TY  - BOOK
AU  - World Evangelical Fellowship
AU  - Taylor,William David
TI  - Too valuable to lose: exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition 
AV  - BV2063.W927.T668 1997 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Pasadena, California
PB  - William Carey Library
KW  - Missions
KW  - Theory
KW  - Christian leadership
KW  - Twenty-first century
N1  - 2; Preface; David Tai-Woong Lee --; Prologue; William D. Taylor --; Part 1. The foundational papers --; Introduction: examining the iceberg called attrition; William D. Taylor --; Missionary attrition: defining the problem; Paul McKaughan --; An integrated model of missions; Rodolfo "Rudy" Giron --; Reflections on attrition in career missionaries: a generational perspective into the future; Kath Donovan and Ruth Myors --; Part 2. The research analysis --; Designing the ReMAP research project; Jonathan Lewis --; Missionary attrition: the ReMAP research project; Peter W. Brierly --; Further findings in the research data; Delef Blocher and Jonathan Lewis --; Part 3. National case studies --; Missionary attrition in Korea: opinions of agency executives; Steve Sang-Cheol Moon --; Brazilian missionaries: how long are they staying? / Ted Limpic --; Attrition in the United Kingdom; Stanley Davies --; Attrition in Ghana; Seth Anyomi --; Attrition in the USA and Canada; Phillip Elkins --; Part 4. Thematic chapters --; The selection process --; The selection process and the issues of attrition: perspectives of the new sending countries; Bertil Ekstrom --; A call to partnership in the missionary selection process: perspective of the old sending countries; Daryl Platt --; Formal and non-formal pre-field training --; Formal and non-formal pre-field training: perspectives of the new sending countries; Margaretha Adwiwardana --; Formal and non-formal pre-field training: perspective of the old sending countries; Bruce Dipple --; Mission agency screening and orientation --; Mission agency screening and orientation and effect of attrition factors: perspective of the new sending countries; Seth Anyomi --; Mission agency screening and orientation: a person journey: perspectives of the old sending countries; Brent Lindquist --; On-field training and supervision --; Missionary attrition issues, supervision: perspectives of the new sending countries; Sung-Sam Kang --; On-field training and supervision: perspectives of the old sending countries; Myron S. Harrison --; Pastoral care of the missionary --; Some reflections on pastoral care: perspectives of the new sending countries; Belinda Ng --; Member care on the field, taking the longer road: perspectives of the old sending countries; Kelly O'Donnell --; What about missionary kids and attrition? / David Pollock --; Interview of six church pastors from five nations: attrition issues; William D. Taylor --; An international guide for member care resources; Kelly O'Donnell --; Part 5. Final observations and outcomes --; Challenging the missions stakeholders: conclusions and implications; further research; William D. Taylor --; Part 6. Additional resources --; Survey instrument --; Attrition tracking guidelines for mission agencies; Phillip Elkins and Jonathan Lewis; 2
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