Missionary Care Webinars
Best Practices of Church Based Missionary Care - Missio Nexus Mission Leaders Peer2Peer Webinar
Dave Wilson and Lori Rogers share about how the church can implement best practices of intentional care of the global workers that are entrusted to them.
Engaging the church in Missionary Care: Sixteen-Fifteen
How do we engage the whole congregation in missionary care? This webinar will help churches promote the well-being, growth, effectiveness, and resilience of career missionaries through meeting their physical, spiritual and emotional needs. Join Sixteen Fifteen and David Wilson as he relates real life experiences and shares how the church can create a system of proactive care which will ensure lasting engagement of both the church and agency into the lives of our beloved missionaries.
Mind the Gaps in Care for your Missionaries: Waypoint Partners
If your church supports missionaries, then you obviously care "about" them. But do you have an intentional and proactive way of caring "for" them? Join us for a webinar that will start a process of equipping your church to provide much needed care for those whom you send to the ends of the earth. Hosted by Waypoint Church Partners.
Missionary Care Resources by Subject/Topic
Articles:
- Missionary Prayer Is Missionary Care
- Missionary and Church Expectations
- Secure Communications Guidelines
- How to Pray for Missionaries
- Church Based Missionary Nurture Teams-the basics
- Selecting the members of a Church Based Missionary Nurture Team
- Missionary Care Vision, Mission and Values
- Practical Way to Structure Missionary Care
- Serving our Missionaries: Raising the bar on Church Assistance
Books:
- 100+ books for a MC Library, Member Care Associates
- Praying for your Missionary: How Prayers from Home Can Reach the Nations, Eddie Byun
- The Re-Entry Team: Caring for your Returning Missionaries, Neal Pirolo
- Serving as Senders Today, Neal Pirolo
Coaching/Consulting:
Conferences/Seminars:
- Midwest Conference on Missionary Care
- Barnabas - TCK, MK and Member Care Seminars and Re-entry
- Pastors to Missionaries by Barnabas International
- Mental Health in Missions
- The iCom Conference
Counseling/Retreat Centers:
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU):
Networks/Organizations:
- Missionary Care Catalysts
- Global Member Care Network
- Missions and Mental Health
- Missions Resource Network
Re-Entry:
Team Building Tools/Psych Assessments:
Training:
- Train International: Equipping for Cross Cultural Effectiveness
- Center for Intercultural Training: Equipping for Cross Cultural Life & Ministry
- Mission Training International: Equipping and Developing Cross-Cultural Messengers of the Gospel
- Mission Prep: Preparing for Effective Cross Cultural Ministry
Mind the Gaps Resources by Chapter
Philosophy of Effective Ministry (POEM) – Chapter 2
- Missionary training agencies
- CIT – Center for Intercultural Training, Union Mills, North Carolina
- MTI – Mission Training International, Palmer Lake, Colorado
- Restoration Care Plan Booklet
- DISC and other team building tools
Predictors of Missionary Success (Chapter 4)
- A Matrix used for candidate selection
- Psychological Assessment process
- Candidate Application
- Reference Questionnaire
- Psychological Assessment Interview Guide
- Key Questions for Candidates
Connecting through Prayer (Chapter 6)
Connecting the Missionary to the Care Team (Chapter 7)
Connecting with the Sending Agency (Chapter 9)
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU):
Spiritual Needs (Chapter 10)
Emotional Needs (Chapter 11)
- Normal stressors in the lives of missionaries:
- Stages of team development
- Stages of cultural adjustment (honeymoon phase, etc.)
- Frustration and exhaustion of being a 2-year old again in terms of language development
- Grieving losses in the home culture
- New team member fitting into already established team
- Questions of how much to depend on teammates initially, etc.
Practical Needs (Chapter 12)
Professional Effectiveness Needs (Chapter 13)
- Communication tools and current technology
- Zoom or GoToMeeting - HD video conferencing with desktop sharing
- Skype: Video chat, less secure but cheap and accessible
- VSee: More secure and used by professional counselors under HIPPA privacy
Re-entry, Retirement and other Transitions (Chapter 15)
- TCK and Member Care seminars, conferences and other gatherings:
- Resources on Re-Entry
- Jordan, Peter. Re-Entry: Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home
- Koteskey, Ron and Bonnie. Coming Home: The Reentry Transition
- Pirolo, Neal. The Reentry Team: Caring for your Returning Missionaries
- Schultz, Doris M. “Re-entry: An Introduction.” Enhancing Missionary Vitality, edited by John R. Powell and Joyce M. Bowers
Conclusion
- Conferences on Member care