Missionary Care
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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We are immersed in an epoch of unprecedented opportunity for world evangelization. The missionary force is rapidly growing, with the number of missionaries from the Two-Thirds World expected to exceed that of Westerners within a few years. Major political and social changes are opening up opportunities for the gospel to penetrate previously unreached places and peoples; and there is a growing commitment of the Church to mobilize and coordinate its many resources to decisively thrust into unevangelized areas. These are exciting times indeed!
But these are also perilous times. Pushing back the frontiers of darkness that have enveloped whole people groups is fraught with difficulties. Sickness, burnout, and death are all real possibilities for missionaries - and in certain settings almost inevitable. Make no mistake about it: obeying the Lord's command to disciple the nations has and always will be costly. It is risky business.
The current effort to reach the world's unreached requires hardy folk who are willing to work together, make sacrifices, become vulnerable, and serve the Lord whole-heartedly in the midst of stressful, challenging situations. It also necessitates a concomitant, cooperative effort to support and nurture the missionary personnel involved in these new endeavors. Both are needed as we seek to put greater closure on the Great Commission.
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
Introduction to Missionary Care
Part One – Missionary Care Overview
Introduction to Part One
Chapter 1 – Perspectives on Member Care in Missions
Chapter 2- Historical Notes on Missionary Care
Chapter 3- Core Issues in Missionary Life
Chapter 4- A Model for Mutual Care in Missions
Chapter 5- Supporting Missions Through Pastoral Care
Part Two- Counseling and Clinical Care
Introduction to Part Two
Chapter 6- Current Issues in Screening and Selection
Chapter 7- Psychopathology in Missionary Personnel
Chapter 8- Understanding and Managing Stress
Chapter 9- Short-Term Missionary Counseling
Chapter 10- Crisis Intervention in the Mission Community
Part Three- Team Development
Chapter 11- Multinational Teams
Chapter 12 – Coaching Missionary Teams
Chapter 13- Field Leaders and Team Nurture
Chapter 14- Tools for Team Viability
Chapter 15- Guidelines for Short-Term Field Consultants
Part Four – Mission Agencies and Member Care
Introduction to Part Four
Chapter 16- Nine Essentials for Organizational Development
Chapter 17- The Dynamics of Healthy Missions
Chapter 18- Career Development and the Mission Agency
Chapter 19- Ethical Concerns in Providing Member Care Services
Chapter 20- Supporting Mission Leaders
Part Five – Future Directions
Introduction to Part Five
Chapter 21 – An Agenda for Member Care in Missions
Chapter 22 – The Increasing Role of the Sending Church
Chapter 23- Training and Using Member Care Workers
Chapter 24- Missionary Support Centers
Chapter 25- The Member Care Consultation
Index for Missionary Care
Editor
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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: 337
- Publisher:
William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 1992
- Vendor: William Carey Library
