Effective Engagement In Short-Term Missions (EMS 16)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 

CONTRIBUTORS 

PART I CONNECTING WITH LONG-TERM MISSIONS

1. SHORT-TERM MISSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF MISSIONS, INC. by A. Scott Moreau

2. EVALUATING SHORT-TERM MISSIONS: MISSIOLOGICAL QUESTIONS by Alex G. Smith

3. COMPLEMENTARY ASPECTS OF SHORT-TERM MISSIONS AND LONG-TERM MISSIONS: CASE STUDIES FOR A WIN-WIN SITUATION by Enoch Wan and Geoffrey Hartt

PART II ENCOUNTERING SOCIAL OTHERS

4. AVOIDING THE UGLY MISSIONARY: ANTHROPOLOGY AND SHORT-TERM MISSIONS by Steven J. Ybarrola

5. THE MYTH OF THE BLANK SLATE: A CHECK LIST FOR SHORT-TERM MISSIONS by Miriam Adeney

6. THE MINDFUL MISSIONER by Richard Slimbach

PART III FORGING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

7. ON THE RHETORIC OF SHORT-TERM MISSIONS APPEALS, WITH SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR TEAM LEADERS by Edwin Zehner

8. FRIENDSHIP IS FOREVER: CONGREGATION-TO-CONGREGATION RELATIONSHIPS by C. M. Brown

9. URBAN CHURCH RESOURCES FOR SHORT-TERM MISSION by Chin T. Wang (John)

10. WOMEN AS RESOURCE BROKERS: STM TRIPS, SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL TIES, AND MUTUAL RESOURCE BENEFITS by Kersten Bayt Priest

11. SHORT-TERM MISSIONS ARE BIGGER THAN YOU THINK: MISSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOCAL CHURCH by Rolando W. Cuellar

PART IV CARRYING OUT SPECIALIZED MINISTRIES

12. SHORT-TERM MEDICAL MISSIONS: A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE ON EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES by Daniel W. O’Neill, MD

13. CHILDREN AT RISK IN SHORT-TERM MISSIONAL ENGAGEMENT by Greg W. Burch

14. MISSIONAL BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS: THE STRATEGIC AND PRACTICAL USE OF BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS AS EMPOWERED PARTNERS IN SHORT-TERM MISSIONS by Mark Russell

PART V CONSIDERING LEGAL AND LIABILITY ISSUES IN SHORT-TERM MISSIONS

15. SHORT-TERM MISSIONS AND THE LAW: LESSONS FROM CANADA by Charles A. Cook

16. SHORT-TERM MISSIONS: AVOIDING LIABILITY PITFALLS by Michelle A. Walker-Adams and Scott Ross

PART VI EVALUATING AND IMPROVING THE IMPACT OF STM ON PARTICIPANTS

17. LESSONS FROM THE SAPLING: REVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ON SHORT-TERM MISSIONS by Kurt Alan Ver Beek

18. RESEARCHING SHORT-TERM MISSIONS AND PATERNALISM by Kyeong Sook Park

19. THE IMPACT OF URBAN SHORT-TERM PROJECTS ON THE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS OF EVANGELICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS by Rick Richardson

20. STUDENT SOJOURNERS AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION: UNDERSTANDING THE INTERSECTION OF CROSS-CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND SPIRITUAL DISORIENTATION by Murray S. Decker

21. FROM “WHATEVER” TO WHEREVER: ENHANCING FAITH FORMATION IN YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH SHORT-TERM MISSIONS by Fran Blomberg

22. SUPERVISORS FOR SHORT-TERM MISSION EXPERIENCES: THINKING ABOUT SELECTION by Vicki Gascho