As Neal Pirolo criss-crossed the United States and several other countries conducting the Serving As Senders Seminar, it became increasingly clear to him that of the six areas of care, reentry care is the least understood. Grieved by the lack of care when a missionary returns home, he was motivated to provide the Church and missions community with this resource.
The Reentry Team: Caring for Your Returning Missionaries, in Part I, Chapter 1 establishes the joint responsibility for missionary care between the Church and mission agency.
Chapter 2 lays a clear five-point Scriptural pattern for a successful reentry.
That is followed quickly in Chapter 3 with discussion of the "human dilemma" which makes it so difficult to follow that pattern.
Part II is comprised of 70—good and not-so-good—stories written by returning missionaries. Commentary follows each story to help the reader identify with the situation, provide solutions, and then translate those solutions into help for his own returning missionary friend.
Part III contains several general articles of value and a reference section.
Consider what Peter Jordan, author of Re-entry; Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home, said about the book: "The reentry team is a 'must read' for church leaders and laymen alike. Its practical wisdom and touchingly true-to-life stories will, without condemnation, assist the church in receiving back the ones they have sent out. The results? Healthy returnees will make enormous contributions to body life at home, the church will be blessed and built up, and world missions will go forward."