Short-term missions

Short-term missions

Why AIM mission trips are unique

From our AIM blog. These are seven reasons why going on a mission trip with AIM is unique from your run-of-the-mill missions experience: Cu...

Short-term missions

The Gateway: Requiem for a dream

It's a season of violence that has scared all but the most intrepid American teams away from the Gateway. The drug wars have s...

Short-term missions

6 ways short-term missions change lives

Here are six ways that a short-term mission trip can change your life: 1. Short-term missions change your worldview  We in America are notoriousl...

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Parents, send your kid on a mission trip

Here's me sharing why I think it's so important for parents to send their children on mission trips. It was one of the best things Karen and I did ...

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Skype & FB's negative impact on missions

A missionary friend who works in Asia wrote a post highlighting a phenomenon concerning Skype and Facebook I've observed with a lot of our short-terme...

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Mission trips as spiritual formation

What's the difference between how Jesus mentored his disciples and how we do it in our day? Jesus did it by teaching his disciples, by modeling life f...

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Is it time to declare a mission trip moratorium?

Writing in Sojourners, Troy Jackson declared that it's time to declare a moratorium on short-term mission trips. He makes the following points: A...

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What are gringos good for?

One of our missionaries who works along the Amazon in Peru said something when she visited our office that stuck with me. Our teams regularly minis...

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Short-term missions as vacation

I'm at our leadership training center in Mijas, Spain this morning. What a great place to launch people to bring the kingdom of God around the world...

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Responding to critics of short-term missions

We're at the high point of the short-term missions summer season. Hundreds of thousands of young people have fanned out around the world to bring hope...