Missionary Care Family and Marriage

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Missionary Care Family and Marriage

• Insights
• Missionary couples do have problems and
  conflicts.
• Every organization should train their missionary
  at least for 2yrs before they go into the fields.
• The lack of the awareness about the powers in the
  air.

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Questions

• Why cant we propose to have pre-marital
  counseling sessions on regular basis ?
• How to contact ? whom to contact ? How much it
  will cost ?
• How a committed missionary family could fight
  with the powers in the air ?

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Suggestion

• First of all every CEO must attend this type of
  seminar along with spouse.
• Encourage the couples to lead a happy family life
  by conducting this type of seminars
• Guide lines to be given to balance ministerial
  pressure and family needs

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Missionary Care M.Ks

• Insights
• 1. Enormous needs of M.Ks TCKs
• 2. Rural versus urban TCKs
• 3. Delayed adolescence
• 4. Griha shiksha
• 5. Effects on M.Ks life style by the negligence
  of missions.
• 6. Importance of the M.ks for the churches and
  missions.
• 7. M.Ks facing lot of worldly pressures.
• 8. Care for M.Ks.
• 9. Double standard
• 10. Sharpening the minds of MKs to take right
  decision

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Questions

• what are those practical steps which can fill the
  communication gap?
• What is wrong in it if I expect my child to read
  the scriptures and pray?
• How to provide good education/future in the
  fields?
• Is there any way by which the children of the
  missionaries could be motivated to follow parents
  as well as Christ

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Suggestions

• Bring awareness to the parents.
• Our children should become the example for the
  same age group.
• Special meetings should be conducted to
  facilitate their inner healing.
• Should provide career guidance and support for
  their higher studies.
• We should expose our children to the competitive
  world to know better about the present trend.
• encourage the child to build self confidence.

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Emerging trends in missions

• Insights
• 1. The concept in missions has changed
• 2. Get rid of old traditions
• 3. explore new ideas in missions.
• 4. 5 areas of care
• 5. Evangelize the elite and rich people who are
  least reached.
• 6. Tent making missionary concept
• 7. Mission field is not only the tribal areas but
  also cities.
• 8. Recent trends can be introduced to missions