Faulty assumptions often drive short-term missions. Author:Darren  Carlson Source: The Gospel Coalition

Mind the Gaps is intended to empower churches, to complement and enhance the efforts of the member care department of mission sending agencies, and to reduce the attrition rate of missionaries by encouraging them and helping to develop their resilience. It provides a distinct contribution to existing missionary care literature because it is collaboratively written by an experienced and practicing missionary care team from a local church. They share their experiences, both positive and negative,...

The MORE Network home page, Missionary Opportunites for Resources and Equipping.  Transition Retreats for cross-cultural workers & TCKs, workshops for Member Care workers, resources for all! Based in Canada.

Ok this is awkward. There’s a solid chance that the demographic which might best benefit from this post (and the brilliance in the comments that follow {hint}) will never see it.   If you are welcoming a beloved friend or family member back into your life, after an extended amount of time in a faraway land, I can’t imagine that you’re scouring the internet for ways to do it well.  Why would you?  What’s to figure out? Author: Jerry Jones Publisher: The Culture Blend

Survey results In August 2013, I used Survey Monkey to find out more what challenges repatriates face on returning “home.” In this article I am summarising my findings, so if you’d like more information just let me know. The first part is a general summary of responses, followed by further sections on the mission, corporate and development sectors where I...