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See also: MISSIONARY KIDS ADOPT-A-MISSIONARY PRAYING FOR MISSIONARIES ARTICLES ONLINE MAGAZINES (FOR MISSIONARIES) BLOGS BOOKS EVENTS CALENDAR MINISTRIES MISSIONARY CARE WEB PAGE EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES RESOURCE LINKS ADOPT-A-MISSIONARY ADOPTAMISSIONARY.INFO Here's a web site that provides an array of great pointers for churches and individuals on how to adopt a missionary, as well as for missionaries on how to be an effective adopted missionary. REVISITING ADVOCATE TEAMS by Ellen Livingood (Catalyst Services) The concept of developing an advocate team or Barnabas team for every missionary has been promoted for a number of years. Many churches have seen the value in the basic concept: Build a team of people who take responsibility for promoting the worker’s cause in the church (the advocacy aspect) and providing personalized care (the Barnabas aspect). Yet when talking to missions leaders in local churches, I have discovered that too often advocate teams (often referred to as A teams) either never get off the ground or have spotty success. Are advocate teams really a good idea? I think so. Then how can we clear the hurdles and update the concept for a new missions era? top PRAYING FOR MISSIONARIES PRAYING HANDS FOR MISSIONARIES Author unknown PRAYING FOR MISSIONARIES BIBLICALLY by Dave Butts WHY AND HOW TO PRAY FOR MISSIONARIES by OMF SEVEN WAYS TO PRAY FOR YOUR MISSIONARY by Bill Wilson HOW TO PRAY FOR MK'S by Will Bruce ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ON PRAYER & THE WORK OF MISSIONS PRAYER AS A STRATEGIC WEAPON IN FRONTIER MISSIONS by John Robb (Editor’s note: Simply one of the best articles on prayer ever written) For today's hyperactive missions leaders, apart from opening and closing meetings, saying grace at the table or as a special consolation in time of emergency or stress, prayer is jost often treated as a harmless pastime rather than a strategic weapon. In our attitude we often relegate it to the likes of doting old ladies who have nothing better to do with the autumn time of life. Certainly for jost mission leaders, prayer does not seem to be where the action is, otherwise wouldn't we be giving it far more attention in our busy lives? (Read more) THE PRAYER OF FAITH by J.O. Fraser (Editor's note: Like the article above, one of the best articles on prayer that one could read.) Fraser, was a man who not only prayed, he mobilized others to pray for breakthroughs. Also, this is the article that contains Fraser's famous quote: "I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer the first, second, and third places, and teaching the fourth." "PRAYER, THE WORK OF MISSIONS" , by John Piper A classic message on prayer, delivered by a man of prayer at an ACMC National Conference. One of the jost requested tapes in ACMC’s history. UNDERGIRDING THE EFFORT WITH PRAYER, by J. Christy Wilson The opening of the Muslim world for the gospel…cannot be organized by human effort or stratagems but only by prayer. Our weapons are spiritual, not carnal. Pray for an army of intercessors to be raised up that a breakthrough as decisive and sudden as that in China and the former USSR may also occur in the Muslim world. (Read more) WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE PRAYER MEETING? by Georger Verwer Samuel Chadwick, one of God’s great men of past years, taught that Satan’s greatest aim is to destroy our prayer lives. Satan is not afraid of prayerless study, prayerless work or prayerless religion – but he will tremble when we pray. If Chadwick was correct (and many other great men of God have said similar things), then we have a problem. If there is any part of our church life that seems to be in trouble, it is the prayer meeting. IN fact, in an increasing number of churches, for all practical purposes, there is no such meeting at all. EMPOWERING YOUR CHURCH TO PRAY FOR MISSIONS by Andrew Wheeler How many people in your church currently pray regularly for missions and specifically for your church’s missionaries? Does the average person in your church actually pray personally for your missionaries? Or is listening to a prayer offered by someone else in a corporate worship service the closest he ever comes? Is there widespread excitement over praying for the lost around the world, or is prayer for missions seen as the special interest of a small handful of people? It has been said that the fruit seen from a missionary’s work is really the harvest of seed previously sown in prayer. If that’s true, what kind of harvest is your church sowing? (Read more) THE VITAL FORCE OF MISSIONARY INTERCESSION by Robert Hall Glover The jost vital consideration in missions is not method, money, or even men, but it is God himself and His working, and it is prayer which brings the revelation of God and calls forth His working. However, praying is never a substitute for going in the case of those who are qualified and able to go. In other words, going, giving, and praying are not three different options which the individual Christian may pick from according to their personal preference. Nor will any amount of giving or praying fulfill the Great Commission to evangelize the world apart from going. The command is "Go, preach"! But those who cannot "Go" in person can still "Go" by prayer... MISSIONS AND REVIVAL ARTICLES LINKS TO ARTICLES ON PRAYER AT URBANA.ORG (Search on the word “prayer” using their site’s search tool) ARCHIVES OF PAST PRAY! MAGAZINE ~ ARCHIVED ARTICLES LINKS TO ARTICLES ON PRAYER AT CBN top ARTICLES MISSIONARY CARE AND EVALUATION (series of articles from Mobilizer magazine)
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BLOGS CORE MEMBER CARE top BOOKS SERVING AS SENDERS by Neal Pirolo (e-book version) Click here for hard copy version. See also Serving as Senders book summary under ARTICLES below. MISSIONARY CARE: Counting the Cost edited by Kelly O'Donnell This handbook for supporting and developing missionary personnel is a collaborative effort of over twenty authors that address some of the jost significant issues of missionary care. DOING MEMBER CARE WELL by Kelly O’Donnell (Googlebooks ~ FREE VIEWING) “This book delivers what it promises! Here are 50 chapters from the widest selection of writers in the member care field to date... [that] take member care beyond its usual boundaries.” -- Brent Lindquist, President, Link Care Center THE REENTRY TEAM by Neal Pirolo Pirolo says churches are largely unaware of the complex issues of reentry. He wants the reader to hear the bad and the good, to understand the feelings and thoughts of returning missionaries, to grapple with the issues, and to relate that understanding to their own missionaries. “Ultimately, I want to see the Church educated in the Biblical model of reentry care so simply stated in the Book of Acts.” (Intro) (Read excerpts from David Mays’ Book Notes) BURN UP OR SPLASH DOWN: SURVIVING THE CULTURE SHOCK OF RE-ENTRY by Marion Nell This book explains what happens and how to deal with the struggles of returning from the field. One whole section is especially written to help young people survive and thrive. And the last shorter section provides guidance for the church receiving missionaries coming back home. (Read excerpts from David Mays' Book Notes) MEMBER CARAVAN'S 50+ BOOKS LIST top EVENTS CALENDAR MEMBERCARE.ORG (NOTE: This calendar is no longer being updated) After clicking to this page, scroll down and on the right will be a current calendar of member care training events and conferences taking place around the world. top MINISTRIES LINK CARE CENTER Link Care Center is a Christian counseling center, dedicated to the health and growth of the entire person, including psychological, emotional, intellectual, familial, cultural, and spiritual dimensions. GLOBAL MEMBER CARE NETWORK GMCN exists to resource, equip and connect internationally all Christian practitioners of member care at any level. It is a professional community in which mutual learning, training and sharing can take place. MEMBERCAREASSOCIATES.ORG Providing and developing member care resources for mission/aid workers around the world. MISSIONARY RESOURCES CONNECTION Missionary Resources Connection began in response to a perceived need for missionary care in the Columbia, South Carolina area. In March 2000, several individuals with a shared vision for providing member care services began to meet informally for prayer and discussion. They identified several potential avenues of care for missionaries and their families that would address the high rate of preventable attrition that has been a concern in missions circles for many years. MOBILE MEMBER CARE (West Africa) Mobile Member Care Team (MMCT) is a non-profit organization providing training, consultation, counseling, and crisis response for missionaries on the field. We exist to strengthen the mission community in West Africa for healthy, loving service in the midst of challenge, change, and crisis. OVERSEAS MINISTRIES STUDY CENTER The Overseas Ministries Study Center exists to provide the best in residential programs for the renewal of missionaries and international church leaders, advancement of mission scholarship through research and publication, and continuing education in cross-cultural Christian ministries. top MISSIONARY CARE WEB PAGE EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES MISSIONARY CARE LINKS top RESOURCE LINKS ADOPTAMISSIONARY.INFO Here's a web site that provides an array of great pointers for churches and individuals on how to adopt a missionary, as well as for missionaries on how to be an effective adopted missionary. ETHNE'S MEMBER CARE LINKS Providing quality member care resources: 1) to support the mission community as it works among Least-Reached People Groups (LPGs) and 2) to support the member care community, especially Member Care Workers (MCWs) who prioritise their services for LPGs. MISSIONARY CARE DATABASE Over 100 topics containing over 800 references to books and articles. MEMCARE BY RADIO “MemCare by Radio is a tremendous help to people in areas where there is no easy access to membercare resources. It provides timely spiritual input to help people in hard places, as well as practical advice for effectiveness in living and working.” MISSIONARYCARE.ORG LINKS organizations provide member care either to missionaries in the United States or to missionaries on their fields. MISSIONARY CARE (Missions Resource Network) Various articles under eleven categories provide the best catalog of missionary care helps that GO Connect has been able to find so far from a denominational missions department (Churches of Christ). MEMBERCARE.ORG LINKS TO MEMBER CARE MINISTRIES A valuable clearinghouse for world-wide missionary care resources. For North American links go to page 14. top |