Resources
Longevity Project
Moral injury study and editorial in Christian Journal for Global Health:
Ritchie, J., Toppe, M., Lindberg, D., & Paltzer, J. (2023). Protecting Against Moral Injury among Healthcare Missionaries. Christian Journal for Global Health, 10(2), 3–5.. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v10i2.861
https://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/861/1151
Paltzer, J., Ritchie, J., Lindberg, D., Toppe, M., Theisz, A., & Van Brocklin, T. (2023). Moral Injury Among Western Healthcare Missionaries: A Qualitative Study. Christian Journal for Global Health, 10(2), 58–73. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v10i2.839
https://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/839/1163
Death in a Mission Hospital
Moral Injury booklet
A Theology of Limits in Compassionate Ministry with Emphasis on Jesus’ Examples
Featured Stories of Hope
- by Kelly@medsend.org
- June 22, 2026
At Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, Dr. Lydiah Ngigi recently described caring for a critically ill child whose family had traveled all the way from Tanzania seeking help. “They do not have money,” she explained. “They do not have any insurance at the moment, and you can see that the child
- by Kelly@medsend.org
- June 15, 2026
Training doctors in Africa takes time. In many communities, delays in training mean delays in care. Dr. Paul Opare-Addo has seen how much difference that time can make. “Two years can make a huge difference in the lives of patients and communities.” Why Training Matters The National Scholars Program helps
- by Kelly@medsend.org
- June 8, 2026
After years of serving patients and training doctors in Kenya, Dr. Paul Opare-Addo has learned something that often goes unseen. Caring for healthcare missionaries sustains the work. “Serving on the field can pull you in so deeply that you don’t even realize how exhausted you’ve become.” That reality affects not
Healthcare meets hope.
See the groundbreaking ways healthcare is becoming the catalyst for evangelical missions, opening doors to regions previously inaccessible for the Gospel.
