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Programs
Missionary Candidates

This 2-day process evaluates the ability and skillset that is fundamental to effective cross-cultural communications and interactions.  We test emotional resilience, flexibility and openness, perceptual acuity and personal autonomy through our Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory.  We also use the MBTI and MMPI-2 and NEO which measure the stress/coping responses; identifies mental health issues, and measures five broad domains or dimensions of personality.  We do one report with three sections:  1) Focuses on the missionary, 2) Focuses on the spouse and 3) focuses on both the missionary and spouse.  The interviews are done in the same technique.  We interview the missionary alone, then the spouse alone and finally the missionary and spouse together.

 

All these materials should be completed by the missionary candidate. 

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Ministry Development Services

Formerly Career And Personal Counseling Service

P.O. Box 2634

Indian Trail, NC 28079

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704.554.9222

mdvs@ministryds.org

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Ministry Development and Vocational Services is based in Charlotte and is extending our assessment programs to the greater New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York areas in an effort to more conveniently share our services with our partners.   MDVS, formerly Career and Personal Counseling Services, is accredited by the Ministry Development Council.  We are a non-profit, celebrating over 60 years of serving high school students, candidates for ministry, church professionals and clergy as they discern their vocation in ministry. We partner with Presbyteries in the Mid-Atlantic region, the North and South Carolina Synods of the ELCA, MCC, UUA, Western North Carolina UMC, South Carolina UMC, Quaker, American Baptist Churches, UCC, Moravian and other denominations in carrying out our mission.  In extending our services to the greater NJ, NY and PA region, we have also increased our programs to include pastoral counseling and psychotherapy.  This includes individual therapy, couple therapy, pre-marital counseling, family therapy and group therapy.  Our services are available to all members of the community regardless of race, creed, or age.  As a pastoral counseling center, we are committed to taking seriously the religious or spiritual dimension of life and are equally careful to promote no particular religious persuasion or point of view.

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