#121 Boundaries for healthcare missionaries
With Dr Jim Ritchie
The strategy of Healthcare Missions is profoundly effective. But inherent in the practice of healthcare missions is a propensity for overwork, burnout, and moral injury. These factors are among the most frequently reported reasons for an early end of service for healthcare missionaries.
The use of God-honoring boundaries has been identified as an essential spiritual discipline in cross-cultural missions. When entire teams mutually support healthy, sustainable boundaries, they tend to enjoy greater unity, emotional and spiritual health, and longevity.
In this webinar, we will explore the biblical support for practicing boundaries, and will describe practical examples of boundaries which healthcare missionaries have successfully employed.
Dr Jim Ritchie
Jim Ritchie has been a physician for 37 years, and served in the Navy as an Emergency Physician for 25 years, including seven years as EM Residency Director, and two combat support tours in Afghanistan. He was a medical missionary in Chogoria, Kenya from 2014-2020, and helped start the Family Medicine program there. He helped build the Longevity Project at MedSend, and now serves in member care for the Post-Residency Program with Samaritan’s Purse/World Medical Mission, and leads the MedTeam at Alongside Counseling, serving healthcare missionaries. He is devoted to helping medics thrive in their profoundly spiritually challenging and meaningful ministries.
