{"id":696,"date":"2015-10-14T15:09:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/?p=696"},"modified":"2015-10-15T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:48:57","slug":"introduction-to-missionary-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/introduction-to-missionary-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Missionary Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our family of six arrived at our first missionary assignment in Spain in the heat of summer.\u00a0 Our four children ranged from 9-16 years old.\u00a0 We thought we were in for the adventure of a lifetime.\u00a0 We loved the people of Spain and had a burden to reach them with the gospel and to train godly men in ministry.\u00a0 We did not realize that we were not prepared to biblically handle the pressures and issues that we were to face in our\u00a0home, in the Spanish culture and in ministry.\u00a0 Our term was cut short, in spite of our burden, our vision, our desire and our commitment to God.\u00a0 We became one of the statistics of missionary attrition, in large part because we were not sufficiently prepared before being sent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Few churches are well-equipped or ready to prepare missionaries for effective service. \u00a0\u201cChurches that want to run their own missionary society will find it hard to prepare missionaries themselves\u201d (Lane 2000, 31).\u00a0 For this reason, the leadership of Faith Global Missions (FGM) began investigating the topic of missionary Pre-Field Orientation and Training (PFOT). \u00a0I am writing this series of articles to help missionary candidates and sending churches have a better understanding of what it means to prepare men and women for cross-cultural missionary ministry. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I serve as the pastor of global outreach at<\/span> Faith Church<\/a>\u00a0in Lafayette, IN.\u00a0 Two of my primary responsibilities are to oversee the international missions ministries of the church and to oversee its affiliated mission agency,<\/span> Faith Global Missions<\/a> (FGM). \u00a0Those responsibilities have caused me to spend many hours researching missionary attrition, health and effectiveness, especially in connection with pre-field training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both religious and secular experts agree that there is a significant need for pre-departure or pre-field training for those being assigned to work internationally.\u00a0 Pre-departure training is costly, but plays an important role in facilitating success in cross-cultural work thereby reducing attrition, which usually takes place in the first term. \u00a0(Blocher 2004; Blocher and Lewis 1997, 113\u201314; Dipple 1997, 217\u201318; Ghafoor 2011, 337\u20138; Lindquist 1982; Taylor 1997, 14).\u00a0 Missionary attrition usually takes place in the first term (Lindquist 1982).<\/span><\/p>\n

In January I wrote an article entitled<\/span> The Cost of Missionary Support Raising<\/a>. \u00a0In it, I laid out the real cost associated with missionary support-raising.<\/span> \u00a0The cost of living<\/a> in other countries is often higher than in the United States and missionaries are often required to pay high taxes in the country where they serve.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this series of articles I would like to briefly introduce\u00a0four\u00a0key areas: Missionary Attrition, Missionary Retention and Missionary Competency and Missionary Spiritual Formation.<\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bloecher, Detlef, and Jonathan Lewis. 1997. \u201cFurther findings in the research data.\u201d In Too valuable to lose: exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition<\/em>, edited by William D. Taylor, 105\u201325. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bloecher, Detlef. 2004. \u201cTraining builds missionaries up \u2013 lessons from ReMAP II.\u201d https:\/\/www.dmgint.de\/files\/cto_layout\/img\/red\/downloads\/PDFs\/englisch\/missionary_training_s_22104.pdf<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lane, Dennis. 2000. Tuning God\u2019s new instruments<\/em>. Springfield, MO: Life Publishers International.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lindquist, Stanley E. 1982. \u201cPrediction of success in overseas adjustment.\u201d Journal of Psychology and Christianity<\/em> 1 (2): 22\u201325.<\/span><\/p>\n

Taylor, William D. , ed. 1997. Too valuable to lose\u202f: exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition<\/em>. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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