Member Care Associates
A global portal for good practice
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Member Care and Humanity Care
Mental Health and Moral Health
We provide and develop member care resources
to support mission personnel and their organisations.
We connect and contribute across sectors
to support the wellbeing of all people and the planet.
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Supporting Mission Among All Peoples
3 volumes--70 chapters--100+ contributors
Special bundle offer from William Carey Publishing
30% reduction when you buy all three volumes together
Volume 1--The Pearls and Perils of Practice
Volume 2--Crossing Sectors for Serving Humanity
Volume 3--Stories and Strategies for Staying the Course
Member care focuses on the wellbeing and effectiveness
of staff, their families, and sending organizations.
Member care focuses on the wellbeing and effectiveness
of staff, their families, and sending organizations.
New and Recent Resources
New–Global Pearl: Following and Serving Jesus Christ (January-December 2025)–12 part series for good member care practice featured in our monthly Member Care Updates and archived on our CORE Member Care Weblog
New–Our podcast series Staying the Course in Member Care and Mission features interviews with contributors to GMC 3: Overviewing GMC 3 (August), Prioritizing Frontier People Groups (September), Developing Member Care in Indonesia (October), Mental Health as Mission–Trauma Training and Care (November), and A Team Model for Pastoral Coaching in Member Care (December), Trauma and Tragedy on the Mission Field (January 2025), Trauma and Soul Care (February 2025).
New–Relentless–We Press On (2024) edited by Doug Lucas and Tina McCormick
Stories of mission workers with Team Expansion
New–Strengthening Marriages
Introducing the Marital Check-Up Inventory for Cross-Cultural Workers
A new marital check-up inventory tool was designed for use by pastoral counselors, member care providers, or other behavioral health professionals exploring key domains that impact Christian couples serving in a cross-cultural context. There is an additional optional set of questions for married couples with children. The inventory tool is intended to identify marital strengths, help recognize areas needing attention, or pinpoint problem areas before they exacerbate. A tool kit including instructions for use, the inventory, scoring sheet and handout on keys to a healthy marriage are available upon request. Contact Laurie at membercareconsultant@gmail.com to request these materials offered free of charge. Laurie A. Tone Ph.D. LPC-AZLMFT, LMHC-FL
Recent–Two summary Global Integration Updates
November 2024 (Issue 101):The GI Highway–Celebrating and Indexing 101 Issues!
October 2024 (Issue 100): Being Global Integrators–Foundational Perspectives to Guide and Goad
Recent–The Lausanne 4 Congress Seoul Statement compliments other historical Lausanne documents…alongside the new State of the Great Commission report, “These two documents form a foundation for deep theological reflection and strategic action, addressing missional gaps from both a theological and strategic perspective.” (quote from the press announcement 22 September 2024)
Recent—Light Up Or Burn Out–Self-Care Strategies for Those Who Serve the Suffering (2024).
Dr. Emily Hervey
Member Care Resources from MCA
Member Care Updates (monthly–sign up HERE):
—Global Pearl series for 2025 (12 monthly issues with a variety of member care resources)
–Engaging with Our Six Books–and More! (December 2024)
–New Book-New Podcast for Staying the Course! (October 2024)
–Reflections on Truth and Peace–Loving Truth, Peace, and People–Part 3 (August 2024)
–Commending Our Colleagues (May 2024)
–One Billion+ Strong–Persons with Disabilities (April 2024)
–How are You Doing? Tools for Wellbeing and Growth (February 2024)
Resources from the Member Care Community
Events–Conferences–Training 2024-2025
2025
8th Asian Member Care Network Consultation
“Ministry and Sacrifice–Sustainable Service”
Penang, Malaysia (7-11 April 2025)
Discovery MK Camp. Organised by Miila Consulting and GIVA Global for MKs aged 13-19 (19-23 May 2024) in Bangalore. Information and registration HERE.
2024
—Global Member Care Consultation (video overview here)
28 October-1 November 2024. Nairobi, Kenya
Presentations archived and available to view by Consultation participants
—Pastoral Training in Member Care Conference
8-11 October 2024 in North Carolina, USA–Canceled due to hurricane
—NCF Counseling and Member Care Seminar
6-18 October 2024 in Eretria, Greece–Cancelled–resumed in 2025
“ides a rich opportunity to grow personally and spiritually as well as professionally through education and training, elective workshops, networking, and confidential consultation and counseling with staff.”
—Discovery MK Camp. Organised by Miila Consulting and GIVA Global for MKs aged 13-19 (2-5 May 2024) at Camp Revive, Hosur India. Information and registration HERE.
Research–Articles–Publications
Member Care Journal (March 2024, Issue 1 and September 2024 Issue 2)
Global Member Care Network
Note also the special issues on member care in the Lausanne Global Analysis (March 2024) (four articles on self care, two articles on burnout, and one article on shame) and in Evangelical Missions Quarterly (April-June 2022)
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Multi-Sectoral Member Care [LINK]
—Work Stress of Humanitarian Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu and Kagan Rowland CSEND, Geneva. Applied Psychology Around the World | Volume 6, Issue 2 (July 2024)
—The Effects of Stress on International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu, and Kagan Rowland (23 April 2024). Humanitarian Encyclopedia, Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies
More Key Resources
See all archives HERE
Global Integration
Wellbeing for All People-Planet
See Global Integration section
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Global Integration Updates:
–Celebrating and Indexing 101 Issues! (November 2024)
–Being Global Integrators-Foundational Perspectives (October 2024)
–Changing and Charting Our Course–UN Summit of the Future and Pact for the Future (September 2024)
–Loving Truth and Peace–Being the People Our World Needs (Aug 2024)
–Inequality, Inc.–Exploring Poverty-Prosperity Divides (April 2024)
–Rethinking Missionaries and Development (January 2024)
Global Mental Health
Publications and Presentations
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–Grant Rich and Kelly O’Donnell (2023). Global Mental Health. In Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. Ed. Dana S. Dunn. New York: Oxford University Press. The pre-copyedited version of this article is on the GMH-Map website.
—WHO World Mental Health Report-
Transforming MH for All (2022)
—GMH: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing. O’Donnell, K., Eaton, J., & Lewis O’Donnell, M. In Behavioral Science in the Global Arena (2022).
Global Integrity
Living in Integrity Always
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—Global Integrity Day, 9 June 2024. Fighting Corruption with Solidarity, Skills, and Integrity
—Global Integrity Day, 9 June 2023. Faith-Based Champions Fighting Corruption–Sharing Our Stories and Strategies
—A Psychologist’s Journey into Global Integrity. The first of five interviews for the Lausanne-WEA Global Integrity Movement Conference, (30 April 2022) See also the written summary of Reflections and Resources for the Interview Kelly O’Donnell
MCA Learning Platform
Our Presentations & Publications
(site sections)
“All we are saying… is give peace, probity, and good practice a chance… ” The MCA Learning Platform includes examples of Presentations 2009-current and Publications 2000-current etc…
Connecting-Contributing Broadly
Multi-Sectoral Member Care
(site section)
Member Care in the Multi-Sectoral Context--Examples to Support Your Work in Member Care and Mission What is Multi-Sectoral Member Care (MS-MC)? Exploring how various sectors promote the wellbeing and effectiveness of their staff…
Holistic Flourishing
Peace & Security--MCA Materials
(site section)
“Promote just, peaceful, and inclusive societies.” SDG 16
—Changing/Charting Our Course–UN Summit of Future/Pact for Future, Global Integration Update, March 2024
—Peace and Security–Staying Alive in Our World, Global Integration Update, September 2023 …
Global Member Care
Missio Dei Model (updated 2024)
Seven spheres for providing and developing good practice
Global Member Care
Missio Dei Model (updated 2024)
Seven spheres for providing and developing good practice
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