선교사 멤버케어에 관한 소고 = A Study of Missionary Member Care

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This article aims to delineate the definitions of missionary member care and its needs to the Korean churches, suggest its biblical and theological foundations, factors of missionary member care and the Heartstream model, and a cooperative system of missionary member care. Member care can be defined as consistent and systematic supports of sending agencies, sending churches, local ministers to the all mission personnels who are missionary, MK, mission administrators and other participators for their well-being, development, and nurturing. Member care deals with the lifelong issues of mission personnels such as selection, training, ministry, reentry, retirement. It's ultimate goal is for the glory of God. The best practice of member care is possibly achieved when self care and mutual care of the member are well balanced to the accountable, systematic and strategic care of the mission organizations and sending churches. Though member care is sustained by well organized care system and programs, the biblical and theological foundations of member care is God's care and mutual love and care of the member. The urgent need for member care has been suggested by a serious issue of missionary attrition. Researches on missionary attrition(ReMap I and II) show the corelation between high rate of missionary attrition and poor member care. This result indicates that the Korean churches and mission agencies have emphasized on sending and visible outcome of mission work without an appropriate care of the mission personnels they sent. In this article the Heartstream’s community-centered intensive care model(SPARE Yourself) is suggested for Korean mission personnels. It consists of 5 dimensions or streams of member care from an holistic perspective: spiritual care, physical care, actualization, relational care, and emotional care. In order to integrate these five dimensions, sustainable and well-functioned member care system building must be needed for an effective member care practice. The member care system can be built on the participation of sending churches, mission agencies, and professional member care centers. These factors of member care are applicable to different contexts or stages that missionaries would face in mission fields. First of all member care must be carried at its best for the purpose of prevention. The preventative care can be performed at best in pre-field missionary training. Secondly member care through various methods of intervention focuses on solving the problems finding out those roots and causes. Thirdly crisis management or care is carried in very urgent cases such as kidnapping, death, life threatening physical illness or psychosomatic crisis. These three dimensions of member care can be applied in pre-field, on-field, reentry, retirement setting to all mission personnels. The urgent need for member care needs to be keenly recognized by the Korean church and mission agencies. The mission of God begins from the God's heart and He cares for His people and church. This is core of member care.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 들어가는 글
• Ⅱ. 멤버케어의 정의와 성서적, 신학적 근거
• Ⅲ. 멤버케어의 필요성
• Ⅳ. 하트스트림 케어 모델: 공동체를 통한 집중케어
• Ⅵ. 선교사 멤버케어의 협력모델: 지역교회, 선교단체, 멤버케어 전문기관
• Ⅶ. 나가는 글
• Abstract
• 참고문헌

참고문헌 (Reference)

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