1 / 10

Member Care Mastery: Essential Strategies for Ensuring Longevity and Success in Ministry

Explore why member care is crucial in global ministry, with insights on factors contributing to attrition and proven strategies for nurturing and empowering missionaries. Discover key skills and holistic approaches for sustaining missionaries' well-being and effectiveness in the field.

gyan
Download Presentation

Member Care Mastery: Essential Strategies for Ensuring Longevity and Success in Ministry

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. New Directors’ BootcampFall 2013Member Care and Development

  2. Why member care? • Occupational hazards • Attrition statistics from a global study • 47% leave ministry in first 5 years • 71% of attrition is for preventable reasons • Biblical example • Stewardship

  3. Components of member care • Encouragement • Equipping • Empowerment

  4. Providers of Member Care • Home Office • Sending office • International office • Sending church • Field/team leadership • Other providers • The missionary!

  5. Characteristics of member care • Holistic

  6. Characteristics of member care • Holistic • Developmental singles, couples, families, MKs • Intentional

  7. Goals of member care • Health and well-being • Fruitfulness • Sustainability • Thrive in spite of adversity – Jer. 17:7-8

  8. MCD on the Field • MCD Providers on the field • Key skills needed • Be alert to potential needs • Ask good questions • Active listening • Trust building • Conflict resolution • Guiding personal/professional development • Communication with the sending office

More Related