by Sue Eenigenburg
It’s been sixteen years since our book, Expectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission, was published. I started wondering what has changed since then.
In 2010, Robynn Bliss and I discovered that 80% of women in cross-cultural ministry had felt close to burnout. Has burnout among women working across cultures decreased? Has training helped better prepare women to recognize common unrealistic expectations? Have member care providers helped global workers avoid burnout?
I want to discover if expectations continue to affect burnout among women. So, I am using the original survey, with a few modifications, to survey women currently working across cultures. If you are a woman serving abroad, would you consider investing 20 minutes to complete the survey? And could you do so before June 15?
Your response will help in several ways. First, it will help you intentionally evaluate your own expectations and make any adjustments you need to make. Secondly, the combined responses will give insight into current trends.
This information will help determine where we’ve improved. It will also show us what we need to change to help global women thrive.
Here is a link to the survey: https://forms.gle/rZma89vqyJ6PAr7v8.
Be on the lookout this fall for what we learn from the survey results in a follow-up article!
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Sue Eenigenburg has been involved in cross-cultural ministry since 1986 and lived on four different continents. She has sought to love and serve God in each place. She is married to Don. Their clan includes four kids, their spouses, and twelve grandchildren. She is the author of six books, one being Expectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission.
