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Mind the Gaps: Engaging the Church in Missionary Care
Mind the Gaps is intended to empower churches, to complement and enhance the efforts of the member care department of mission sending agencies, and to reduce the attrition rate of missionaries by e...
Pastor ‘PECO:’ the ice storm's impact served as a parable of power
As PECO sent crews to repair the various disconnects of the power flow, so God gives pastors the responsibility to build, maintain, inspect and repair the power grid for the vitality and effectiven...
Traps and Tendencies that Keep Us from Global Ministry
There are a thousand little evils in your enemy’s bag of tricks all custom-designed to keep you from doing what God has laid out for you to do. Here are just nine of them. Be on your guard.
...Should We Have Waited Until We Were Older?
Gil and I met at 21 years old, married at 23, and were living in Tanzania by 24. We had been married all of nine months before we moved overseas. We had gotten to know each other as co-leaders of&n...
I’d Probably Still Cancel Your Short-Term Mission Trip
Faulty assumptions often drive short-term missions.
Author:Darren Carlson
Source: The Gospel Coalition
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 part of the equation is that those who go out nee...
Beating the Drum for Missionary Care: An Interview with Neal Pirolo
Katie Rowe interviews Neil Pirolo, author of Serving as Senders—Today: How to Care for Your Missionaries as They Prepare to Go, Are on the Field and Return Home, and The Reentry Team:...
A Pastoral Care Response: Guiding Through Risk Decisions
A video to equip pastoral caregivers in guiding global workers through risk threshold decisions and other challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Stacy Length: 24:39<...
Receiving Well: Eleven Tips for Helping Expats Come Home
Ok this is awkward. There’s a solid chance that the demographic which might best benefit from this post (and the brilliance in the comments that follow {hint}) will never see it. If you...
8 Ways to Serve Missionaries Coming Home
Ask missionaries about coming home, and they may describe it as traumatic or even “worse than going overseas.” Here's how to make returning a blessing.
Author: Bethan Duval
5+ Questions to Ask a Visiting Missionary at Dinner
Ok, so you’re inviting a visiting missionary over for dinner. For sure you’ll ask them about their ministry and all they are experiencing God doing in the hearts and lives of the people they serve....
4 Reasons Churches Should Visit Their Missionaries
Why churches should visit their missionaries on the field.
Author: Beth Barthelemy
Publisher: A Life Overseas: a cross-cultural conversation