Light at the end of the tunnel September 2015

Transcript:Light at the end of the tunnel September 2015:
Light at the end of the tunnel September 2015 Australia 1 Challenging South Pacific Region Member Care Marion Knell Worth Keeping “Member Care helps missionaries to grow spiritually, expand their resilience and durability, maintain their physical and emotional health, build effective ministry teams, encourage and care for each other, communicate effectively, develop a consultative leadership style, and develop flexibility to adjust to every-changing needs and challenges” September 2015 Australia Challenges to MC Lack of understanding what it is ‘Shame‘culture/organisational reputation Leadership lack of modelling self-care Stoicism – sacrifice is acceptable MC is fragmented/no process/systems Task v. person orientation Financial cost versus intangible rewards September 2015 Australia 4 Challenges to MC Building a culture of trust Individualism/being helped is unacceptable Awareness of issues in the local church Not viewed as integral or priority Aggressive MC providers Generational perspectives Organisational history and culture change Changeover of staff September 2015 Australia 5 Lacking Skills and Resources Diversity , people doing different things – need a template Effective planning/proactive not reactive Training availability and standards/professionalism Purpose statement/MoU/contract Differing skills, role clarification Lack of church engagement and skills Lack of skilled personnel September 2015 Australia 6 Lacking Skills and Resources Spiritual direction/coaching/mentoring Theology of suffering/grey areas Money Time Ineffective communication Remote locations Recruiting younger generation MC providers September 2015 Australia 7 Challenges, communication & delivery Crisis management, fatigue, inconsistency, continuity, lack of personnel, resources Risk aversion, leadership support, history, politics, resistance to change, size Expectations, gaps, confusion, lack pf felt need, sense of entitlement MoUs, finance priorities, tyranny of the urgent, confidentiality, narrow focus September 2015 Australia 8 Practices Outsourcing, pre-field training, holistic Personal development, team building on location, resources awareness Spiritual formation, retreats, prayer, theology of suffering, independent pastors Clear policies, MoUs, empowering management, risk assessment Pysch test, coaching, Skype calls, care of Mcers, care for parents, podcasts September 2015 Australia 9 What next? As part of a Global Member Care Network As individuals As a Regional Network September 2015 Australia 10 The Challenges New generation of workers – different values, perspectives needs: Entitlement perspective Strong resistance to negative feedback Facebook image crafting Social networking New areas of ministry – refugee, migrant, persecuted church, disasters, national believers New paradigms of care, new models September 2015 Australia 11 The Challenges Who are we delivering to? Gen y and Gen alpha BAM/Tentmakers Early retirees Short-termers Multi-cultural teams Traditional career missionaries September 2015 Australia 12 A Changing