Effective engagement in short-term missions : doing it right! / [print]
Robert J. Priest, editor.
- Pasadena, California : William Carey Library, (c)2008.
- xvii, 627 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- EMS series ; no. 16 .
- Evangelical Missiological Society series ; no. 16. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Connecting with long-term missions -- Short-term missions in the context of Missions, Incorporated Evaluating short-term missions : missiological questions from a long-term missionary Complementary aspects of short-term missions and long-term missions : case studies for a win-win situation Encountering social others -- Avoiding the ugly missionary : anthropology and short-term missions The myth of the blank slate : a check list for short-term missions The mindful missioner Forging global partnerships -- On the rhetoric of short-term missions appeals, with suggestions for team leaders Friendship is forever : congregation-to-congregation relationships Urban church resources for short-term mission Women as resource brokers : STM trips, social and organizational ties, and mutual resource benefits Short-term missions are bigger than you think : implications for the local church Carrying out specialized ministries -- Short-term medical missions : a practitioner's perspective on effective strategies Children at risk in short-term missional engagement Missional business professionals : the strategic and practical use of business professionals as empowered partners in short-term missions Considering legal and liability issues in short-term missions -- Short-term missions and the law : lessons from Canada Short-term missions : avoiding liability pitfalls Evaluating and improving the impact of STM on participants -- Lessons from the sapling : review of quantitative research on short-term missions Researching short-term missions and paternalism The impact of urban short-term projects on the social connections of evangelical college students Student sojourners and spiritual formation : understanding the intersection of cross-cultural adjustment and spiritual disorientation From "whatever" to wherever : enhancing faith formation in young adults through short-term missions Supervisors for short-term mission experiences : thinking about selection A. Scott Moreau -- Alex G. Smith -- Enoch Wan and Geoffrey Hartt -- Steven J. Ybarrola -- Miriam Adeney -- Richard Slimbach -- Edwin Zehner -- C.M. Brown -- Chin T. Wang (John) -- Kersten Bayt Priest -- Rolando W. Cuellar -- Daniel W. O'Neill -- Greg W. Burch -- Mark Russell -- Charles A. Cook -- Michelle A. Walker-Adams and Scott Ross -- Kurt Alan Ver Beek -- Kyeong Sook Park -- Rick Richardson -- Murray S. Decker -- Fran Blomberg -- Vicki Gascho.