MRAP

The MRAP Team provides a broad range of strengthening, equipping, and healing seminars that will aid in the vitality of ministry whether in adopted countries or on itineration.

Please check the Calendar for upcoming events.

Renewal Week is a time of encouragement, fellowship, rest, and training for vocation ministry personnel. The topics addressed include: stewardship of the physical body, coping with stress, preventing burnout, building relationships, marriage growth, singles issues, and the philosophy and strategy of ministry. Renewal Week focuses on the theme of Assessment, Development, and Training in Ministry (ADTIM).

Northwest Ministry Network, Asia Pacific, and Northern Asia missionaries have found this time to be invaluable. Transition and Change seminars are taken before or soon after returning to the States. During the four-day seminar missionaries learn and apply new coping skills for dealing with geographical, environmental, and situational transition and change. They also learn new approaches to transition and change in life, relationships, and ministry.

Caregiver Training is a comprehensive course based on three assumptions: God's love heals, God's love builds, and God's love keeps. The three sections include basic training in being a caregiver, caring for one another (mentoring), and ministering in times of trauma.

Mentoring in Leadership workshops on personal growth, developing the leadership potential in others, and equipping for peer or co- missionary member care. The relational and character issues addressed are those that are often troublesome in missionary life and ministry. An annual two-week workshop may be taken for three graduate credits through Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS) Baguio, Philippines . Abbreviated 3-5 day workshops are presented by invitation in other areas of Asia Pacific (note: This is not the AGWM new missionary mentoring program).

MRAP provides helping resources and support to Asia Pacific and College/Career MK's. CCMK's in the Seattle area may request to be "adopted' by a local family. Local area Bible studies and fellowship times are envisioned where possible. A "helps" ministry to assist in practical areas like learning to drive, finding a job, developing financial records, and locating a church home is also offered. We seek to establish and maintain systematic contact with CCMK's throughout the US and pre-CCMK's on the field to help them begin to prepare for transition.