Missions

Beyond 'either/or' to 'both/and' By Kara Powell and Brad Griffin

Beyond youth ministry as we've always known it
Debriefing the Mission Trip By Mike Woodruff

Reentry is a confusing, upside-down whirlwind of emotions that can put even veteran missionaries on their ears. And if it does that to people who don't regularly spend much time on their ears, imagine how it can affect teenagers who regularly do!
Delivering Diapers: A Visit to Lake Ponchartrain By Sara Groves

At the end of the day, I asked the man heading up the distribution center how he got there, and he said, "Last Thursday I was home watching the news, wondering what I could do." Of all the volunteers we met, only the two Salvationists who ran the portable kitchenswere "professionals." Everyone else's story began, "Last week I was sitting on my couch wondering what I could do..."
Down any Road By Lisa Crayton

One of the greatest advantages of urban missions is that it heightens teens' cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
International Short-Term Missions By Marshall Allen

Allen interviews three mission agencies, questioning the long-term effect of short-term missions that focus primarily on a life change for its missionaries.
Missionaries and Youth Workers Working Together By Mark Dodrill

"After 20 years of working as both a missionary and a youth worker, I've come to realize that these two groups have more in common than either of them would normally think."
Missionary, Minister to Thyself By Scott Meier

Veteran youth worker and mission trip leader Scott Meier suggests that on mission trips, the participants get more out of the experience than those to whom they ministrer. And that's a good thing.
Short-Term Mission Agencies A-E

In an effort to provide a good starting point for planning short-term mission trips, we put together a list for you with contact information and other short info-bites that will help you narrow your focus when searching for agencies to help you put trips together. Once you've chosen a few mission agencies that look like they'll meet your needs, see their Web sites for more information.
Short-Term Mission Agencies F-N

In an effort to provide a good starting point for planning short-term mission trips, we put together a list for you with contact information and other short info-bites that will help you narrow your focus when searching for agencies to help you put trips together. Once you've chosen a few mission agencies that look like they'll meet your needs, see their Web sites for more information.
Short-Term Mission Agencies O-T

In an effort to provide a good starting point for planning short-term mission trips, we put together a list for you with contact information and other short info-bites that will help you narrow your focus when searching for agencies to help you put trips together. Once you've chosen a few mission agencies that look like they'll meet your needs, see their Web sites for more information.
Short-Term Mission Agencies U-Z

In an effort to provide a good starting point for planning short-term mission trips, we put together a list for you with contact information and other short info-bites that will help you narrow your focus when searching for agencies to help you put trips together. Once you've chosen a few mission agencies that look like they'll meet your needs, see their Web sites for more information.
Small Steps on a Slippery Slope By Marilyn Laszlo

How spitting in Sepak Iwam taught a Bible translator that the power of God's Spirit can cut through all cultural and linguistic barriers.
The End of the Youth Mission Trip as We Know It By Jeff Edmondson

The author discusses some of the reasons, both good and bad, that youth groups go on mission trips and suggests guidelines and a new focus for youth mission work.
Youth Ministry & Macro-economics: World View: Mexico By Rodolpho Carrasco

Can evangelicals share the gospel by going beyond Vacation Bible School and child sponsorship to total economic reform of a country?