Short-term mission
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Posted on April 12, 2012, 11:55 am | 4 comments
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Christian Reformed World Missions office staff are working with hundreds of volunteers. One of the issues we have faced recently is getting background checks for volunteers to check for any history of criminal activity or abuse. Do you think this is a good practice, or not?
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Posted on August 22, 2011, 8:00 am | 6 comments
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I want to encourage short term mission trip planners/participants to think long term commitment. We have talked with Steve Brauning about the "commando" mission trips, where a team drops in, does the work and disappears, never to be seen or heard from again...
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Posted on July 11, 2011, 8:56 am
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Coming home from a STM trip can be an exhilarating and scary thing. It is exciting to come home and tell stories and show pictures. Often we have a new purpose in life. But it can be a scary, depressing time as well.I want to give you an idea of what to expect when your STM trip participant comes home...
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Posted on May 19, 2011, 10:20 am
Learn how an effective orientation AND debriefing can keep your short-term missions experience from a bumpy landing. Many practrical tips, tools, and resource referrals will be shared.
Presenter: Trish De Jong, CRWM Missions Resource Consultant
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Posted on January 4, 2011, 11:49 am | 1 comment
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A couple of years ago Pastor Jon De Bruyn approached Christian Reformed World Missions with a proposal to jointly sponsor prayer trips to various mission sites around the world. We are all familiar with trips that involve physical labor, or handing out tracts. But a prayer mission trip was new to many. What would that look like?
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Posted on January 4, 2011, 11:37 am | 1 comment
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If you want to learn to ride a bike you start biking. It will feel clumsy, you will likely fall and you may even end up in a ditch. But “practice makes perfect.” It is the same with prayer.
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Posted on November 30, 2010, 10:02 am | 3 comments
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Over the last thirty years this innovative idea of short term missions has become a standard part of the annual cycle for many churches. Youth teams within the US have been supplemented by international and intergenerational trips of many kinds: hurricane relief, sports and musical teams, mime, etc. Much of the focus has been on making use of such trips in
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Posted on October 11, 2010, 3:09 pm
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Several years ago Pastor Dan Ackerman made a statement that really struck me. He said that today short term missions is what Catechism instruction was: our basic method of discipleship. Short term mission trips went from being an oddity, to an add-on, to something integral to the process of raising our young people as Christians. How do we make the most of them?
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Posted on September 13, 2010, 4:52 pm
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Dr. David Livermore of the Global Learning Center at Cornerstone University is one of the leading experts in short term missions and cultural intelligence which are key issues for youth and intergenerational mission teams. He will be the keynote speaker at a conference on these topics on October 30 at Ivanrest CRC, Grandville, Michigan. Sponsored by Christian Reformed World Missions, in cooperation with Youth Unlimited, CRWRC, Christian Reformed Home Missions, and Calvin Theological Seminary.
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Posted on September 7, 2010, 8:36 am
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Last week's blog reflected on generational differences in approach to missions. Dr. David Livermore of the Global Learning Center at Cornerstone University is one of the leading experts in short term missions and cultural intelligence which are key issues for youth and intergenerational mission teams. He will be the keynote speaker at a conference on these topics on October 30 at Ivanrest CRC, Grandville, Michigan.
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Posted on July 19, 2010, 12:13 pm
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Brazilian crazy pastor, Claudio Oliver invites us to consider eternal "Friendship Trips" over the traditional "Mission Trips."
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Posted on July 19, 2010, 12:11 pm
Topics: Global Partnerships, Short-term mission
RoundTripMissions.com shares CRCNA's vision to make short-term missions a two-way street. It is a resource of Christianity Today International and provides high-quality, interactive resources to equip mission teams for effective service while offering wisdom, discernment and guidance for the thriving short term mission movement.
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Posted on July 19, 2010, 11:36 am
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How do we increase the odds that STM will make a long-term difference in the lives of our kids long after the suitcases are unpacked and the photo albums are buried in bedroom closets? A two day “Short-Term Missions Effectiveness” Think Tank showed a common theme: we need to do a better job helping students interpret and apply their STM experiences to life back home.
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Posted on July 19, 2010, 11:27 am | 4 comments
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"Everyone knows . . . That short term missions benefit the people who come, not the people here."
Is that true? If so, then thousands of people are raising millions of dollars each year to do something not for others, but for themselves. Are we fooling ourselves by pretending these trips help people when they are really just an excuse to see a foreign country? If our good works are not doing good, why do them?
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Posted on July 19, 2010, 11:21 am
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“Most STM trips violate basic principles of effective poverty-alleviation and have the potential to do considerable harm both to low-income people and to ourselves. However, by being cognizant of these principles and more intentional about our actions, the downsides of STMs can be reduced and there can be greater hope of long-term benefit for all involved.”
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