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their work in light of global issues and trends. It • It seeks to implement an adequate flow of
is organized into two parts: Context Resources care from recruitment through re�rement.
(Global Mul�-Sectoral Examples) and Core Re- • It develops resilience, skills, and virtue,
sources (GMH Examples). It is meant to be ad- which are central to helping personnel stay
justed according to one’s interests and involve- healthy and effec�ve in their work. Member
ments. The second column can also be replaced care thus involves both developing inner re-
with the broader “Core Resources: Global Per- sources (e.g., perseverance, stress toleran-
sonal Emphases” (Global Integra�on Update, ce) and providing external resources (e.g.,
October 2016). team building, logis�cal support, skill trai-
ning).
See also: Crucial Contribu�ons from the Global
Psychological-Behavioral-Social Sciences, Glo- Update 2025: The updated global member care
bal Integra�on Update (May 2023); Mission model above (O’Donnell and Lewis O’Donnell,
Frontlines: A Couple’s Journey into Member 2024) builds on the original model developed in
Care-Mental Health, Member Care Update (Au- 1999–2000 by Kelly O’Donnell and Dave Pollock
gust 2022); Mental Health, Trauma, Wellbeing: with some ini�al input from Marjory Foyle (O’
Pathways for Global Mental Health as Mission, Donnell, 2002). It now...places global member
Member Care Update (October 2021b). care solidly within the realm of the missio Dei
domain. Missio Dei is an inclusive term that re-
Framework 3: Global Member Care—Missio presents God’s vast redemp�ve work in the
Dei Model (GMC) world—the overall mission of God on behalf of
We begin this next sec�on with a concise defi- humanity.
ni�on of member care followed by the updated
model of global member care. This material is Theologically, at the core of all we do is the
excerpted from Global Member Care Volume message and work of Jesus Christ, whom we
Three (O’Donnell and Lewis O’Donnell, 2024, understand to be the world’s only true and
pages xxviii-xxxi). blessed hope, and whose gracious salva�on is
Member care is the ongoing investment of re- proclaimed and whose virtuous character is to
sources by sending groups, service organiza�- be embodied by the Church. This expanded
ons, and workers themselves, for the nurture model of global member care con�nues to em-
and development of personnel (O’Donnell and phasize Jesus Christ at the core of member
Lewis O’Donnell, 1992). It is both people-orien- care, including our rela�onship with Him, mem-
ted and task-oriented, as it ac�vely engages in ber care/mission workers serving Him, and His
good prac�ce for the wellbeing and effec�ve- love for all people.
ness (referred to as WE) of mission workers and
sending groups. Member care seeks to be inclu- The first five spheres have been discussed and
sive, proac�ve, holis�c, comprehensive, cultu- used widely in mission, member care, and aca-
rally relevant, and strengths focused. demic se�ngs (e.g., Eriksson, 2012). The sixth
sphere, sector care, was added in Global Mem-
• It focuses on every member of the organiza- ber Care Volume Two (O’Donnell and Lewis O’
�on, including children and home office Donnell, 2013) and emphasizes the sectors of
staff, plus locals, na�onals, and volunteers mission (primary), humanitarian, health, and
who are part of or working with the sending human resources. The seventh sphere, humani-
group and organiza�on. ty—crea�on care, reflects the growing interest
• It includes preventa�ve, developmental, and involvement in linking the gospel and good
suppor�ve, and restora�ve care in culturally works in new ways on behalf of the wellbeing
relevant ways. A core part of member care for all people and the planet. It surrounds the
is the mutual care that workers provide to other six spheres and is itself contained within
each other. Connec�ng with resources and the missio Dei...We note that sending groups
people in the local host community is also and member care networks, for example, not
crucial. only offer suppor�ve care and resources but
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