The missionary family
Subtitle: witness, concerns, care
By: Dwight P. Baker and Robert J. Priest, editors
Series: Evangelical Missiological Society series -- no. 22
Publisher: William Carey Library
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Pasadena, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780878080441
Subjects: Missionaries; Family relationships; Sex crimes; Christianity
Description: "In recent years an increasing number of reports have surfaced of sexual abuse in mission settings. Some reports have been based on “recovered memories,” the assessment of which raises difficult questions. Clearly sexual abuse in mission settings and how to understand allegations of abuse based on recovered memories are matters of grave concern to mission agencies and mission supporters as well as to missionary families. Part 2 serves the mission community by scrutinizing such matters, offering legal, historical, and psychological perspectives on the topic. In a new feature, 'Forum on Sexual Orientation and Mission: An Evangelical Discussion,' the Evangelical Missiological Society takes up a pressing issue of our day. Fourteen evangelical scholars participate in the discussion found in part 3. Far from being the final word, this forum is presented with the prayer that it will serve as an opening to and basis for ongoing missiological conversation about an urgent and timely topic." -- Back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.