Sources: Various
Know a healthcare provider asking questions about serving in global missions? The healthcare missions community is quite active and ready to engage with those interested. MedicalMissions.com is a good place to start.
- Read Five Questions about Being a Missionary Doctor or download the ebook Discerning God’s Call to Healthcare Missions.
- Set up an account to explore opportunities and resources.
- Sign up for the annual Global Missions Health Conference held each November (both in-person and online).
Check out Christian Global Health in Perspective, an online training course inspired by Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, and other initiatives and resources from Health for All Nations (a project of Frontier Ventures). They even have an academic journal.
The September/October issue of Mission Frontiers is focused on “healers and preachers” and has several good articles dealing with healthcare and holistic missions. To go deeper, pick up a few books about medical missions from William Carey Publishing.
Many sending organizations welcome medical workers, but there are also specialized groups like the Christian Health Service Corps.