Evangelische Mission im Nyassa-Lande

von Julius Richter

Berliner Mission im Njassa-Lande (Deutsch-Ostafrika)

von Martha Eitner

Madschame, die erste Station der Leipziger Ev.-lutherischen Mission in Deutsch-Ostafrika

von A. Hofstätter

Jimba, die erste Station der Evang.-lutherischen Wakamba-Mission in Ostafrika

von A. Wenderlein

Ostafrika, der Sudan und das Seengebiet : Land und Leute ; Naturschilderungen, characteristische Reisebilder und Scenen aus dem Volksleben, Aufgaben und Kulturerfolge der christlichen Mission, Sklavenhandel ; die Antisklavereibewegung, ihre Ziele und ihr Ausgang ; kolonialpolitische Fragen der Gegenwart ; nach den neuesten und besten Quellen

von Johann Baumgarten

Die Entwickelung der evangelischen Mission im letzten Jahrzehnt (1878 - 1888) : ein Beitrag zur Missionsgeschichte, zugleich als Ergänzungsband zur 2. Aufl. der "Kleinen Missionsbibliothek

von R. Grundemann

Denkschrift über die von 1887 - 1889 abgehaltene General-Visitation der Hermannsburger Mission in Süd-Afrika

Verf.: G. Haccius

Dado, der Gallaknabe : ein Lebensbild aus der ostafrikanischen Mission, großen und kleinen Missionsfreunden dargeboten

von Julius Stursberg

Die evangelische Mission in Ostafrika in den ersten zwei Jahren ihres Bestehens : aus den Missionsberichten

zsgest. von M. Ittameier

Wilhelm Posselt, der Kaffernmissionär : ein Lebensbild a. d. südafrikanischen Mission, v. d. Missionar selbst beschrieben u. n. seinen Jahresberichten ergänzt

fortgef. u. z. Besten d. Hinterbliebenen hrsg. von E. Pfitzner ...

Kurze Geschichte der Berliner Mission in Südafrika

von Ed. Kratzenstein

Die Mission in unsern Kolonien

von Carl Paul

Die Perle der Hausmission : Oder Anleitung in einer christlichen Lebensordnung die Früchte der apostolischen Mission zu bewahren

Von Wilhelm Hausen

The Open Door Mission: Measuring and predicting outcomes of one community-based substance abuse treatment program

The objectives of this study were to identify and measure the average outcomes of the Open Door Mission's nine-month community-based substance abuse treatment program, identify predictors of successful outcomes, and make recommendations to the Open Door Mission for improving its treatment program.^ The Mission's program is exclusive to adult men who have limited financial resources: most of which were homeless or dependent on parents or other family members for basic living needs. Many, but not all, of these men are either chemically dependent or have a history of substance abuse.^ This study tracked a cohort of the Mission's graduates throughout this one-year study and identified various indicators of success at short-term intervals, which may be predictive of longer-term outcomes. We tracked various levels of 12-step program involvement, as well as other social and spiritual activities, such as church affiliation and recovery support.^ Twenty-four of the 66 subjects, or 36% met the Mission's requirements for success. Specific to this success criteria; Fifty-four, or 82% reported affiliation with a home church; Twenty-six, or 39% reported full-time employment; Sixty-one, or 92% did not report or were not identified as having any post-treatment arrests or incarceration, and; Forty, or 61% reported continuous abstinence from both drugs and alcohol.^ Five research-based hypotheses were developed and tested. The primary analysis tool was the web-based non-parametric dependency modeling tool, B-Course, which revealed some strong associations with certain variables, and helped the researchers generate and test several data-driven hypotheses. Full-time employment is the greatest predictor of abstinence: 95% of those who reported full time employment also reported continuous post-treatment abstinence, while 50% of those working part-time were abstinent and 29% of those with no employment were abstinent. Working with a 12-step sponsor, attending aftercare, and service with others were identified as predictors of abstinence.^ This study demonstrates that associations with abstinence and the ODM success criteria are not simply based on one social or behavioral factor. Rather, these relationships are interdependent, and show that abstinence is achieved and maintained through a combination of several 12-step recovery activities. This study used a simple assessment methodology, which demonstrated strong associations across variables and outcomes, which have practical applicability to the Open Door Mission for improving its treatment program. By leveraging the predictive capability of the various success determination methodologies discussed and developed throughout this study, we can identify accurate outcomes with both validity and reliability. This assessment instrument can also be used as an intervention that, if operationalized to the Mission’s clients during the primary treatment program, may measurably improve the effectiveness and outcomes of the Open Door Mission.^