Member Care Southern Africa
VISION Compelled by the compassion of Christ we serve and care for missionaries. |
MISSION Serving the Body of Christ by offering skilled and timely care, enabling missionaries to live and minister according to God’s purpose. |
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RE-ENTRY CARERe-entry
is one of the topics that is covered in the workshop for sending
churches. The aim is to assist the missionaries and their sending
churches to understand the re-entry process and to give guidelines
concerning re-entry care.
When missionaries return from the field, they experience reverse culture shock. The missionary as a person, their friends and family and the country have changed during their time on the field. Just as they had to adjust to the culture on the field, so they have to adjust again to the home culture. What the missionaries experience is very much the same as a process of grief. Too often the missionaries are not seen as the church or organisation's responsibility during re-entry. Member Care Southern Africa gives individual or small group re-entry guidance and a weekend debriefing for returning missionaries. Previous: On-field care Next: Networking and Research |
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… the continuous investment of resources into the lives of missionaries