Helping Missionaries Grow

Name: Helping Missionaries Grow
Brand: William Carey Library
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Foreword

Preface

List of Contributors

Editors' Introduction to Helping Missionaries Grow

Psychology and Missions: Reflections on Status and Need

Should I Be a Missionary?
How to Choose the Right Missionary
Candidate Selection Criteria: A Survey
How to Select the Best Church Planters
A Rationale for Psychological Assessment of Missionary Candidates
Essentials and Tools of Psychological Assessment
Misuses of Psychological Assessment
How Spiritual Are Missionaries?
Missionary Fit: A Criterion-related Model
Pretraining Variables in the Prediction of Missionary Success Overseas
Preparation: Pay the Price
A Preliminary Study on Psychologists in Missions
Crucial Factors in Building Good Teams
Teaching Power Encounter
Characteristics of a Healthy Mission System
Developmental Tasks in the Life Cycle of Mission Families
Stress on Mission Families Living in "Other Culture" Situations
The Missionary's Need for Family Life Training
Missionary Family Restoration for Early Returnees
Stress Factors in Missionary Marriages
Positive Possibilities in Mid-life Transitions
Resolving Conflicts in Christian Marriage

Toward a Greater Understanding of the Real MK: A Review of Recent Research
Personality Development in the Children of Missionary Parents
Missionary Children: Correlates of Self-esteem and Dependency
To Send or Not to Send? Missionary Parents Ask
What About the Kids? MK Education Symposium
The Educational Needs of Children of Expatriates
Bonding and the Missionary Task
Finding a Sense of Belonging in Your New Home
How We Reduced Those Early Cultural Surprises
Stress Producing Factors in Cultural Adjustment
Decreasing Fatigue and Illness in Field Work
Sources of Missionary Stress
Worksheet on Balanced Living
Missionary Relationships: Powderkeg or Powerhouse?
Separation: Balancing the Gains and Losses
Overcoming Stress in Singleness
Why Do They Leave? Reflections on Attrition
Proactive Care of Missionary Personnel
Building Relationships Between Mental Health Specialists and Mission Agencies
The Current Status of the Provision of Mental Health Services to Mission Agencies in North America
Some Suggested Ethical Guidelines for the Delivery of Mental Health Services in Mission Settings
Women's Roles in Mission; Where Are We Now?
Wives: Homemakers or Mission Employees?
Current Issues of Women and Therapy
Reentry Stress: The Pain of Coming Home
Welcome Homel Easing the Pain of MK Reentry

Culture-Sensitive Counseling and the Christian Mission

Bibliography of Readings in Mental Health and Missions

Helping Missionaries Grow

Readings in Mental Health and Missions

Kelly O'Donnell and Michèle Lewis O'Donnell (editors)

Missionary care is a means of encouraging and developing those on the front lines of world evangelization. This type of care was demonstrated by the Lord during His earthly ministry, is recorded of the early church in the Acts of the Apostles and can be found in various forms throughout mission history. It is reflected in the wisdom of Proverbs and in the devotions of the Psalms.

But what types of care do missionaries need? How has it been provided in the past? And how can mission agencies develop balanced, effective member care programs for their people?

Helping Missionaries Grow addresses these important questions. Its articles span the member care terrain, providing a bird's-eye view of its nature, practice, and relevance to missionary health and ministry effectiveness.