����Global Integration--Global Integrity�Applications for Christians in Leadership�(GI-GI Apps)�Kelly O’Donnell, PsyD and Michèle Lewis O’Donnell, PsyD�Member Care Associates, Inc.����

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Global Christianity: Mission, Development, Leadership�GC—17 May 2018

Do not reproduce without permission (MCAresources@gmail.com)

Image source: Cover detail from Global Member Care (volume 2) Crossing Sectors for Serving Humanity (2013)

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Purpose

Discuss ways for Christians in leadership�to relevantly and righteously engage in issues facing our world.�

Provide frameworks, examples, and resources �with an emphasis on practical applications.

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Encourage lifestyles of global integration and global integrity.�

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GI-GI Apps

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• Part 1: Global Integration

Definition, overview, examples�UN Sustainable Development Goals�

• Part 2: Global Member Care�Definition, overview, examples�Missio Dei Model�
• Part 3: Global Mental Health

Definition, overview, examples�WHO Mental Health Action Plan (2013-2020)

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• Part 4: Global Sectors: Humanitarian, Development, Peace and Security

Multi-sectoral framework�Faith-based contributions

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• Part 5: GI-GI Strategies�Living in global integrity�Engaging our world as global integrators

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Core Readings�Matthew 13: 51-52

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• --Global Integrators (25 weblog entries)�CORE Member Care: Reflections, Research, Resources for Good Practice (2015)

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• --Multi-Sectoral Member Care: Engaging Our World as Global Integrators�Journal of Psychology and Theology (December 2016)�
• --Global Mental Health: Collaborating Across Sectors for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing Medicus Mundi Switzerland, Bulletin (June 2017)

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• --Doomsday: Next Stop, Global Dis-Integration�Global Integration Update (June 2017)

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• --A Summons to a Global Integrity Movement: Fighting Self-Deception and Corruption  Lausanne Global Analysis (March 2018)

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Part One�Global Integration

�--Definition, framework, examples�--UN Sustainable Development Goals

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A framework for� actively integrating our lives �with global realities for God’s glory:��--by connecting relationally and contributing relevantly �--on behalf of human wellbeing �and the issues facing humanity, �--in light of our integrity and core values �(e.g., ethical, humanitarian, human rights, faith-based).

UN Year in Review 2017

“The year 2017 marked a shift in leadership at the United Nations as Secretary-General António Guterres began his term at a time of heightened global challenges. The world's fastest-growing refugee crisis unfolded in Myanmar while the threat of famine loomed over Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia. Resolved to forestall crises before they occur, Secretary-General Guterres launched a series of reforms aimed at advancing meditation and prevention. These build on past successes, including the proud legacy left by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, which closed its doors after reshaping the global approach to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. As the United Nations rises to the world's collective security challenges, the voices of the people most affected resound with greater meaning for our common future."

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�Transforming Our World: �The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development�United Nations, 25 September 2015�

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"Today we are also taking a decision of great historic significance. We resolve to build a better future for all people, including the millions who have been denied the chance to lead decent, dignified and rewarding lives and to achieve their full human potential. We can be the first generation to succeed in ending poverty; just as we may be the last to have a chance of saving the planet…” (paragraph 50)

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People-Peace-Prosperity-Planet-Partnership

SDGs

• Goal 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere
• Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
• Goal 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
• Goal 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
• Goal 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• Goal 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
• Goal 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
• Goal 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
• Goal 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
• Goal 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
• Goal 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
• Goal 12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
• Goal 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
• Goal 14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
• Goal 15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
• Goal 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
• Goal 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

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1. World Federation for Mental Health—representatives at the UN

Example: UN High Level Meeting on Sustaining Peace, April 2018

2. Global Integration Updates

Example: GI Update Dec 2015: Staying Current–Navigating the News

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Trio Gatherings�See also Trio 16 (December 2016): �Living in Integrity as Global Citizens

Global Citizenship and Poverty

Leadership in an Age of Turmoil

�Part Two�Global Member Care�

--Definition, overview, examples�--Missio Dei Model

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Global Member Care

“Global Member Care (GMC) is an interdisciplinary, international, and multi-sectoral field.

--It focuses on supporting the diversity of mission/aid personnel and sending groups. It involves the provision and development of quality resources to promote wellbeing, resiliency, and effectiveness.

--Pre-field training, field coaching, personnel departments, pastoral counselors, crisis support, and reentry preparation are some of the many ingredients needed to promote health, resiliency, and effectiveness.”

(O’Donnell & Lewis O’Donnell, 2016b).

Olive Tree Counseling Center, Antalya, Turkey

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Short questionnaire on stress*

From "The relief worker burnout questionnaire" in Coping with disaster, a manual prepared for Mental Health Workers without Borders by John H. Ehrenreich, 1999.Interpretation: No formal norms are available for this measure.

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Instructions: Rate each of the following items in terms of how much the symptom was true of you in the last month.

0 = Never 1 = Occasionally 2 = Somewhat often 3 = Frequently 4 = Almost always

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•  1. Do you tire easily? Do you feel fatigued a lot of the time, even when you have gotten enough sleep?
•  2. Are people annoying you by their demands and stories about their daily activities?
• Do minor inconveniences make you irritable or impatient?
•  3. Do you feel increasingly critical, cynical or disenchanted?
•  4. Are you affected by sadness you can't explain? Are you crying more than usual?
•  5. Are you forgetting appointments, deadlines, personal possessions? Have you become absent-minded?
•  6. Are you seeing close friends and family members less frequently? Do you find yourself wanting to be alone and avoiding even your close friends?
•  7. Does doing even routine things seem like an effort?
•  8. Are you suffering from physical complaints such as stomach-aches, headaches, lingering colds, general aches and pains?
•  9. Do you feel confused or disoriented when the activity of the day stops?
•  10. Have you lost interest in activities that you previously were interested in or even enjoyed?
•  11. Do you have little enthusiasm for your work? Do you feel negative, futile, or depressed about your work?
•  12. Are you less efficient than you think you should be?
•  13. Are you eating more (or less), smoking more cigarettes, using more alcohol or drugs to cope with your work?

TOTAL SCORE (Add up scores for items 1-13)

Based on the content of the items, a score of 0-15 suggests the delegate is probably coping adequately with the stress of his or her work. A score of 16-25 suggests the worker is suffering from work stress and would be wise to take preventive action. A score of 26-35 suggests possible burn out. A score above 35 indicates probable burn out.

Follow the Flows...

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Member Care Updates (Sept. 2017 Index--100 issues)�

Recent Resources and Publications�

Member care books:

Missio Dei--Global Member Care Model � Multi-Sectoral Member Care: Engaging Our World as Global Integrators �Journal of Psychology and Theology 44(4), 2016, pp. 303-314. K and M O’Donnell

5 Applications�Missio Dei Model for Global Member Care�see Sync-Link 2017 entries for examples—CORE Member Care

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• Support mission/aid workers in their well-being and effectiveness

(i.e. the core focus of member care)

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• Equip mission/aid workers with tools and opportunities for their

work with others (e.g., mhpss.net and www.mhinnovation.net/)

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• Equip member caregivers who directly work with vulnerable

populations and others (e.g. mhGAP Intervention Guide-MNS; WHO, 2016)

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• Support colleagues in other sectors via materials in the member

care field (e.g., WE: wellbeing-effectiveness to strengthen CHS Commitment 8)

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• Stay informed as global citizens about current and crucial issues

facing humanity (e.g., Gyeongju Action Plan: Education for Global Citizenship)

�Part Three�Global Mental Health�

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--Definition, overview, examples�--WHO Mental Health Action Plan (2013-2020)

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�GMH-Map�a global map for a global movement�https://sites.google.com/site/gmhmap/�

Global Mental Health

“GMH is an international, interdisciplinary, culturally-relevant, and multi-sectoral domain which promotes human well being, the right to health, and equity in health for all. It encourages healthy behaviors and lifestyles; is committed to preventing and treating mental, neurological, and substance use conditions (MNS) especially for vulnerable populations (e.g., in settings of poverty, conflict, calamity, and trauma) and in low- and middle-income countries; and seeks to improve policies and programs, professional practices and research, advocacy and awareness, and social and environmental factors that affect health and well being.”

Updated October 2016; Based on the definition from:

GMH--Finding Your Niches and Networks, Psychology International, March 2012

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�GMH for/from the Faith-Based Sector

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Mental Health as Mission (mhM)

Member Care Update�September 2012�

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Global Mental Health as Mission (gmhM) � Member Care Update�April 2016 �

See also:�Global Integration: Addressing the Pressing Issues Facing Our World

Christian Psychology Around the World, March 2016, pp 191-194�

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�World Mental Health Day�2012 Theme: Depression�

• 1. I Had a Black Dog

�� 2. Living with a Black Dog�

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GMH Videos—Some Examples

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Mental Health for All by Involving All �TEDTalk, Vikram Patel

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Hidden Pictures�A Personal Journey into GMH�(trailer of the feature-length film by Delaney Ruston)

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Living Peace: The Story of Abby and Kyalu

Trauma and treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo, video by Promundo

(watch the overview of the video here)

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The Banyan �Promotional-artistic video of MH work for the homeless in India, Banyan

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Like a Death Sentence�MH is changing in Ghana, video by Human Rights Watch

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See also the online videos from presentations at GMH-related conferences (2013-2016):

Global Mental Health: Sharing and Synthesizing Knowledge for Sustainable Development �Global Mental Health, September 2016 

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Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 �World Health Organization (2013)

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Vision: �“A world in which mental health is valued, promoted, and protected, mental disorders are prevented and persons affected by these disorders are able to exercise the full range of human rights and to access high-quality, culturally appropriate health and social care in a timely way to promote recovery, all in order to attain the highest possible level of health and participate fully in society and at work free from stigmatization and discrimination.”

Two MH Resources—WHO�Psychological First Aid (2011)�mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (2015)

�SUNDAR�(attractive/beautiful)�(example of MH Action Plan, Objective 2—providing services...)�Vikram Patel

• Simplify message
• UNpack treatments (core components)
• Deliver where people are
• Affordable and available human resources
• Reallocation of specialists

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��Part Four�Global Sectors�Humanitarian, Development, Peace and Security ��

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--Multi-Sectoral Framework�--Faith-based contributions

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Image source: UNHCR (Rwanda, 1994)

Trauma:�prevention and treatment�multiple sectors

Video:

Living Peace: The Story of Abby and Kyalu�Trauma and treatment in Democratic Republic of Congo, Promundo�(watch the overview here)�

���Agenda for Humanity�(One Humanity: Shared Responsibility, 2016)� http://www.agendaforhumanity.org/agendaforhumanity� ��

“The Agenda for Humanity is a five-point plan that outlines the changes that are needed to alleviate suffering, reduce risk and lessen vulnerability on a global scale. In the Agenda, humanity—people’s safety, dignity and the right to thrive— is placed at the heart of global decision-making. To achieve this, global leaders and all humanitarian actors are called to act on five core responsibilities. ” (website)

��Agenda for Humanity�Five Core Responsibilities���

• 1.  Political leadership to prevent and end conflict. “Preventing conflicts and finding political solutions to resolve them is our first and foremost responsibility to humanity.”
• 2.  Uphold the norms that safeguard humanity
• 3.  Leave no one behind
• 4.  Change people’s lives—from delivering aid to ending need
• 5. Invest in humanity�

Updates on humanitarian action: Humanitarian Response Plans, UN OCHA.

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“This year, the World Disasters Report...looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. ...

Most people who live in places that are exposed to serious hazards are aware of the risks they face, including earthquakes, tropical cyclones, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, floods, landslides and droughts. Yet they still live there because, to earn their living, they need to or have no alternative. Coasts and rivers are good for fishing and farming; valley and volcanic soils are very fertile; drought alternates with good farming or herding. Culture and beliefs, for example, in spirits or gods, or simple fatalism, enable people to live with risks and make sense of their lives in dangerous places. Sometimes, though, unequal power relations are also part of culture, and those who have little influence must inevitably cope with threatening environments. ….Sometimes there is also an institutional reluctance to deal with the issues of inequality and power that make people vulnerable in the places where they make a living. The one thing that is certain is that we will have less sustained impact if we do not adequately take account of people’s cultures, beliefs and attitudes in relation to risk” (P.8)

Disasters Report: Focus on Culture and Risk�International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2014)�

�World Development Report: �Mind, Society, and Behavior �World Bank (2015)�

• “The Report aims to integrate recent findings on the psychological and social underpinnings of behavior to make them available for more systematic use by both researchers and practitioners in development communities. The Report draws on findings from many disciplines, including neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, political science, and anthropology. In ongoing research, these findings help explain decisions that individuals make in many aspects of development, including savings, investment, energy consumption, health, and child rearing. The findings also enhance the understanding of how collective behaviors—such as widespread trust or widespread corruption—develop and become entrenched in a society. The findings apply not only to individuals in developing countries but also to development professionals, who are themselves prone to error when decision-making contexts are complex.” (pp. 2-3)

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�White Paper on Peacebuilding�Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (2015)�

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• “The White Paper…reflects a 12-month collaborative multi-stakeholder initiative with [100+] peacebuilding professionals from all regions coordinated by the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. The aim of this exercise is…[to broaden] the discussion about how countries and societies can move towards sustainable peace, and about the assistance the UN and other international and local actors can bring to such processes.” (Geneva Peacebuilding Platform website)

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• “Why is such a broader conversation necessary? First, the next decade will see more pressures on states and societies – and likely more conflict. These pressures can emerge, for instance, from demographic trends (population growth, increasing urbanization), economic trends (more inequality and unemployment), power shifts (changing constellations, diffusion of power, less control by states), climate change (more natural disasters and climatic fluctuations) and new conflict dynamics (geo-political tension, more chronic violence, new threats).2 Rising pressures will likely increase the risk of conflict. In some regions, this conflict could be violent. In order to face these challenges, peacebuilding and prevention capacities need to be developed further and rendered more effective. “ (p. 6)

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Faith-Based People-Organizations

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“We believe that a variety of people must be at the “global tables” in order to help shape and influence agendas, policies, and action in the “global trenches.” That includes people from all countries, sectors, and faith backgrounds, who are informed and skilled, and dedicated to the common good. “

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“Religion and faith, as we know,  have a central place for most people in our world—including many “persons and communities of concern,” staff, organizations, governments, and donors. Faith-based people are thus often mainstream contributors and partners--and not marginal players-- when it comes to the efforts to transform the world. The emphasis on personal transformation (including virtue and moral integrity) is often an important added contribution from the faith-based sector.”

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Note: faith is often the core part of one’s life/identity and not simply a component of one’s life/identity.

�Global Integration Update (August 2015)�Faith-Based Partners in Transformation�http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f34fc856e7776d7b69dafd3b3&id=f2d61d15f5

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Faith-Based Initiatives

�"In parts of Africa where bandits and warlords shoot or rape anything that moves, you often find that the only groups still operating are Doctors Without Borders and religious aid workers: crazy doctors and crazy Christians. In the town of Rutshuru in war-ravaged Congo, I found starving children, raped widows and shellshocked survivors. And there was a determined Catholic nun from Poland, serenely running a church clinic. Unlike the religious right windbags, she was passionately “pro-life” even for those already born — and brave souls like her are increasingly representative of religious conservatives. We can disagree sharply with their politics, but to mock them underscores our own ignorance and prejudice.“

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• Source: �Evangelicals a Liberal Can Love. �Nicholas Kristof,  New York Times (3 February 2008)

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• See also:�Some Myths about Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid. �Wilfred Mlay,  Humanitarian Exchange 27 (July 2004, pp. 48-51)

�Faith-Based Initiatives�Five Materials-Milestones�

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--Building from Common Foundations:The World Health Organization and Faith-Based Organizations in Primary Care (2008), Geneva Global , World Health Organization (overview and guidelines)

--Ending Extreme Poverty: A Moral and Religious Imperative (2015), World Bank �(joint inter-religious statement)

--Laudato Si: Caring for Our Common Home (2015), Pope Francis �(encyclical on creation care)

--Faith-Based Health Care (7 July 2015), The Lancet (special issue)

--International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (organization/website)

Source:�Multi-Sectoral Member Care: Engaging Our World as Global Integrators �Journal of Psychology and Theology 44(4), 2016, pp. 303-314. K and M O’Donnell

�Building from Common Foundations: �The World Health Organization and Faith-Based Organizations in Primary Care�Geneva Global and World Health Organization (2008)

“The World Health Organization (WHO) worked with faith-based organizations (FBOs) in preparing for the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978. Together they gained a clearer picture of healthcare in the developing world, and then established the concept of primary healthcare. This report is intended to assist in the process of rejuvenating dialogue and partnership with FBOs in the face of widespread health challenges in communities around the world, not least of which is HIV/AIDS. The revival of the primary healthcare model within WHO underscores that if this framework is to be promoted as a more sustainable system of health servicing and delivery, then the inclusion of FBOs will add greater potential for breadth and effectiveness.”

Sharing your faith?

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Articles 18 and 19

• Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
• Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

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Code of Conduct for The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief (1994) Principle 3

• Aid will not be used to further a particular political or religious standpoint. Humanitarian aid will be given according to the need of individuals, families and communities. Notwithstanding the right of NGHAs to espouse particular political or religious opinions, we affirm that assistance will not be dependent on the adherence of the recipients to those opinions. We will not tie the promise, delivery or distribution of assistance to the embracing or acceptance of a particular political or religious creed."�. ��

Sharing your faith?

Proselytism Policy Statement Micah Network (2007)

“1. While longing to see people coming to a personal faith in Jesus Christ we reject manipulative or coercive proselytism as a way of propagating the Christian faith�2. It is absolutely abhorrent to us to exploit people’s vulnerability in order to put pressure on them to convert to our religion. Conversions gained in this way are often superficial and bring no credit to the converts or the Christian faith in general.�3. There is a crucial difference between using aid in order to put pressure on needy people to convert and dispensing aid while hoping and praying that those who receive it come to believe in Jesus Christ. “ (excerpts)

See also:

-- Faith-Based Perspectives; Member Care Update May 2013

--Perspectives on Proselytizing: Issues, Insights, and Integrity for Christian Witness. Member Care Update, June 2016

--Interaction’s PVO Standards (see sections 7.1.5 and 7.1.6) (2014).

--Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct (2011)�World Council of Churches, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, World Evangelical Alliance

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Part Five�GI-GI Strategies

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--Living in global integrity�--Engaging our world as global integrators

Escher, 1960

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Global Integrity�moral wholeness for a whole world

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Integrity is moral wholeness—living consistently in moral wholeness. Its opposite is corruption, the distortion, perversion, and deterioration of moral goodness, resulting in the exploitation of people. 

�Global integrity is moral wholeness at all levels in our world—from the individual to the institutional to the international. Global integrity is requisite for “building the future we want—being the people we need.”

Core Resources

A Summons to a Global Integrity Movement: Fighting Self-Deception and Corruption  �Lausanne Global Analysis (March 2018)

CORE Member Care--25 entries on Global Integrity (2016)

“These entries explore the many facets of integrity with a view towards the global efforts to promote sustainable development and wellbeing.”�

--Why Can’t Grace Go to School? EXPOSED Campaign (2014); corruption is close/complicated

--Courage or Cowardice? TedxTalk, Mukesh Kapila (2013); will the UN rep to Sudan whistleblow?

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Image: Marc Rosenthal (website)

Seven Is for GIs�Global Integrators 21, CORE MemberCare, 15 Nov. 2015

Issues, Interests, Influences�

1. Interests: Pursue your passions

--What issues matter to you the most?

List them.�

2. Involvements : Till the terrain

--What types and levels of involvement are realistic for you, and with whom?

Continuum of Involvement

Informed----------Included----------Immersed

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3. Influences: Get a grid

--What has influenced your desire and ability to connect-contribute in GI?

List 3 items for each of the categories below.

Principles/Beliefs

Documents/Materials

Organizations/Groups

People/Models

Milestones/Gravestones

• Charting your future course�

Source: �“Charing Your Course through the Sector s” chapter 2 in Global Member Care volume two (2013)�See also Seven Is for GIs Global Integrators 21, 15 Nov. 2015

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�Seven Directional Commitments�Engaging our World as Global Integrators�Well-Being for All: MHPs and the SDGs (JPC, 2017)�

Commitment 1. We commit to diligently pursue our own journeys of personal and professional growth—to grow deeply as we go broadly. �Commitment 2. We commit to integrate the inseparable areas of our character (resilient virtue) and competency (relevant skills) with compassion (resonant love). �Commitment 3. We commit to go into new areas of learning and work: crossing sectors, cultures, disciplines, and comfort zones. �Commitment 4. We commit to embrace our duty to work in difficult settings, including those permeated by conflict, calamity, corruption, and poverty as those in great need are often in places of great risk. �Commitment 5. We commit to have clear ethical commitments and standards that guide our work, respecting the dignity and worth of all people. �Commitment 6. We commit to working with others to promote wellbeing and sustainable development, building the future we want--being the people we need. �Commitment 7. We commit to base our work on the practice of fervently loving other people—agape. This type of love is the foundational motive and the ultimate measure of our GI work.

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Don’t Quit!

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Kelly and Michèle �Member Care Associates, Inc.

mcaresources@gmail.com �www.membercareassociates.org

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