What should a church leader do when a member of their congregation says that they want to go on a short term mission trip?
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Questions 4: Short-Term Mission
Tag: Short term mission
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Bible and Mission Links 39
In which I am almost persuaded of the need for more translations of the Bible in English and lots of other stuff.
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Bible and Mission Links 36
Some quirky Bible stuff, something on persecution, some inspiring mission stories and a consideration of the role of short-term dentists.
In which I attempt to define objective criteria for distinguishing between short-term and long-term mission.
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Books I Have Read: A Smouldering Wick
If you are involved in short-term mission and you don’t read this, then you are not taking your job seriously enough!
This one is from July 2014 and the original article that it refers to is no longer available, but it still has a point to make. . I would quite cheerfully, never write another blog post about short-term mission; it’s a subject that we’ve covered fairly regularly over the years and I keep thinking that there is […]
When the focus is on what the “missionary” gets out of the process, it ceases to be mission in any meaningful sense of the word.
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… For the Fish
As the internet gets increasingly fractious, we need to consciously think of ways in which we can thank and encourage those who have helped us.
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Two Missions?
A simplified way of classifying mission from the point of view of the local church congregation.
Short-term missionaries can bring valuable skills and manpower to bear at critical points in a long project. The key is designing short-term mission projects that support ongoing mission work.