Short-term mission is great. Sort of...
Short-term mission
PowerPoint presentation to the Global Connections Short-Term Mission Forum event, Oct 2015
A group of 12 from Above Bar Church in Southampton visited Spain to work alongside other short-termers supporting a European Christian Mission church plant.
Rick and Andrea Posters explain how their skills were adapted and used in support of SAT-7’s unique ministry of ‘making God’s love visible to those in the Middle East and North Africa’.
The 2013-14 student team reflect on their year at Riverside Performing Arts
Instead of losing heart, let’s recognise the dangers of short-term mission and focus on how we can avoid them
Short-term mission should first and foremost be a heartfelt response to Jesus' command to work in His harvest field
How can short-term mission trips form part of a church’s long-term vision? We hear from All Souls Church and Mahalir Aran Trust about their partnership.
Lucy Sawyer is a clinical psychologist and Crosslinks mission partner working with children and families in and around Heideveld in the Cape Flats, Cape Town
Can we say that if any good comes of it, even if it’s just for one person, then it’s all good?
Can we say that the purpose of a short-term mission is to change the heart, life, perspective or values of the person going and isn’t really about the ones being served?
Can we say that the purpose of a short-term mission is to teach us to be grateful for what we've got?
Paper presented to the Global Connections Short-Term Mission Forum event, Oct 2011
Paper produced from the Global Connections Short-Term Mission Forum, 2008
Handbook prepared for Global Connections Short-Term Mission Forum, 2004
For churches and agencies facilitating short-term mission trips in the UK and worldwide