Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium

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This volume continues the EMS Series with selected presentations from the November 2000 annual meeting. Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium presents the theological foundations, challenges, and contexts for caring for those in full-time Christian service.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Growth
• Christian Church

Informations

• Publié par: William Carey Publishing
• Date de parution: 15 septembre 2001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781645080053
• Langue: English

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Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium

OTHER TITLES IN EMS SERIES:
#1 SCRIPTURE AND STRATEGY: The Use of the Bible in Postmodern Church and Mission , David J. Hesselgrave
#2 CHRISTIANITY AND THE RELIGIONS: A Biblical Theology of World Religions , Edward Rommen and Harold Netland, eds.
#3 SPIRITUAL POWER AND MISSIONS: Raising the Issues , Edward Rommen, ed. (out of print)
#4 MISSIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: Contributions, Cautions and Conclusions , Edward Rommen and Gary Corwin, eds.
#5 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MISSION DYNAMICS , C. Douglas McConnell, ed.
#6 REACHING THE RESISTANT: Barriers and Bridges for Mission, J. Dudley Woodberry, ed.
#7 TEACHING THEM OBEDIENCE IN ALL THINGS: Equipping for the 21st Century, Edgar J. Ellison, ed.
#8 WORKING TOGETHER WITH GOD TO SHAPE THE NEW MILLENNIUM: Opportunities and Limitations, Kenneth Mulholland and Gary Corwin, eds.

Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium
Tom A. Steffen F. Douglas P. Pennoyer, eds.
Evangelical Missiological Society Series Number 9


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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Caring for the harvest force in the new millennium / Tom Steffen, F. Douglas Pennoyer, eds.
p. cm - (Evangelical Missiological Society series; no. 9) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 0-87808383-9 (alk. Paper) 1. Missions—Theory. I. Steffen, Tom A., 1947- II. Pennoyer, Frederick Douglas, 1947-, III. Series.
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CONTENTS
Author Profiles
Introduction F. Douglas Pennoyer
Theological Foundations of Care Giving
1 Spiritual Foundations of Care Giving Will Norton
2 The Pastoral Epistles on Care Giving Charles Chaney
3 A Theological Journey of Care J. Julius Scott, Jr.
Challenges of Care Giving
4 Caring for a Camcorder Culture Paul Metzger
5 Caring for a Coming Anarchy Larry Poston
6 Caring for Those in Crisis Robert Klamser
Contexts of Care Giving
7 Caring for Partnerships Jehu Hanciles
8 Caring for Indigenous Harvesters Sue Russell
9 Caring for Hungarians Joi Van Deventer
10 Caring for Members Brent Lindquist
11 Caring for GenXers Tom Steffen
12 Caring for the Children Paul Cochrane
13 Bibliography
14 Appendix
End Notes

Author Profiles
Charles Chaney is professor of missions at Southwestern Baptist Seminary. E-mail: [e-mail]
Paul Cochrane serves with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) as Regional Director for Southern Africa and South Asia. He is co-founder, along with Richard Edlin, of the Intermission MK Education Consultation. E-mail: [e-mail]
Jehu Hanciles is a Sierra Leonean by birth, and currently Associate Professor of Mission History and Globalization at the School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary. E-mail: [e-mail]
Robert Klamser is Executive Director of Crisis Consulting International, 9452 Telephone Road, No. 223, Ventura, CA 93004. Tel [phone]; Fax [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Web: www.HostageRescue.org
Brent Lindquist is a clinical psychologist and President of Link Care Center in Fresno, California. E-mail: [e-mail]
Paul Metzger is Assistant Professor of Christian Theology & Theology of Culture at Multnomah Biblical Seminary. E-mail: [e-mail]
Will Norton, Sr. is professor of Missions at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was instrumental in the founding and development of the AEPM and EMS. [phone]
F. Douglas Pennoyer is Dean of the School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University. E-mail: [e-mail]
Larry Poston is professor of religion at Nyack College in Nyack, New York. He served from 1980 to 1984 with Greater Europe Mission at the Nordic Bible Institute and is the author of two books on Islam. E-mail: [e-mail]
Sue Russell served 17 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Southeast Asia. She is an associate professor at the School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University. E-mail: [e-mail]
J. Julius Scott, Jr. is Emeritus Professor of Biblical and Historical Studies in Wheaton College Graduate School in Wheaton, Illinois. E-mail: [e-mail]
Tom Steffen served 15 years in the Philippines and is associate Professor of Intercultural Studies at the School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in La Mirada, California. E-mail: [e-mail]
Joi Van Deventer is a missionary with Church Resource Ministries working in Hungary. E-mail: [e-mail]

Introduction
“We can help your missionary,” a brochure cover boldly proclaims in large print. 1 Inside the headlines emphasize that there’s a vast need for Christian care and support for crosscultural workers. Taking care of the needs of the hurting person and restoring the individual back to healthy functions, we are told, is both loving, and a sound economic policy. This “Mom and Pop” non-profit missions care firm features a dedicated couple with three Masters, a Ph.D, an M.D., a board certification in Preventive Medicine, 25 years of experience, and over 11,000 hours of counseling in cross-cultural environments. They cover everything from intensive care for couples, families, and individuals to educational workshops, organizational consulting, and applied research.
“Missionary Care: But we have this treasure in jars of clay (2 Cor. 4:7 NIV)” is a web page title for a group of member care colleagues who come together for consultations, counseling, training, and special projects. 2 They believe that world evangelization and plans to impact unreached people groups will fall short unless care is provided for missionaries. This group, like the agency above is not only providing short term counseling and seminar training but they are researching topics, analyzing data, and publishing articles on missionary care topics. They are not alone. An International Guide for Member Care Resources lists nearly a hundred agencies spread around the world on all continents. 3 The 21st Century missions buzz word is “member care” and caring for missionaries has become a ministry industry.
Nearly half a century has past since the dramatic martyrdom of Jim Elliot and four others at the hands of the Auca Indians. The great waves of post World War II missionaries, and their children, discovered a harsh reality. At times it felt like it would have been easier to die a martyr than to suffer through a long, traumatic missionary career. Personal, familial, and ministry stresses and failures imposed a life sentence on some who felt imprisoned in the body’s mental institution and strapped in a strait jacket of conflicting emotions and unresolved relationships.
We’ve come a long way since Clyde Narramore was the only Christian psychologist; the Narramore Christian Foundation began the first MK reentry seminars; and, the Rosemead School of Psychology was the only Christian institution offering a Doctorate in Psychology. Missiology, as the science of doing missions, has matured as an academic discipline with research studies as well as practical field applications. Cross-cultural training programs are becoming finely tuned to the actual needs of the worker, and area specific in terms of language and culture. The local church is learning to not only provide money but to encourage, mentor, and provide emotional support. Mission agencies are now aware of the complexities of selection, training, sending, and supporting missionary families. While there is room for improvement all around, the mission work force is better educated, trained, and finally, better cared for in the field. With years of foundational experience behind us, how do we care for the harvest force in the new millennium?
Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium
The purpose of the Evangelical Missiological Society is to advance the cause of world evangelization through study and evaluation of mission concepts and strategies from a biblical perspective with a view to commending sound mission theory and practice to churches, mission agencies, and the schools of missionary training around the world. Publication of the papers presented at the annual gathering of society helps to fulfill this EMS purpose statement. This volume continues the EMS publication series by presenting an edited version of selected papers from the November, 2000 annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. The editors have also added several papers from the regional meetings held last year.
The 2000 theme was “Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium” and this volume contains papers on various topics related to caring for the harvesters and the harvested. Member care is a broad subject encompassing many disciplines and sub fields of study and these papers are not intended to cover the entire gamut of such an expansive, evolving topic. We have chosen to arrange the selected papers into three divisions: Theological Foundations for Care Giving; Challenges for Care giving; and, Contexts for Care Giving.
Theological Foundations for Care Giving
Three papers contribute to our understanding of the Biblical underpi