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Singer, N.
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Life skills & assessing new candidates.
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
Vol. 48, pp. 342-348.
2012
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An article suggesting that life skills, such as homemaking, childcare, and social skills, be included in screening. It includes three case studies and a large table showing how 8 life skills along with growth in Christian character result in enhanced ministry rather than becoming high maintenance or quitting.
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O'Donnell, K.
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Global member care, Volume one: The pearls and perils of good practice.
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Pasadena, CA: William Cary Library. (265 pages).
2011
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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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Haile, D.
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Where are we going in MK education?
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
Vol. 42, pp. 462-470.
2006
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This article reminds us that huge changes are taking place in missions and MK schools around the world. It specifically considers four challenges in education and five possible routes to take to meet these challenges.
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Andrews, L. A.
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"The call" to ministry.
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The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve (pp. 33-44).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2004
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A sense of Gods call is a source of strength, perseverance, and satisfaction. This chapter considers the theological dimensions, definition, and features of the call as well as things that masquerade as the call.
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Author: |
Swanson, B.
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Families and missions.
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The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve (pp. 23-32).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2004
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This chapter discusses how families and mission life enhance each other and complicate each other, and then calls for further study of both.
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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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Author: |
Kraft, M. G.
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Frontline women.
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Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2003
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A book dealing with a broad spectrum of women's issues in missions, this book is filled with positive, practical suggestions for everyone in missions.
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Author: |
Donovan, K.
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Title: |
Reinventing missionary commitment.
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Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 295-307).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2002
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A chapter suggesting that for Generation X to make the rich contribution to missions which its members are capable "Systems Thinking" within mission agencies could become the means of making the necessary commitment.
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Author: |
Rosik, C. H.
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The why and how of restorative care.
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Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 373-379).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2002
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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: |
Swanson, B.
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A mindset and department for member care.
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Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 435-444).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2002
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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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Jones, G.
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Career development for mission personnel.
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Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp.369-375).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2002
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This chapter shows how a good job fit, serving with one's gifts/strengths, ongoing training, and willingness to sacrifice all blend together to form resilient, effective, and satisfied mission personnel.
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Author: |
Pirolo, N.
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The reentry team: Caring for your returning missionaries.
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San Diego, CA: Emmaus Road International
2000
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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.
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Author: |
Davies, S.
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Attrition in the United Kingdom.
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 155-159).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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A brief chapter on the attrition rates in the United Kingdom. Much of it is based on the cultural differences between boosters and busters.
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Giron, R.
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An integrated model of missions.
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 25-40).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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A chapter presenting a model of missions with four major parts: selection, training, sending and pastoral-care/supervision. The first two are very thorough and well developed, while the last two are rather sketchy.
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Brierly, P. W.
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Missionary attrition: The ReMAP research report.
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 85-103).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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A chapter presenting the data from the ReMAP research project done on preliminary data, before all the data was in. Gives demographic data as well as overall data, data from old sending countries combined, new sending countries combined, and data for each individual country.
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Author: |
Blocher, D.
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Further findings in the research data.
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 105-125).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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A chapter looking at the results of ReMAP more completely and in a different way. It looked at the effect of demographic variables and procedural variables, noting which ones have the greatest effect on reducing attrition.
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Author: |
Limpic, T.
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Brazilian missionaries: How long are they staying?
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 143-154).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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A chapter looking at attrition in the Brazilian missionary force. Many of the statistics come from mission administrator's memories rather than from recorded data.
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Author: |
O'Donnell, K.
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An international guide for member care resources.
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 325-338).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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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: |
Anyomi, S.
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Attrition in Ghana.
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 161-170).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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A chapter about attrition in Ghana. Follow-up was done so that every survey was returned, and the author was very candid about the failings of some missionaries in the past.
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Author: |
Elkins, P.
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Attrition in the USA and Canada.
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Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 171-179).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1997
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A chapter presenting the data of the survey in north America along with two examples of mission agencies who have minimized the attrition rate.
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Author: |
Allen, F.
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Why do they leave? Reflections on attrition.
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Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 421-431).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1988
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An article about why people leave missions citing eight reasons, primarily from the author's memory rather than survey data. It also includes information form four mission organizations. Same as in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1986, 22, 118-129.
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Author: |
Allen, F.
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Why do they leave? Reflections on attrition.
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly,
22, 118-129.
1986
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An article about why people leave missions citing eight reasons, primarily from the author's memory rather than survey data. It also includes information from four mission organizations. Same as in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1988), Helping missionaries grow (pp. 421-431), Pasadena, CA: William Carey Press.
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