We provide and develop member care resources
to support mission personnel and their organisations.
We connect and contribute across sectors
to support the wellbeing of all people and the planet.
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
Featured Resources
Update May 2025
See archives HERE
More information and updates are on the book series website: Global MCA
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Resources from MCA
Member Care Updates (monthly–sign up HERE)
—Global Pearl series for 2025 (12 monthly issues with a variety of member care resources)
–Engaging with Our Six Books–and More! (December 2024)
–New Book and New Podcast for Staying the Course! (October 2024)
–Reflections on Loving Truth, Peace, and People (August 2024)
–Commending Our Colleagues–15 Guest Contributors (May 2024)
–One Billion+ Strong–Persons with Disabilities (April 2024)
–How Are You Doing? Tools for Wellbeing and Growth (February 2024)
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
New–Announcing the theme for Global Integrity Day 2025
Empowering People to Defeat Corruption: Developing Resilience, Virtues, and Skills
New–Our podcast series Staying the Course in Member Care and Mission features interviews with contributors to Global Member Care Volume 3 (GMC 3): Overviewing GMC 3 (August 2024), Prioritizing Frontier People Groups (September 2024), Developing Member Care in Indonesia (October 2024), Mental Health as Mission–Trauma Training and Care (November 2024), and A Team Model for Pastoral Coaching in Member Care (December 2024), Trauma and Tragedy on the Mission Field (January 2025), Trauma and Soul Care (February 2025), Sharing My [TCK Specialist] Father with the World (March 2025).
Recent Resources from Colleagues
Remembering Marjory Foyle (1921-2025)–pioneering psychiatrist in mission and member care. See the Tributes section on the main MCA website for more information on her life and work. Marjory’s foundational book is Honourably Wounded /Overcoming Missionary Stress (1987, updated 2001) and her autobiography is Can It Be Me? (2006).
Member Care Journal (March 2025–Issue 3)
Global Member Care Network
Relentless–We Press On (2024) edited by Doug Lucas and Tina McCormick (stories of mission workers with Team Expansion)
Strengthening Marriages
Introducing the Marital Check-Up Inventory for Cross-Cultural Workers
This new marital inventory tool is designed for use by pastoral counselors, member care providers, or other behavioral health professionals. It is intended to identify marital strengths, recognize areas needing attention, and pinpoint problem areas before they exacerbate plus includes optional items about children. To request the free Inventory materials contact Dr. Laurie Tone. [email protected]
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)
Light Up Or Burn Out–Self-Care Strategies for Those Who Serve the Suffering (2024).
Dr. Emily Hervey
Special issues on member care in 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 2022)
Events–Conferences–Training 2024-2025
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
Bangalore (19-23 May 2025). Information and registration HERE
NCF Counseling and Member Care Seminar
Eretria, Greece–5-17 October 2025
“Provides 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.”
Global Member Care Consultation
28 October-1 November 2024. Nairobi, Kenya
Presentations archived and available to view by Consultation participants
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, Vol 6(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
More Key Resources
Global Integration
All People-Planet Wellbeing
Global Integration Updates:
—New! We’re Taking a Break–Ten Years! (December 2024)
–Celebrating and Indexing 101 Issues!(November 2024)
–Being Global Integrators–Foundations (October 2024)
–Changing and Charting Our Course–UN (September 2024)
–Being the People Our World Needs (August 2024)
–Exploring Poverty-Prosperity Divides (April 2024)
–Rethinking Missionaries and Development (Jan 2024)
–See our Global Integration Publications & Presentations
and our 2020 overview article
MCA Learning Platform
Michèle and Kelly O’Donnell
Publications—Presentations
Global Mental Health
Global Map-Global Movement
Publications–Presentations:
–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)
–WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan (2021)
—GMH Working Across Sectors (presentation 2024)
Multi-Sectoral Member Care
Connecting and Contributing
Resources for Good Practice
Global Integrity Day-9 June
Living in Integrity Always
Events and Spotlights:
—Global Integrity Day 9 June 2025. Empowering People to Defeat Corruption–Developing Resilience, Virtues, and Skills
—Global Integrity Day, 9 June 2024. Fighting Human Trafficking–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 Network Conference (30 April 2022) & Reflections and Resources for the Interview Kelly O’Donnell
Holistic Flourishing
Wellbeing for All People-Planet
Peace-Security-Justice
Global Member Care–Missio Dei Model
Seven Spheres for Good Practice (2024 update)
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