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유희주(Hee Joo Yoo) 횃불트리니티신학대학원대학교 한국이슬람연구소 2020 Muslim - Christian Encounter Vol.13 No.2
This study is a qualitative approach identifying the practical difficulties that Korean missionaries face in the Islamic areas and suggesting effective ways for mission agencies and sending churches to care for these missionaries. A total of 14 participants were interviewed, either field missionaries having served in Islamic areas for over 10 years or member care staffers in mission agencies and churches. The findings are as follows. First, missionaries who worked long-term in an Islamic area tend to have spiritual, psychological, and physical burnout symptoms increasingly over time. These symptoms are due to chronic stress mainly from spiritual oppression, worries of expulsion, and security-related tensions and indicate the need for a holistic approach to member care. Second, many problems in the field can only be resolved with the help of nationals and fellow missionaries. Thus, preparing missionaries with both proper knowledge of Islamic culture and skills for building intercultural relationships is necessary in pre-field training programs. Third, many missionaries had requested mission agencies to establish systematic means of providing periodic caring services as a preventive measure. Fourth, many missionaries want time for rest and restoration that also facilitates talking comfortably with people who understand them well. Fifth, mission agencies need to play a mediating role between missionaries and their sending churches, so that these churches understand the difficult realities of the mission field and do not expect the fruits of ministry too soon. These research findings highlighted the locus of real needs for member care, which should be reflected in the member care policies of mission agencies and sending churches, especially for missionaries working in the Islamic world.