Talk:Short-term mission

Linkfarm

The external links section in this article appears to be simply a repository for advertisements. How do we feel about this?--TurabianNights 18:24, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

They need serious trimming. Aleta ^Sing 23:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Sources to improve this article

• Friesen, Randy, director of the short-term ministries program of MBMS International (2012). "Long-term impact of short-term missions" (PDF). Mission Fest Alberta, International Fellowship of Missions. Retrieved 2012-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

1. Discipleship training before and after is critical.
2. Debrief and follow up after the STM experience.
3. Discipleship contracts between gifted mentors and STM participants negotiated prior to event.

• Howell, Brian M.; Livermore, David; Priest, Robert J. (June 2012). "Should churches abandon travel-intensive short-term missions in favor of local projects: Three mission experts weigh in". Christianity Today: Opinion, Village Green. 56 (6): 60. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

When it comes to projects, however, the good we do is often outweighed by the warped impressions left on both sides. For example, sending high-school students to do construction in front of poor, underemployed adults furthers the humiliation of the poor as they see wealthy North Americans casually doing jobs they would happily accept, while it reinforces the views of many American Christians that poor people cannot help themselves." Brian Howell

If you're primarily using a short-term trip to build awareness and engage people in mission, stay local. Research shows that you do not increase understanding about mission and culture more by going abroad than you do by serving nearby in a diverse neighborhood. But if your travel is tied to a larger missions initiative with overseas partners, the trip might be worth thinking about....

...Every individual and church needs to view the question of whether or not to participate in short-term missions with an "it depends" mindset. How has God called you to engage in mission, and what's the most effective, faithful way to do so? We can leave the results to God. But the decision in the first place is one we have to own and make carefully. David Livermore

Brian M. Howell is associate professor of anthropology at Wheaton College and author of Short-Term Mission: An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience (IVP Academic, forthcoming).

David Livermore is president of the Cultural Intelligence Center and author of several books on cultural intelligence and global leadership, including What Can I Do: Making a Global Difference Right Where You Are (Zondervan, 2011).

Robert J. Priest is professor of mission and anthropology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, blogs at MissiologyMatters.com, and is writing a book on short-term missions.

Bias

This page reads like it was written by someone with a favorable view of missionaries and could be made more neutral

Life Orientation

How can someone have a short term goals why not long term 41.114.155.79 (talk) 20:34, 15 November 2021 (UTC)