Member Care Updates Expanding the global impact of member care
Working together for wellbeing and effectiveness
Special News—January 2026Celebrating and Indexing 200+ Issues (2009-2026)Increasing the Global Impact of Member Care Link HERE to access the IndexWe are dwarfs mounted on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see
more and further than they; yet not by virtue of the keenness of our eyesight,
nor through the tallness of our stature, but because we are raised and borne aloft
on that giant mass. Bernard of Chartres, 12th century
Opening quote from the Preface in Missionary Care (1992)
The resources in the monthly Updates are designed to help you develop member care skills, stay in touch with global issues, and cross sectors for mutual learning and good practice. All the Updates are archived on the MCA website:
https://membercareassociates.org/resource-updates/mca-resource-updates/
“Doing member care well helps us to do missions well. It strengthens missionaries so that they can effectively love, evangelize, and disciple people groups; endure hardship; and grow as people. It is a pioneering, practical, and deeply personal ministry. Doing member care well is a direct and strategic way to fulfill the Abrahamic Covenant of Genesis 12, along with both the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. That is to say, God blesses us and thus we bless others, especially those who bring the blessings of God to the unreached.” Final Thoughts in the Introduction—From the Ends of the Earth, To The End of the Age. Doing Member Care Well: Perspectives and Practices from Around the World (2002)Staying the Course in Member Care and Mission A Trio of Podcasts by Kelly O'Donnell (January-March 2026)
We feature three presentations in which Kelly shares about his journey into the missio Dei, exploring global integrity, global mental health, and global integration.January 2026: A Psychologist's Journey into Global Integrity (interview). Lausanne-WEA Global Integrity Network Conference--"Integrity and Anti-Corruption on the Frontlines" (30 April 2022). See also the written summary of Reflections and Resources for the Interview. February 2026: Global Mental Health in the Missio Dei--Seven Foundations & Directions
March 2026: Global Integration--My Journey into the Missio Dei Frontiers---------- It is an honor to serve the Member Care community! Warm greetings, for Jesus' glory, Kelly and Michèle   For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 --See more resources on our MCA website and MCA Facebook page --Send us your ideas and resources for future MC Updates
--Forward to your colleagues and networksMCAresources@gmail.com Member Care Associates Inc. (MCA) is a Christian non-profit organization working internationally and across sectors. We focus on personnel development for mission, humanitarian, development, and health workers and their organizations; global mental health; ethics and good practice; and integrity/anti-corruption. Our services include consultation, training, research, developing resources, and publications. MCA is shaped by the Global Integration framework and the Missio Dei model of global member care (updated in Global Member Care Volume 3 in 2024). ----------
Our Special News-Updates 1) promote the wellbeing and effectiveness (WE) of staff and their families and sending groups and 2) support the diversity of colleagues with member care responsibilities. The focus is on the mission sector with applications for/from the overlapping health, development, humanitarian, and other sectors.
Global Integration (GI) is a framework for responsibly and actively engaging in our world--collaborating locally through globally for God's glory. It encourages connecting relationally and contributing relevantly on behalf of human wellbeing and the issues facing humanity, in light of our integrity and core values (e.g., ethical, humanitarian, human rights, faith-based). See more perspectives about GI HERE. |
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