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Global Member Care (Vol. 1)

The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice
Kelly O’Donnell
Kelly O’Donnell

Dr. Kelly O’Donnell is a consulting psychologist, based in Geneva, living/working internationally for 35 years. He is the CEO of Member Care Associates, Inc. (MCA), an NGO focusing on the wellbeing and effectiveness of staff and their organizations. Kelly’s international and multi-sectoral emphases for consultation, training, and writing include: staff wellbeing, global mental health, integrity/anti-corruption, and faith-based contributions for good practice and sustainable development. He holds graduate degrees in clinical/community psychology including a doctorate from Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University, USA. Publications include 90+ articles and five books in the member care/mental health fields (see lists of  publications  and presentations). He has been a representative to the United Nations for the World Federation for Mental Health and currently is on the Executive Team for the Global Integrity Network of the Lausanne Movement-World Evangelical Alliance as well as a co-coordinator for the annual Global Integrity Day-9 June. Kelly enjoys providing a steady stream of reflections and resources via the MCA-related websites such as GMH-Map and Global Integrity Day,  GMH orientation articles, and the monthly Member Care Updates and Global Integration Updates. Married to Michèle for 38 years, also a psychologist, they have two wonderful adult daughters. His life and work are influenced by the Ignatian values of  learning, virtue, and duty; the Global Integration Framework (linking values, skills, relationships, and integrity for the wellbeing of all people and the planet); and the Missio Dei Model of Global Member Care.  Email: MCAresources@gmail.com   

 

Michèle and Kelly have published five member care books with Wiliam Carey Publishing. More information is on their Member Care Associates website HERE.

--Helping Missionaries Grow: Readings in Mental Health and Missions (1988)

--Missionary Care Counting the Cost for World Evangelization (1992)

--Doing Member Care Well: Perspectives and Practices from Around the World (2002)
--Global Member Care (volume one): The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (2011)

--Global Member Care (volume two): Crossing Sectors for Serving Humanity (2013)

--Current work: Global Member Care (volume three): Staying the Course Among All Peoples

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If you are interested in growing as a person and developing your member care skills, then this book is for you. Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice is the latest book from Kelly O’Donnell, launching the member care field further into the international world of mission/aid.

Part One reviews member care history and includes future directions in light of global realities. Part Two examines the crucial area of health/dysfunction with specific suggestions for good relationships, management, and governance. Part Three explores core ethics and human rights principles that are essential for good practice.

Pearls and Perils is a contemporary text for training in universities, seminaries, and mission/aid settings. Its principles and resources also make it a great handbook for sending groups and all those with member care responsibilities.
  • Pearls and Perils excels in scholarship, readibility, and above all, relevance.
    — John Fawcett, MSW I, nternational human resources consultant, editor Stress & Trauma Handbook, New Zealand
  • This book is destined to become a well-read classic.
    — Todd M. Johnson, PhD, director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, United States
  • Dr. O'Donnell has written an exceptional book. It will further equip the worldwide church to support and manage its personnel who serve in challenging places at home or away, be it in China or Canada, Italy or India, Kenya or Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela or Vanuatu.
    — Gladys K. Mwiti, PhD , consulting clinical psychologist, founder and CEO, Oasis Africa, Kenya

Application

Preface

Introduction: Growing Together in Mission Aid

Part One: Resilient People in Difficult Places: Exploring Member Care in Mission/Aid

1. Highlighting Member Care History 

2. Listening to Our Global Voices 

3. Embracing Future Directions 

4. Resources for Good  

Part Two: Wise as Doves and Innocent as Serpents? Promoting Health in Mission/Aid

5. Unmasking Dysfunction 

6. Upgrading Relational Resiliency

7. Supporting Good Governance and Good Management

8. Resources for Good Practice

Part Three: Ethics/Human Rights in Member Care: Developing Guidelines in Mission/Aid

9. Encountering Ethical Member Care

10. Pursuing Trans-Cultural Ethics

11. Extending the Foundations of Good Practice

12. Resources for Good Practice

Afterword

References

Endnotes

Index

Author

  • Kelly O’Donnell
    Kelly O’Donnell

    Dr. Kelly O’Donnell is a consulting psychologist, based in Geneva, living/working internationally for 35 years. He is the CEO of Member Care Associates, Inc. (MCA), an NGO focusing on the wellbeing and effectiveness of staff and their organizations. Kelly’s international and multi-sectoral emphases for consultation, training, and writing include: staff wellbeing, global mental health, integrity/anti-corruption, and faith-based contributions for good practice and sustainable development. He holds graduate degrees in clinical/community psychology including a doctorate from Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University, USA. Publications include 90+ articles and five books in the member care/mental health fields (see lists of  publications  and presentations). He has been a representative to the United Nations for the World Federation for Mental Health and currently is on the Executive Team for the Global Integrity Network of the Lausanne Movement-World Evangelical Alliance as well as a co-coordinator for the annual Global Integrity Day-9 June. Kelly enjoys providing a steady stream of reflections and resources via the MCA-related websites such as GMH-Map and Global Integrity Day,  GMH orientation articles, and the monthly Member Care Updates and Global Integration Updates. Married to Michèle for 38 years, also a psychologist, they have two wonderful adult daughters. His life and work are influenced by the Ignatian values of  learning, virtue, and duty; the Global Integration Framework (linking values, skills, relationships, and integrity for the wellbeing of all people and the planet); and the Missio Dei Model of Global Member Care.  Email: MCAresources@gmail.com   

     

    Michèle and Kelly have published five member care books with Wiliam Carey Publishing. More information is on their Member Care Associates website HERE.

    --Helping Missionaries Grow: Readings in Mental Health and Missions (1988)

    --Missionary Care Counting the Cost for World Evangelization (1992)

    --Doing Member Care Well: Perspectives and Practices from Around the World (2002)
    --Global Member Care (volume one): The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (2011)

    --Global Member Care (volume two): Crossing Sectors for Serving Humanity (2013)

    --Current work: Global Member Care (volume three): Staying the Course Among All Peoples

    Browse Available Books by Kelly O’Donnell:

  • Pages: 287
  • Publisher: William Carey Publishing
    William Carey Publishing
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publish Year: 2011
  • ISBN: 9780878081134
  • Vendor: William Carey Library
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