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Doing Global Member Care Well
Resources from William Carey Publishing
WCP Mission
With a sense of divine urgency and purpose, William Carey Publishing publishes
resources that edify, equip, and empower disciples of Jesus to make disciples of Jesus.
Part One
Global Member Care Series
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The Global Member Care series is part of the ongoing effort to support member care and mission. This book series is designed to further equip the diversity of people with member care responsibility around the world, including leaders, colleagues, professional caregivers, trainers, sending groups, and academic institutions. The materials help us to grow deeply in our character, competencies, and compassion and to go broadly across disciplines, cultures, and sectors as we provide relevant, quality services within the mission community and beyond--in light of the major challenges affecting the world. (based on the description of the series website)
Global Member Care (Volume 1): The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice. With the special additional discounted price from WCP, the cost for the paperback is $6.40 and for the ebook $7.99. We are celebrating the launch of this series 10 years ago, by encouraging you to read (again!) all or parts of volume one, The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (2011). We think that you'll agree that the material continues to be highly relevant for member care and mission into the 2020s, as you will see by simply reviewing the table of contents and the book summary. Here is the short overview.
Part One—Exploring Member Care in Mission/Aid. Staying sane—and alive—in unstable, crazy places is a serious challenge for mission/aid workers. In this section we’ll explore how the member care field helps workers manage such challenges. The topics include an historical overview, adjustment/research regarding workers, and future directions…Read more HERE.
Part Two—Promoting Health in Mission/Aid. In this section we explore two important and overlooked areas for health in mission/aid. They are the role of human dysfunction (problems from significant weakness/wrongness, e.g., leadership abuse, psychological disorders, moral failure, harassment) and the role of discipline (correction to restore people/organizations which violate others e.g., independent reviews, counseling, recovery programs, remedial training, and dismissals)…Read more HERE.
Part Three—Developing Guidelines in Mission/Aid. Member care is a broad field with a wide range of practitioners and perspectives on what is ethically permissible. As this field continues to grow, it is important to offer guidelines to further clarify and shape good practice. In this section we will explore several ethical principles and human rights commitments to upgrade the quality of the supportive care that we offer mission/aid staff…Read more HERE.
Resources for Good Practice. “Go broadly and grow deeply.” Throughout each of the three Parts [described above] and especially in their final chapters, we provide materials for personal and professional growth. The materials include resources and readings plus opportunities for reflection and discussion. These materials are a key feature and they come from diverse sources. They can help us to grow together as good practitioners who follow the Good Practitioner, Jesus Christ...Read more HERE.
Note: WCP is also offering a special additional discount for Volume 2 in the Global Member Care series: Crossing Sectors for Serving Humanity. The price is $7.99 for the paperback and $7.99 for the ebook. Here is the LINK to access the MC books.
Part Two
William Carey Publishing
Member Care Collection
Note: Here is the LINK to access the MC books.
You will receive the special 20% discount automatically at checkout.
William Carey Publishing recognizes the importance of member care and mental health. We acknowledge that everyone in mission work needs supportive care--mission workers and families among the ethnê, administrators in the home office, etc. In this collection of 24 books, you will find a rich variety of resources for encouragement, help, affirmation, comfort, guidance, counseling, and debriefing. We pray that the Member Care Collection will help you along your journey in mission for the Lord's glory!
Blessings to you always,
DG Wynn and the William Carey Publishing Team
WCP VISION
William Carey Publishing (WCP) publishes resources
to shape and advance the missiological conversation in the world.
"Our goal is to promote insights and initiatives leading to mission breakthroughs among all peoples. Those breakthroughs or mission frontiers include the evangelization and empowerment of unreached peoples and the discovery of new strategies and methods of ministry and mobilization. We especially seek to assist the work of the mission executive, field missionary, church leader, and the student of world mission." (quote from WCP website, Mission and Vision)
More about WCP
"WCP carries on the vision of its founder [Dr. Ralph Winter] to “publish, at reasonable cost, the best in current thinking on world mission” and endeavors to shape and advance the missiological conversation in the world. We especially seek to assist the work of mission executives, the field missionary, mission-minded churches, and the student of world mission.
Ralph Winter once made the observation that WCP is not in the book publishing business, but in the information business. We seek to be at the forefront of disseminating the essential knowledge the global Church requires to finish the task of world evangelization." (quote from the WCP website, History)
Part Three
Going Global--Into the Future
Global Member Care (Volume 3)
Stories and Strategies--All Peoples
To be developed with several co-editors
We welcome your ideas---Contact us!
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Concept Note--Proposal (excerpts)
Book three in the Global Member Care series, Stories and Strategies--All Peoples, is part of an ongoing effort to shape and support the field of member care. It is designed to further equip the diversity of people around the world who have member care responsibility, including leaders, colleagues, friends, professional caregivers, trainers, and sending groups.
Why is this book necessary? The unique contribution of All Peoples is ethnê to ethnê member care— member care for/from all peoples (E2MC). Most of the material fits into two broad areas: a) case studies, personal stories, and ministry descriptions about member care for workers among/from the less reached people groups (LPGs); b) examples of mission/aid and other efforts to help vulnerable humans in LPG regions. What are some of the resources/practices and challenges/problems that affect “ethne to ethne” member care? The book will include previously written materials as well as new material that can help us listen to and learn from “our global voices.”
Kelly and Michèle O'Donnell
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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38,39 NIV
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