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Serving Well Help fo the Wannabe, Newbie, or Weary Cross-cultural Christian Worker
Are you dreaming of working abroad? Imagining serving God in another land? Or are you already on the field, unsure about what to do next or how to manage the stresses of cross-cultural life? Or per...
Pondering Purple
Michèle Phoenix, international speaker and writer on issues related to Third Culture Kids, highlights her most popular and helpful articles in a format you can consume on the go.
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Getting Naked Later: Making Sense of the Unexpected Single Life
Will I always be lonely if I end up alone? You thought you’d be married by now, but you’re not. Even though your friends in relationships love to tell you that singleness is a gift, thi...
Single mission: thriving as a single Christian in cross-cultural ministry
Everyone in Member Care or involved in supporting single people working in overseas or cross-cultural mission MUST read this book! It highlights all the potential problems singles might face and sp...
FIGT Research Network
The goal of the FIGT Research Network (FRN) is to bring together producers and consumers of research promoting FIGT’s mission to: “Promote cross-sector connections for sharing research and...
Overcoming Missionary Stress
Stress is a natural part of even a healthy life. But too much stress can damage relationships, hamper productivity, even ruin lives. Living in alien, often hostile cultures, typically without...
The Art of Coming Home
Expecting that the home will be the way it was when you left? Are you instead shocked to discover that both you and home have changed? The Art of Coming Home offers the solid advice you need to red...
Family Factors in Missionary Attrition
In this blog post, Andrea Sears conducts a further analysis of the results of a "returned misisonary" survey, examining how family factors influence missionary attrition.
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Me, Myself, and I: Staying Grounded While Single and Living Abroad
Taking Route is a group of expat women who want to reach out to other expat women around the globe and encourage them to take root, right where they’ve been planted.
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Solo Zone: Whither the Single Male Missionary?
David Brainerd was one. So was Henry Martyn. And James Gilmour spent most of his career as one. Single men serving as cross-cultural missionaries. It's a short list by almost any measure....
Redeeming Singleness: How the Storyline of Scripture Affirms the Single Life
Though marriage is highly esteemed throughout Scripture, the Bible also affirms singleness as an important calling for some Christians. Redeeming Singleness expounds a theology of singlen...