Missionary Care

Trying to find that perfect gift for a missionary you support? This article will suggest some creative (and cheap) ways to find a gift they can use.
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This excellent resource is a collection of articles from around the world on missionary care topics and practices. A must-have for missions agencies and churches alike!
Published by William Carey Library Publishers (February, 2002)
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An excellent collection of articles relating to missionary care. This is a great resource for those wishing to step up support for their missionaries.
Published by William Carey Library (December 1, 1991)
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This book is an excellent resource for churches and missions agencies seeking to improve their missions focus and missionary care. Tom Telford has experience we could all learn from.
Published by Shaw (March 7, 2000)
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"This book gives scores of practical ideas in how a team can provide the necessary care for a missionary." - Amazon
Published by Emmaus Road Intl (August 1991)
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This book uses case studies from churches representing a variety of denominations, sizes, and locations. From the detailed descriptions of the churches' missions history, vision, and programming, readers will glean practical ideas for starting or strengthening missions programs in local churches. Each chapter focuses on the unique qualities of a church that has succeeded, ranging from excellence in missionary care to involving children in missions.
Published by Baker Books (October 2001)
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This book is a tremendous instrument for missions agencies, churches, and missionaries. It is the result of studies on missionary attrition, its causes, and its cures. I highly recommend it.
-Joshua Jones, Emercy
Published by William Carey Library Publishers (January 1997)
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Website: http://barnabas.org/
Barnabus' primary mission is to encourage missionaries, and part of that mission includes ministering to MKs.
Telephone: 815.395.1335

Website: www.DDMissionaryHomes.org
D&D Missionary Homes provides quality homes and other support services to active missionaries in transition. The ministry has 53 fully furnished homes. Amenities include a library, clothing center, MK programs, bicycles, central playground, fellowship opportunities, and concierge services. Located on one campus on the north side of St. Petersburg, FL. Easy access to ground and air transportation. Beaches, professional sports, and shopping are near by. Ministry was founded in 1949.
Telephone: 727-522-0522

Website: www.dpimagine.com
DPI offers professional quality prayer cards at ministry budget prices. They custom design Photo Cards, Magnetic Cards, Post Cards, Bookmarks, and Business Cards. Online designing and ordering is available, as well as samples, prices and contact information.
Telephone: 612-670-9714

Website: www.emercy.org
Emercy is an international organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of missionaries through a wide range of programs including care and support, seminars, church integration, and short-term teams. In fact, this site you are on now is a project of Emercy.
Telephone: 877-875-4483

Website: www.eri.org
ERI is an educational resource for cross-cultural ministry. Resources are offered in five areas: publications, seminars, ACTS Training Courses, ACTS Training Tapes, and ACTS Ministry Trips.
Telephone: 858 292-7020

Website: www.freechristianleadertraining.org
As a member of this group you and any associates, staff, friends, and others are entitled to free translatable, online Christian Leadership Training. You may take some of the courses for a certificate and all of the courses for a portion of your continuing education program, or you may even take individual lessons for specific needs, such as sermon helps, leadership seminars, small group materials, etc. Includes such areas as the state of the art vocation "Christian Lifestyle Trainer," mentoring, employment listings, "Conversations with Jesus," etc.
Telephone: 847-546-0361

Website: www.caringforothers.org
Caring for Others is a ministry that offers missionaries debriefing,and interpersonal skills training. We also hold "Personal Growth Weeks" where missionaries from a variety of sending agencies come together to encourage each other and to grow with one another. See our www.caringforothers.org for more details.
Telephone: 262. 641-9600

Website: www.missionarycare.com
Through New Hope, Ron and his wife, Bonnie, offer on-field help to independent missionaries, missionaries whose agencies have no one designated for missionary care, and missionaries who would prefer talking with someone outside their agencies. As part of this ministry he has developed a series of brochures, a database, and two e-books, one on re-entry and one titled "What Missionaries Ought to Know" (combining the series of brochures of the same name).
Telephone: 859-858-3436

Website: http://www.mkstay.org
At MKSTAY we're fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission by providing a loving home and godly guidance for young adult children of overseas missionaries. These gifted young adults (known as "Missionary Kids" or "MKs") have grown up overseas with a global perspective; yet many lack a Christian support network important for life in the U.S. While their parents remain overseas, returning MKs need help transitioning to life here. Many MKs quietly struggle to acquire basic American cultural skills and find helpful resources & connections. They need to know how to locate reliable transportation, get a driver’s license, open a checking account, find a good church, secure a job, explore educational opportunities, develop quality relationships, and make other important life decisions. We assist MKs with these crucial adjustments-- We help them to thrive not just survive --- here in the U.S.
Telephone: 803-548-3528

Website: www.mmct.org
An interdisciplinary team providing training, crisis response, consultation, and counseling for missionaries in West Africa.

Website: www.OneAnother.com
One Another Ministries provides professional counseling, consulting and training for the development and care of missionaries and mission organizations serving in Europe and the surrounding regions. Help is offered both when problems arise, through crisis or conflict management, critical incident debriefings, etc., and proactively through scheduled debriefings and training seminars and retreats. We provide timely professional interventions to individuals, couples, families, ministry teams, and mission agencies both at our facilities in southern France and at the point of need.
Telephone: +1 714 602 3373

Website: http://www.pastorsretreatnetwork.org
Founded in 1997, Pastors Retreat Network offers five-day retreats to pastors, pastor couples and pastoral staff teams. Our programs balance solitude and community time. Scripture reading and meditation are at the heart of the experience.

Website: http://www.share-ed-services.org/
SHARE Education Services… ..exists to help expatriate Christian families in Europe, Russia, and Central Asia meet the challenge of educating their children cross-culturally by providing resources and educational consultations through a network of resource centers. ..serves expatriate Christian families by providing counsel on available educational options and services to support their schooling choice through curriculum and resource evaluation and needs assessment of individual children. ..serves families using home schools, national schools and one room schools.
Telephone: 36-1--227-9902

Website: http://www.talent-trust.com
Offers short-term, long-term and career healthcare insurance plans for those in full-time ministry.

Website: www.thailandmissions.com
We are a non denominational org, working with orphans and hilltribe people in Chiang Mai Thailand.
Telephone: 1-808-325-7588

Website: http://www.wearesources.org/
This is an excellent resources website with books that you can download for free. They have some great titles on missionary care and support.

Website: www.missionaryresources.com
The purpose of this web site is to provide information and resources on how you can reach your world for Jesus and other useful information for Christians. This web site provides information on resources in many different languages.