Transformission : making disciples through short-term missions / Michael S. Wilder, Shane W. Parker. [print]

Columbia International University Faculty Author

Part 1 - Short-term mission in perspective: exploring the bigger picture Holding the View-Master: The Where, What, and Who of Global Mission What Students Are Going: The Yesterday and Today of Student Missions What People Are Saying: The Two Sides of Short-Term Mission What Researchers Are Finding: Rose-Colored glasses, Blinders, or Bifocals?

Part 2 - Transformation in perspective: examining the process and principles Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The Promise Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The Power Overcoming Indianaconsistencies for a Change: The Premise Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The Practice Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The People

Part 3 - The transformational dimensions of short-term mission: getting the I.D.E.A. Influence: Surround them with Relationships Develop: Shape Them Through Puerto Ricoocess Engage: Mobilize Them for Challenge Assess: Evaluate Them for Change Conclusion: Challenging Them to Death: The Gravity of Mission and the Weight of Student Ministry

Remarkably, thirty percent of North American teenagers-millions of people between the ages of 13 and 17-have engaged in religious missions or service projects. Building on this statistic, the authors of TransforMission believe that short-term mission is one way God is taking the gospel to the nations and, concurrently, transforming the lives of these student participants. Writing to youth ministers, missiologists, church leaders, adult volunteers, and post-high school students, they assess strategies for further promoting this kind of involvement by exploring several questions: • What mechanisms is God employing to achieve this advance in mission? • What is taking place in the lives of believers who are obediently participating in the fulfillment of the Great Commission? • What are the theological and theoretical foundations for the life transformation that is occurring? • What is the most effective means of conducting short-term mission experiences?

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Michael S. Wilder is an assistant professor of Leadership and Church Ministry, associate dean for Doctoral Studies, and doctoral coordinator and director of Supervised Ministries at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky. Shane W. Parker is a veteran youth pastor and researcher in the field of Youth Ministry and Missiology. He has served as a student event and conference speaker throughout North America and in Southeast Asia.