Articles/Books
for Member Care
This page lists a number of links
for written member care materials.
The materials are divided into two categories:
Member
Care Articles and Member Care Books.
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Member
Care Articles
- Missionary Care
(see “Database”—Includes many articles and reviews/overviews)
- Global Member Care Resources
(see “Publications”)
- Ethne-Member Care
(see “Core Documents/Articles”—List is below)
General articles on Ethne-Member Care web site
• Going Global: A Member Care Model for Best Practice
• Stephanas: A New Testament Example of Frontier Member
Care
• Supporting Mission Workers: The Key Role of the Sending Church
• Neal Pirolo: Sending Church Profile, Raising the Standard, Focus on Member Care
Historical Perspectives articles on Ethne-Member Care web site
• Some Historical Perspectives – Introductory Comments
• An Agenda for Member Care in Frontier Missions (1992)
• For Everything There is a Season…And a Summons (1996)
• To the Ends of the Earth, To the End of the Age (2002)
• Future Directions for Member Care: 12 Treasures (2006)
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- Wise as Doves and Innocent as Serpents (12 languages)
http://MCAresources.googlepages.com
- Giants Foxes Wolves, and Flies (5 languages)
http://mcaresources.googlepages.com/giants%2Cfoxes%2Cwolves%2Candflies
· International Journal of Frontier Missions, Special issue on Member Care (October 1995, 10 articles on a wide range of topics)
http://sites.google.com/site/membercaravan/test/ijfm-1995-mc-issue-
Member
Care Books
- 50+ Books for a Member Care Library
If you were going to live in another country, and only had room for 50 or so books related to member care, which ones would you take?
Have a look at this list, which also includes web sites in mission/humanitarian assistance. Updated late 2008.
http://sites.google.com/site/membercaravan/test/50-books
· Doing Member Care Well: Perspectives and Practices from Around the World (2002).
All or parts of this book (50 chapters and over 60 authors in the original version) are available in these languages.
•English (book and online, all chapters, 2002)
www.WEAresources.org (under reconstruction)
http://theimtn.org/tiki-index.php
•Korean (book and online, all chapters. 2004)
www.WEAresources.org (under reconstruction)
http://theimtn.org/tiki-index.php
•Spanish (book, several chapters, 2006)
•Portuguese (book, several chapters, 2006)
www.descoberta.com.br/produtos.asp?produto=104
•Chinese (online, several chapters, 2006)
•Arabic (online, several chapters, 2008)
http://Arabicmembercare.googlepages.com
- Missionary Care: Counting the Cost for World Evangelization (1992)
All 25 chapters are available to read/download.
http://sites.google.com/site/membercaravan/test/mc-counting-the-cost-book-
- Helping Missionaries Grow: Readings in Mental Health and Missions (1988)
To be developed. Currently trying to digitalize and upload all 50 chapters.
Note: In September 2009 a research based publication was made available from InterHealth and People In Aid.
The title is Approaches to Staff Care for International NGOs.
It can be downloaded for free from People In Aid on their web site under ResourcesàPublications and then Documents.