Five Practical Ways Churches can Care for Missionaries
By Patrick Hasty | This article provides pastors and missions teams with practical steps to support their missionaries. It outlines five things that churches can do: start the care process early, be proactive in relating to missionaries, allow missionaries to share their burdens, establish care teams, and be ready for critical moments.
What Missionaries Want You to Know
By Amy Young, Stacey Covell, and Christine Rollings | This article reports on the results of a survey of fieldworkers. The research revealed a gap of communication between goers and senders. This can be exacerbated when missionaries feel that they have to be superhuman. Many challenges that missionaries face are normal human experiences although these can be compounded by cross-cultural life and ministry stresses. Practical recommendations for senders are provided.