Section 4: Developing Member Care

Okay, you are now convinced that member care is an important and necessary part of sending cross-cultural workers.  But you still don’t know where to begin. Articles in this section provide the time-tested wisdom from pioneers and leading world authorities in the practice of member care.  From the historical background to the daily practice of providing member care, readers will find pearls of wisdom and nuggets of gold from the advice of these experts.

• Reflections on Pastoral Care
  IJFM, Oct 1995
  Brief perspectives from a leader on member care and how it was developed in his agency

• Going Global: An International Model for Member Care
  DMCW 2002
  A model with five spheres for doing member care in different organisations and countries

• Developing a Flow of Care
  DMCW 2002
  A framework for understanding and doing member care, from recruitment through retirement

• Sending and Caring: The Role of the Local Church
  Based on the authors’ book and DMCW (2002)
  A model and guidelines to help sending groups support their workers

• Responsible Logistics for Hostile Places
  DMCW 2002
  In-depth case study of the Christian workers that were expelled from a creative-access country