Member care focuses on the wellbeing and effectiveness of staff and their organizations.
Member care is the ongoing investment of resources by sending groups, service organizations, friends, colleagues, and workers themselves, for nurture, development, and strategic impact.
Member Care
Resources for supporting staff and their organizations in mission and across sectors–humanitarian, development, peace/security, etc
Global Integration
A framework for actively and responsibly engaging in our world–collaborating to address major issues that impact wellbeing for all people and the planet
Global Mental Health
A growing domain of study, research, and practice, promoting equitable, quality mental health and wellbeing for all persons and peoples
Global Integrity
Resources for living consistently in moral wholeness–at the individual, institutional, international levels–and for preventing and confronting corruption
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Featured Resources—2024-2025
Update January 2025
More information and updates are on the book series website: Global MCA
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New–Global Pearl: Following and Serving Jesus Christ (January-December 2025)–12 part series for good member care practice featured in our monthly Member Care Updates and archived in our CORE Member Care Weblog
New–Our podcast series Staying the Course in Member Care and Mission features interviews with contributors to GMC 3: Overviewing GMC 3 (August), Prioritizing Frontier People Groups (September), Developing Member Care in Indonesia (October), Mental Health as Mission–Trauma Training and Care (November), and A Team Model for Pastoral Coaching in Member Care (December).
New–Relentless–We Press On (2024) edited by Doug Lucas and Tina McCormick (stories of mission workers with Team Expansion)
New–Strengthening Marriages
Introducing the Marital Check-Up Inventory for Cross-Cultural Workers
A new marital check-up inventory tool was designed for use by pastoral counselors, member care providers, or other behavioral health professionals exploring key domains that impact Christian couples serving in a cross-cultural context. There is an additional optional set of questions for married couples with children. The inventory tool is intended to identify marital strengths, help recognize areas needing attention, or pinpoint problem areas before they exacerbate. A tool kit including instructions for use, the inventory, scoring sheet and handout on keys to a healthy marriage are available upon request. Contact Laurie at membercareconsultant@gmail.com to request these materials offered free of charge. Laurie A. Tone Ph.D. LPC-AZLMFT, LMHC-FL
New–Two summary Global Integration Updates
November 2024 (Issue 101):The GI Highway–Celebrating and Indexing 101 Issues!
October 2024 (Issue 100): Being Global Integrators–Foundational Perspectives to Guide and Goad
Recent–The Lausanne 4 Congress Seoul Statement compliments other historical Lausanne documents…alongside the new State of the Great Commission report, “These two documents form a foundation for deep theological reflection and strategic action, addressing missional gaps from both a theological and strategic perspective.” (quote from the press announcement 22 September 2024)
Recent—Light Up Or Burn Out–Self-Care Strategies for Those Who Serve the Suffering (2024).
Dr. Emily Hervey
1. Member Care Resources from MCA
Member Care Updates (monthly–sign up HERE):
New! Global Pearl: 1–Following and Serving Jesus Christ (January 2024)
–Engaging with Our Six Books–and More! (December 2024)
–New Book-New Podcast for Staying the Course! (October 2024)
–Reflections on Truth and Peace–Loving Truth, Peace, and People–Part 3 (August 2024)
–Commending Our Colleagues (May 2024)
–One Billion+ Strong–Persons with Disabilities (April 2024)
–How are You Doing? Tools for Wellbeing and Growth (February 2024)
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2. Resources from the Member Care Community
Events–Conferences–Training 2024-2025
2025
8th Asian Member Care Network Consultation
“Ministry and Sacrifice–Sustainable Service”
Penang, Malaysia (7-11 April 2025)
Discovery MK Camp. Organised by Miila Consulting and GIVA Global for MKs aged 13-19 (19-23 May 2024) in Bangalore. Information and registration HERE.
2024
—Global Member Care Consultation (video overview here)
28 October-1 November 2024. Nairobi, Kenya
Presentations archived and available to view by Consultation participants
—Pastoral Training in Member Care Conference
8-11 October 2024 in North Carolina, USA–Canceled due to hurricane
—NCF Counseling and Member Care Seminar
6-18 October 2024 in Eretria, Greece–Cancelled–resumed in 2025
“ides a rich opportunity to grow personally and spiritually as well as professionally through education and training, elective workshops, networking, and confidential consultation and counseling with staff.”
—Discovery MK Camp. Organised by Miila Consulting and GIVA Global for MKs aged 13-19 (2-5 May 2024) at Camp Revive, Hosur India. Information and registration HERE.
Research–Articles–Publications
Member Care Journal (March 2024, Issue 1 and September 2024 Issue 2)
Global Member Care Network
Note also the special issues on member care in the Lausanne Global Analysis (March 2024) (four articles on self care, two articles on burnout, and one article on shame) and in Evangelical Missions Quarterly (April-June 2022)
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3. Multi-Sectoral Member Care
—Work Stress of Humanitarian Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu and Kagan Rowland CSEND, Geneva. Applied Psychology Around the World | Volume 6, Issue 2 (July 2024)
—The Effects of Stress on International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu, and Kagan Rowland (23 April 2024). Humanitarian Encyclopedia, Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies.
Key Resources
2022-2025
2. Global Integration
Global Integration Overview
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Global Integration Updates:
New! We’re Taking a Break–Ten Years (2015-2024) Thanks for your encouragement! (December 2024)
–Celebrating and Indexing 101 Issues!(November 2024)
–Being Global Integrators–Foundational Perspectives (October 2024)
–Changing and Charting Our Course–UN Summit and Pact for Future (September 2024)
–Loving Truth and Peace–Being the People Our World Needs 3 (August 2024)
–Inequality, Inc.–Exploring Poverty-Prosperity Divides (April 2024)
–Rethinking Missionaries and Development (Jan 2024)
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3. Global Mental Health
See MCA GMH-Map website
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–Grant Rich and Kelly O’Donnell (2023). Global Mental Health. In Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. Ed. Dana S. Dunn. New York: Oxford University Press. The pre-copyedited version of this article is on the GMH-Map website.
—WHO World Mental Health Report (2022)
—GMH: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing. O’Donnell, K., Eaton, J., & Lewis O’Donnell, M. In Behavioral Science in the Global Arena (2022).
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4. Global Integrity
See special section on this site
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—Global Integrity Day, 9 June 2024. Fighting Corruption with Solidarity, Skills, and Integrity
—Global Integrity Day, 9 June 2023. Faith-Based Champions Fighting Corruption–Sharing Our Stories and Strategies
—A Psychologist’s Journey into Global Integrity. The first of five interviews for the Lausanne-WEA Global Integrity Movement Conference, (30 April 2022) See also the written summary of Reflections and Resources for the Interview Kelly O’Donnell
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More Resources
- Living Integrity–Confronting Corruption
Global Integrity Day is a positive day to reflect, teach, and collaborate on ways to integrate integrity in all we do throughout the entire year. It is also a strategic day…Read more on the website. - Multi-Sectoral MC
Member Care in the Multi-Sectoral Context Examples to Support Your Work in Member Care and Mission What is Multi-Sectoral Member Care (MS-MC)? –MS-MC involves mutual learning-support-resources from connecting and contributing across sectors (e.g. humanitarian sector, health sector, development sector, etc.). How do other sectors promote the wellbeing and effectiveness of… - GMH Training: Publications
Ten GMH overview articles over the past 10 years. The latest, April 2021: GMH–Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing. O’Donnell, Eaton, Lewis O’Donnell. - GMH Training: Presentations
See also the MCA Learning Platform–Presentations Global Mental Health: Working Across Sectors for People and Planet WellbeingRegent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, GMH doctoral course (2 March 2024) Integrity and Anti-Corruption: Upcoming Global Events and Organizations Virtual Café—Integrity: Basic Christian Identity Lausanne-WEA Global Integrity Network(9 December 2023) Cross-Cultural Transitions: Self-Care and Family StrengthsPartners in Diplomacy, Global… - GMH Map
2011–current (2024) Our Global Mental Health-Map site (GMH-Map) lists key resources for Global Mental Health (GMH) in order to better understand and navigate the GMH domain and find relevant ways for connecting and contributing. It is also very pertinent for member care and for the largely undeveloped area of “mental… - Presentations–Kelly/Michele
Having fun with friends in France (June 2007) on the 40th anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival. “All we are saying… is give peace, probity, and good practice a chance… and prioritize the good news ad majorem Dei gloriam!” MCA Learning Platform Examples of Presentations 2009-2021 Kelly O’Donnell, PsyD and… - MCA Books
Since the 1980’s, the O’Donnells have contributed a steady stream of materials including publications and presentations to support mission and member care globally. A priority has been to make as many of them as possible available for easy downloading and listening as well as translations. Below are examples of their… - Peace-Security-Justice MCA Materials
“Promote just, peaceful, and inclusive societies.” SDG 16 —Changing/Charting Our Course–UN Summit of Future/Pact for FutureGlobal Integration Update, March 2024 —UN Summit of the Future–Reviewing the Upcoming Summit and the PactGlobal Integration Update, March 2024 —Peace and Security–Staying Alive in Our World Global Integration Update, September 2023 —Resisting Despair and Disillusion:… - COVID Care Resources
Covid Care: Promoting and maintaining mental health, resilience, and wellbeing for all persons and peoples (ranging from informal to formal services, guidance, and policies, local through global) during the multi-faceted challenges of COVID-19 and beyond.