Staying Isn’t Always Good and Leaving Isn’t Always Bad
By Sue Eenigenburg | Many who commit to become missionaries imagine permanently settling in another country for many years. However, a characteristic …
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Five Practical Ways Churches can Care for Missionaries
By Patrick Hasty | This article provides pastors and missions teams with practical steps to support their missionaries. It outlines five things that c…
Healthcare Missionary BurnoutÂ
By Jim Ritchie | The role and experience of healthcare missionaries (HCMs) is different from other missionaries. HCMs tend to encounter death, sufferi…
Book Launch – Essentials for People Care and Development – Order Today
By Geoff Whiteman, LMFT, ThM It brings me great joy to share the next resource in the Missio Nexus Improve Series:Â Essentials for People Care and…
Ambiguous Loss in Missionary Life
By Nancy R. Mauger | Missionaries living away from their passport countries often experience a phenomenon known as ambiguous loss. This term, which de…
The Role of Pastoral Visits in Missionary Member Care
By Ed Grudier | While both agencies and churches can engage in member care with their missionaries, churches can focus more on personal care. Field vi…
Author Interview: Lauren Wells
This book aims to equip parents of third culture kids (TCKs) and those who work with TCKs (or TCK caregivers) to walk these children and teens through…
Author Interview: Steve Richardson
This book presents eight myths about missions and explains the folly of these myths. The author argues that each of these myths is “unbalanced, simp…
Member Care: Loving Those We’ve Sent
By Heather Pubols | How can organizations and churches adequately care for a globally based workforce? Around 30 men and women from more than 10 natio…
A Guide for Member Care Engagement
By Harry Hoffman | There are four different member care roles: the member care beginner, member care provider, member care facilitator, and member car…