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Missionaries, Mental Health, and Accountability

 Hope and Help in Member Care. Culture shock. Marital strife. Depression. Addictions. Disillusionment. Organization and team tensions. Family ...

Sacred Siblings

[DESCRIPTION] In Sacred Siblings: Valuing One Another for the Great Commission we learn about how teams come together with varying expect ...

Depression

WHO fact sheet on depression providing key facts and information on types and symptoms, contributing factors, diagnosis and treatment, WHO response ...

Doing Member Care Well - Perspectives and Practices From Around the World

This book explores how member care is being practiced around the world to equip sending organizations as they intentionally support their mission/a ...

Authentic Lives - Overcoming the Problem of Hidden Identity in the Outreach to Restrictive Nations

Are you concerned about unreached or unengaged peoples? You probably know that their countries do not welcome missionaries, and that followers of J ...

Frontline Women (Revised Edition)

Frontline Women is a collection of writings on women’s issues from those who have had mission field experience. Each author has speci ...

Tending Scattered Wool

Reflections on Shepherding Cross-Cultural Workers

Where There Is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual

Mental illnesses are common and cause great suffering to individuals and communities everywhere in the world, but many health workers are more comf ...

PACT to Go: A cross-cultural workers’ guide to creating a Personal Accountability and Care Team

Sending people to share the gospel in another culture is only part of what it takes to be obedient to what we call "The Great Comission." The other ...

Third Culture Kids: the impact of growing up in a globalized world | Ruth Van Reken | TEDxINSEAD

In this TEDx presentation Ruth Van Reken shares her insight on the griefs and gains of being the Third Culture Kid. Ruth Van Reken is a second gene ...

Episode 30 - The Great Annual Examen

Each year we hear about New Year’s Resolutions – we make plans to lose weight, become more organized, be on time more. All great goals, but how man ...

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