What if there was a resource that enabled your short-term mission teams to become more effective? Wouldn’t it be great to have a tool that helped you multiply and equip your leaders for short-term missions? DELTA’s Team Leader Training will give your leaders practical, hands-on instruction on building character, team unity, bridges to cross cultures, [...]

Here’s a Brigada participant developing a project that will use a web platform specifically designed for missionaries that links to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and allows donors to submit contributions.   http://www.ArkPages.com   Seems to offer a lot of promise. (Thanks Bryon!)

Lately, I seem to have come across a number of these short missions courses. Some are aligned with Perspectives. Read more about Perspectives at…   http://www.perspectives.org   Of course, it might just be the granddaddy of them all. It’s about 15 weeks in length, available as an intensive course of 1 week or 3 weeks [...]

Do you need short-term team international travel medical insurance with a “trip-cancellation” option? Good Neighbor Insurance can now provide this coverage for teams. The rates are excellent with standard benefits.  For more information contact jeffgninsurancecom or call 480/813-9100. Toll free in USA: 866/636-9100.

The Next Mile resources are designed to assist local churches and agencies plan and conduct effective short-term missions. Participants in the short-term mission experience include the goer/sender/local church/goer’s family/mentor/host and those to whom the STMer ministers. The mission experience that is well-planned and carried out will affect not only the life of each participant in [...]

If there was ever a doubt, check out their 4-minute video at…   http://www.missionmakr.com   Their goals? Merely to “Engage the body of Christ, impact people going on short-term trips, and do it in less time, with less effort and less cost.” Watch the video to get the whole story, but in a phrase, they’re [...]

A newly released Short-Term Mission Starter Kit, developed by DELTA Ministries International (DELTA), in Vancouver, Wash., is now available online for churches and ministries around the world.  This website gives churches and organizations nearly 40 resources for prayer, encouragement, training, post-ministry follow-through, and a comprehensive referral list of more than 60 short-term mission resources. This [...]

Check out these devotional journals written especially for people on short-term mission trips: *** 30 day Helping Hands–Healing Hearts (3 part combo book) especially for medical personnel *** 28 day Live in The Light (3 part combo book) *** 14 day Live in The Light (On-Field only) *** 7 day Pre-Field Preparation (Book 2) follow [...]

Is your church starting to promote and recruit for summer short-term mission trips? Mine is. We have a combination of international ministry, cross-cultural ministry within our own country, and local inner-city outreach events. Most trips are geared for high schoolers and adults. A few are appropriate for children and their families. I have a hunch [...]

Look no further. Our good friend in Evansville, Pat, recommended “Round Trip,” and sure enough, it’s great. Find it at… http://store.churchlawtodaystore.com/roundtrip.html Note that it comes with a leader’s guide, a participant’s workbook, plus videos. We’ve now ordered it on our *agency* side for training short-term workers applying one-at-a-time from across the country. We’ve also ordered [...]