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Each year, as many as half a million North Americans go on short-term missions trips. A 10-day short-term missions experience is more than just the 10 days spent on a mission field. There are important things that go on before the trip occurs and important things that occur after the 10 days are over.

Here are the three phases of every short-term missions trip along with a listing of activities that go on in each phase.

PRE-Field		ON-Field		POST-Field
Preparing		Giving/Receiving		Back to earth
Site selection Recruitment on both ends (going and receiving) Screening Training for both go-ers and receivers Spiritual preparation by go-ers and receivers Travel and logistical arrangements Raising finances by both go-ers and receivers		Ministry (evangelism, medical, construction, and other) Team building Surprises Language encounters Challenges requiring flexibility Divine encounters Tourism Dealing with conflict [ more info ] Juggling finances		Debriefing (and even de-griefing) Reverse culture shock [ more info ] Reporting Plugging back into home culture / environment Future decisions for both go-ers and receivers Re-mobilization Cleaning up messes on field and at home Field followup on new contacts

This material reflects presentations by Roger Peterson at the Fall 2000 Fellowship of Short-Term Missions Leaders retreat and the followup discussions that took place at that meeting at Bear Trap Ranch near Colorado Springs, CO.

How do I raise support?

How do you get started raising finances for a missions trip? There are some effective strategies you can use to create a network of faithful supporters. [ read more ]

SNU missions course materials and syllabi

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