treatment response among missionaries?
Journal of Psychology and Theology,  Vol. 38, pp. 195-204.   2010
Summary:  An article reporting research on a sample of 112 Christian missionaries to find out if any scales on the MMPI-2 would be valuable to predict treatment response either immediately after treatment or on a three-month follow-up
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Author: Edlin, S. G.
Title: Organizational response to Internet pornography among members.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  Vol. 45, pp. 352-356.   2009
Summary:  An article in which two members of TEAM describe how their organization handles the problem of Internet pornography.
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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.
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Author: Carr, K.
Title: Healing the wounds of trauma: how the church can help.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  Vol. 42, pp. 318-323.   2006
Summary:  This article is a description of the Accra Trauma Healing Workshop held in 2004 including people from nine nations in Africa. It includes many quotes from participants as well as descriptions of what was done.
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Author: Hodge, R.
Title: The dark side of the Internet
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  January, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 52-60   2003
Summary:  An article about the serious problem pornography is in missions, including helpful websites and suggestions for developing a policy.
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Author: Rosik, C. H.
Title: The why and how of restorative care.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 373-379).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter presents a continuum of potions for restorative member care from furlough consultation to residential care. It also describes the missionary restoration program at Link Care.
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Author: Dodds, L. A.
Title: Intensive care community: Moving beyond surviving to thriving.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 415-422).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter describes the Heartstream Resources community which provides a gracious setting for healing and growth for missionaries who suffer from some serious depletion.
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Author: Jensma, J.
Title: Residential care facilities.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 423-432).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter is a summary of information about seven ministries that offer missionary care during a short or long stay in a residential facility.
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Author: Leverington, R.
Title: Facilitating confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 363-371).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter presents a plan for preparing and proceeding through face to face confession, forgiveness and reconciliation. The structure protects the interests of all involved and increases the probability a good outcome.
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Author: Gardner, L. M.
Title: Administrative guidelines for remaining or returning.
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 289-294).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   2002
Summary:  A chapter providing criteria a sending agency uses to decide whether to allow missionaries remain on the field, relocate them to where additional resources are available, or relocate them to the home country.
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Author: Swanson, B.
Title: A mindset and department for member care.
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 435-444).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   2002
Summary:  A chapter with the thesis that it is more important to have a member care attitude (mindset) permeating the organization than to have a member care department.
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Author: Sieges, T. R.
Title: When should they leave: Retention and referral of personnel in field settings.
Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp.353-362).  Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.   2002
Summary:  This chapter provides guidelines for leadership and missionaries in dealing with personnel crises, examines the makeup of a management team, and suggests critical questions for decision-making processes.
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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: Taylor, W. D.
Title: A string of five pearls.
Fitted Pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 181-192),  St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Service.   2001
Summary:  An article elaborating on five things that are a part of third culture people; memories, transitions, decisions, processings and eternals. Also found in edited form in Bowers, 1998, Raising Resilient MKs (pp. 146-153) Colorado Springs, CO: ACSI. Same as in Interact December, 1994, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 1-6
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: Sudden removal from the field.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 111-120).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.   1998
Summary:  A chapter based on a presentation made at ICMK Nairobi, 1989, which tells what happens, what one can do to help, and distinguishes between crisis and transition.
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Author: Pollock, D.
Title: You are a protector.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 397-401).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.   1998
Summary:  A chapter about protecting MKs from abuse of all kinds, including protection from adults, other children, and themselves. Same as in Interact, October, 1993.
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Author: Taylor, W. D.
Title: A TCP string of five pearls.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 146-153).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.   1998
Summary:  A chapter elaborating on five things that are a part of third culture people, memories, transitions, decisions, processings and eternals. Reprinted from Interact, December, 1994
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Author: Taylor, W. D.
Title: Interview of six church pastors from five nations: Attrition issues.
Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 313-323).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1997
Summary:  A chapter consisting of an interview of six pastors from five nations asking them six specific questions about attrition issues.
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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: Taylor, W. D.
Title: A TCK string of five pearls.
Interact  December, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 1-6   1994
Summary:  An article elaborating on five things that are a part of third culture people; memories, transitions, decisions, processings and eternals. Also found in edited form in Bowers, 1998, Raising Resilient MKs (pp. 146-153) Colorado Springs, CO: ACSI. Same as Blomberg & Brooks, 2001, Fitted pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 181-192). St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Services.
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Author: Gardner, L. M.
Title: Homosexuality in women: Considerations for evangelical missionary recruitment, missions administration, and clinical intervention.
Journal of Psychology and Theology,  21, 26-36.   1993
Summary:  Since missions is a character profession, the behavior of missionaries outside of working hours is crucial. This article deals with female homosexuality in missions looking at it in a developmental perspective. It gives criteria for assessment and considerations for administrative action
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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: Understanding and managing stress
Missionary Care: Counting the cost for world evangelization (pp. 110-122).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1992
Summary:  A summary article about stress. See the outline for the summary. A revision and expansion of O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1991), Stress can be managed, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 27, 40-45.
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Author: Williams, K.
Title: A model for mutual care in missions
Missionary Care: Counting the cost for world evangelization (pp. 46-59).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1992
Summary:  A complete model for setting up a program for peer counseling on the field. A presentation of Wycliffe's program, including training and ethical issues.
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Author: Austin, B.
Title: Supporting missions through pastoral care
Missionary Care: Counting the cost for world evangelization (pp. 60-68).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1992
Summary:  Leaders are seen as responsible for setting up the structure for a pastoral care program, then acting as models in that structure.
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Author: O'Donnell, K.
Title: Stress can be managed.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  27, 40-45.   1991
Summary:  A summary article about stress. See the outline for the summary. This article is revised and expanded in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1992), Missionary Care (110-122). Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
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Author: Willmer, S.
Title: When missionaries and MKs hurt.
Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 187-212).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1989
Summary:  A chapter about helping people who hurt, including some excellent examples and personal illustrations as well.
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Author: Powell, J.
Title: Adjustment disorders.
Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 149-154).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1989
Summary:  A chapter looking at adjustment disorders in MKs, concluding with the example of John Mark in the book of Acts.
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Author: Lindquist, S. E.
Title: Missionary family restoration for early returnees.
Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 186-193).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1988
Summary:  A set of 8 case histories and the procedures used at Link Care for family treatment.
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Author: Williams, K.
Title: Resolving conflicts in Christian marriage.
Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 211-218).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1988
Summary:  An outstanding article giving five commitments, ten ground rules, three pre-confrontation principles, and eight steps to resolve conflict. It is specifically for conflict in marriage, but is applicable to all kinds of conflict. Does not tell what to do if conflict is not resolved. Much use of scripture throughout article.
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Author: Marshall, D.
Title: Current issues of women and therapy.
Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 497-512).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.   1988
Summary:  The article explores issues affecting therapists working with women, including five obstacles to women's growth. Same as Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 1985, 4, 62-72.
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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: Marshall, D.
Title: Current issues of women and therapy.
Journal of Psychology and Christianity,  4, 62-72.   1985
Summary:  The article explores issues affecting therapists working with women, including five obstacles to women's growth. Same as in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1988), Helping missionaries grow (497-512), Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
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Author: Loss, M.
Title: Culture shock: Dealing with stress in cross-cultural living
   Winona Lake, IN: Light and Life Press.   1983
Summary:  A book about adjusting to life in a different culture. The last two chapters give a very good set of suggestions to first-termers on how to prevent culture stress, and to senior missionaries on how to treat the new kids on the block.
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