A study of the second career culture at Send International /by John B. Barnett IV.

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The goal of this dissertation is to examine the recruiting, training and placing of second career missionaries on the field. In order to accomplish this task the author investigated the culture of second career missionaries of Send International. Three distinct issues surfaced in the recruiting, training, and placing of second career missionaries of SEND. First, there is a difference in expectations between those who come from upper management and those who come from middle management. Secondly, there is a difference in frustration levels between those who assumed business roles within the business of missions and those who took on traditional missionary roles such as church planting. Thirdly, there is a difference in job satisfaction between those who are placed on an older field and those who are placed on a newer field.

1. Research Concern

Statemetn of Research Problem -- Purpose Statement -- Research Questions -- Assumptions -- Definition of Terms -- Delimitations -- Limitations -- Summary.

2. Precedent Research

Introduction -- The Biblical Basis for the Call to Missions as a Second Career -- Cultural Reasons Behind Second Career Missionaries -- Organizations that Promote Second Career Missionaries -- Finishers Project -- Halftime -- Mission Agencies and the Recruitment of Second Career Missionaries -- Pioneers -- OMF International -- New Tribes Mission -- Wycliffe Bible Translators/Wycliffe Associates -- TEAM -- SIM -- International Mission Board -- Conclusions -- Mission Agencies and the Training of Second Career Missionaries -- Mission Agencies and the Placing of Second Career Missionaries on the Field -- Summary.

3. Research Plan

Organization of Present Chapter -- Statement of Research Type -- Overall Research Strategy -- Operational Terms -- Procedures for Implementing Strategy -- Procedures for Selecting Participants -- Instrumentation -- Summary.

4. Research Results

Introduction -- Recruiting Second Career Missionaries -- Second Career Missionaries: Who are they and how are they called into missions? -- Recruiting Second Career Missionaries at SEND International -- Recruiting in Missions Versus Recruiting in Business -- Training Second Career Missionaries -- Training Second Career Missionaries at SEND International -- The Differences in the Culture of Missions and the Culture of Business -- Placing Second Career Missionaries on the Field -- The Placement of Second Career Missionaries at SEND International -- Second Career Missionary Status and Placement -- Placing Second Career Missionaries on Existing Team vs. Forming New Team -- The Challenges of Meshing Gifts and Personalities with a New Team -- Knowing and Accepting Roles -- Coming from the Business World: Help or Hindrance? -- Leadership Role: Help or Hindrance?.

5. Suggestions for Improvement and Future Studies

Suggestions for Improving the Recruitment of Second Career Missionaries -- Suggestions for the Training of Second Career Missionaries at SEND International -- Suggestions for Improving the Placement of Second Career Missionaries -- Suggestions for Pastors of Second Career Missionaries -- Suggestions for Second Career Missionaries Going into Missions -- Suggestions for Future Studies.

Appendix

Interview Questions for Second Career Missionaries on the Field -- Interview Questions for SEND International Headquarters Staff -- SEND Preliminary Quesitonnaire -- SEND Candidate Orientation Program (ColoradoP) Schedule -- SEND Missionary Orientation Program (MissouriP) Schedule -- Dates and Places of Interviews -- Author Information.

List of Figures

Demographic Data of Participants -- Participants' Level of Management Experience -- Work Experience of Participants -- Age at the Time of Entering Missions -- Key Influences to Missoins -- Upper Management Placements -- Middle Management Placements.

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