Self-identified retention factors by Western missionaries in Africa who have experienced traumatic events

Ronald W Brown

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Self-identified retention factors by Western missionaries in Africa who have experienced traumatic events

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Ronald W Brown. Self-identified Retention Factors by Western Missionaries In Africa Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/41d19466-5947-41e7-93b2-b8e812aa792d.

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R. W. Brown. Self-identified retention factors by Western missionaries in Africa who have experienced traumatic events. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/41d19466-5947-41e7-93b2-b8e812aa792d

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Ronald W Brown. Self-Identified Retention Factors by Western Missionaries In Africa Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/41d19466-5947-41e7-93b2-b8e812aa792d.

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Ronald W Brown

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Abstract

Africa is becoming a more violent place to live and work. The purpose of this project was to discover factors that contribute to the resiliency and retention of missionaries who have gone through traumatic events in their missionary career in Africa and yet continue to serve there. This qualitative study used narrative methodology and involved 35 interviews with missionaries who had experienced various traumas. Four factors that respondents brought into their trauma event were: a strong personal conviction, a preparedness from birth, words from God, and sturdy relationships. Four factors which emerged from the trauma were experiencing the keeper side of God, hearing authoritative leadership voices, quickly finding new ministry foci, and benefiting from functional networks. Three unexpected factors from the trauma event were a less encumbered way of living, embracing sudden transitions as doors to new ministries, and a reshaped life for future ministry.

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