Below is an example of how churches can debrief short-term teams during re-entry. As you take your team through this activity, give them...

Getting excited about sending out short-term teams is easy. A short-term mission experience is, perhaps, one of the most effective ways...

Most churches channel their efforts into cross-cultural missions through short-term trips, enabling church members to experience the...

Spending nine weeks in the Middle East during the summer of 1994 challenged my worldview, shaped my identity, and redirected my life’s...

Is Your Church Ready? Care team, what do you do when one of your church’s global workers reaches out and asks for help? What if your...

If you’re considering planning a virtual short-term trip, here are some things you might consider as you plan and prepare.

As a missions leader in my church, my first priority in organizing and executing short-term trips is to come alongside our missions...

The following is a guest article by Terry L. Brown. Short-term mission trips can be exciting and life-changing. From navigating...

We have been involved in global missions for over twenty-two years now. For most of those years, we have served in Europe, though the...

Are you prepared for a crisis? As our world becomes more dangerous, what is the riskiest thing your church’s mission leaders can do? The...

Trips with Purpose - Intention to Care Last year, two of my family members participated in a short-term trip to one of our church’s...

Short-term missions provides the context through which the church can prepare and propel future missionaries for a lifetime of service

As you finish up your short-term trips, a valuable step to take can be to evaluate the trip hosts. It’s likely that those to whom you are...

The following is a guest article by Rachel Bell Hamm. The year was 2012, and I was never going to go on an international mission trip. My...

In our article series “Redeeming Short-Term Trips,” we lay out some principles for doing short-term trips with intelligence and...

Fourth Church is situated in a midsize city in the midwest. Their city has seen a lot of growth the last few years as people have moved...

Partnership is necessary because the gospel is universally relevant and provides the plan of redemption for sinners separated from God.

In considering short-term trips for 2022, there are facts about world travel and the COVID-19 vaccine that need to be considered.

“In the midst of constant change, our commitment to care must remain unchanged.” Constant Change, The New Normal As a member of my local...

As a church planter in the States during the 90s, and globally since 2001, we have used short-term teams as an important part of our...