Member Care is a relatively new discipline which trains and equips workers to prepare better for cross-cultural life and ministry and to cope with adjustment pre-, during and post- assignment. Until now, specialists in the discipline have not had the opportunity to train and research these issues intensively.
Taught by experts in the field, Redcliffe’s new MA in Member Care recognises the need to have a Biblical basis underpinning practice, as well as understanding cross-cultural perspectives and their effect on individuals and groups. Challenges such as crisis response and trauma debriefing will be addressed, and there is the opportunity to focus on a specific context or Member Care issue through an optional module.
This MA is available in flexible learning mode. Students complete the MA over 3-4 years, studying in a combination of three-week summer school residential intensives, and self-study with email support.
Course structure:
You will complete three compulsory modules* and a fourth optional module during the first two years of the MA. Following successful completion of these modules, your dissertation will be focused on an issue relevant to member care. For more information, please download the module information opposite.
- Method and content in missiological study*
- The mission worker as a person: Building life-skills and interpersonal skills*
- The member care worker: Equipping self and others*
- The Mission of the Church in the Context of Postcolonialism and Globalisation
- Prosperity Theology and Suffering: Perspectives and Problems
- Crucial Issues in European Christian Mission and Theology
- An Introduction to Global Leadership
- Crucial Issues in Asian Mission and Theology
My passion for member care has always sought to apply academic rigour alongside a commitment to the mission personnel we are serving. I am delighted that there will finally be an accredited qualification for this important ministry. 
Marjory Foyle, author of Honourably Wounded
This distance learning style course is ideal for mission practitioners working overseas or on home assignment, international students, and those who are unable to spend an extended period of time away from the workplace or home. The 2013 summer school will run from Tuesday 7 May - Friday 24 May.
More information
A full list of module options is available for download using the link opposite. Detailed information and program specifications are available
here. Optional modules will run subject to sufficient numbers of students. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions, or use the links on the left.
The Postgraduate MA in Member Care is validated by the University of Gloucestershire.