‘… Sending churches (like the man’s long-time doctor) do the best they can to care from afar. Sending organizations (like the man’s employer) feel an obligation to care for the well-being of the missionaries under their oversight. Both present laudable concerns, but both are limited in what they can do. The result is a system that doesn’t care well for missionaries on the field.

‘The spiritual health of missionaries is crucial not only for their personal well-being, but also for their ability to carry out their commission. A lack of pastoral care is more likely to lead to a lack of spiritual health, which in turn hinders the work of the commission.’

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(GSiV: Missions and Evangelism; Evangelism and Calvinism; Researching Calvinism and Missions?; Healthy Church and Missions–part 1😉