Engaging the church
Subtitle: analyzing the canvas of short-term missions
By: edited by Laurie A. Fortunak & A. Scott Moreau
Contributors: Evangelical Missions Information Service
Publisher: EMIS, Evangelism and Missions Information Service, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781879089471
Subjects: Short-term missions
Other titles: EMQ.
Description: "... compilation of the 'best-of' short-term missions [articles] in EMQ [Evangelical missions quarterly]"--back cover.
Notes: "An EMQ monograph"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224)
Table of contents: title: The story of Evangelical Missions Quarterly; title: Introduction; title: Section 1. Biblical/spiritual foundations for short-term missions. The character of short-term missions / Gene Daniels; title: Short-term missions : biblical considerations / Bryan Slater; title: Paul's short-term church planting : can it happen again? / Scott Bessenecker; title: short-term missions as spiritual exercise / Robert Reese; title: Screwtape on summer missions / Frampton Fox; title: Section 2. History/trends in short-term missions. A new dimension in missions / Raymond Davis; title: Changes at home / Gary Corwin; title: Whither the short-termers? / Wade Coggins; title: What's behind the wave of short-termers? / Leslie Pelt; title: The message of short-term missions / Gary Corwin; title: Managing the short-term missions explosion / Don Parrott; title: Section 3. Critiques/suggestions for change and improvements in short-term missions. First, do no harm / Richard Slimbach; title: Short-term mission trips are great, IF / Stan May; title: Does short-term expedience spell long-term disaster? / Jim Reapsome; title: short-term missions : building sustainable mission relationships / John Tucker; title: The changing face of the missionary force / Seth Barnes; title: short-term missions for long-term partnership / Daniel Rickett; title: What have we done? / Jim Lo; title: Section 4. Types of short-term missions/short-term missions foci. Grab some leaders and take them along / Jay Childs; title: Short-term youth teams : are they worth it? / Paul Borthwick; title: AmeriCAN or AmeriCAN'T? : a critical analysis of Western training to the world / David Livermore; title: Work teams? : no, taste and see teams / Andrew Atkins; title: Practical suggestions for good stewardship in medical missions / Michael Soderling; title: Short-term medical teams : what they do well ... and not so well / Michael and Anita Dohn; title: Section 5. Case studies/intended impact of short-term missions. Spring break mission trips : a blessing or a curse? / Aaron Palmatier; title: When the saints go marching in / Robert Yackley; title: The trendy giant wounds : some lessons for the church in Africa / David Ngaruiya; title: The long-term impact of short-term missions / Randy Friesen; title: Seeking that missing person / Sean Marston; title: Section 6. Resources/ references for short-term missions. The code of best practices in short-term missions; title: Mission resources on the web : all you ever wanted on short-term missions / A. Scott Moreau, Mike O'Rear; title: Epilogue: The drama of today's short-term missions.