Maybe three years ago, I did some work on member care models after going through an online training course with Harry Hoffmann. It was great, but I was not fully sold on the "Pyramid Model" he used. But recently I have had a change of heart and agree that model is great. His model is: …
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Missionary Member Care Presentation
The video Celia and I did on missionary member care (a very light, scratching the surface). Feel free to view it. https://player.vimeo.com/video/847201937?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479
Member Care Support System
There are different ways of showing the levels of support in Missionary Member Care. Harry Hoffmann has a nice way of showing it--- The Pyramid of Care. I like this way of showing care. I did suggest a slight modification from a pyramid to an octohedron. The only reason for doing it is to show …
Missionary Burnout
I hope I don't have to tell you which is better and which is worst in terms of self-care when one has already reached a state of psychospiritual burnout. But if you need help, one side is better than the other and the other side is worse.
Member Care and the Mission Agency
I am teaching Missionary Member Care this 1st Semester. I have taught it before, and have had some formal training--- in seminary, in retreat, and online. I have been in missions for 16-1/2 years so I feel like I know a bit about the topic. The week area I have is with mission agencies. I …
Missionary Member Care, and the Didache
Been teaching a class on Missionary Member Care. I have enjoyed it--- I make no promise that my 12 students share that opinion. After the student group presentation of Missionary Member Care in the light of the Carey Mission (especially as it relates to William Carey, John Thomas, Dorothy Carey, and Felix Carey), we had …
The Joy of Being Understood
I have been teaching a two-week course on Missionary Member Care. That is a broad topic and can focus on logistics, or life cycle, or fund-raising, or whatever. However, in part since I am an administrator of a Counseling Center, I have focused on the psycho-emotio-spiritual aspects or struggles in missions. One assignment I gave …
Missionary Member Care and William Carey
I will be teaching a two-week module on "Missionary Member Care" starting next week. So I decided to provide an excerpt from “William Carey: Missionary Pioneer and Statesman” by F. Deaville Walker pg. 125-129. It is a fairly old book, published in 1925. This passage describes some of the many challenges, externally and internally, that …