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Going on a short-term missions trip can be a life- and
faith-transforming experience. It can enrich the way we view the
world. It can cause us to rely on God more fully. It's an
opportunity to develop deep relationships with our team and the
people we serve. A short-term missions experience can also involve
weeks of physical and spiritual challenges. An unprepared team can
wreak havoc on each other and the people they intend to serve. To
get the most out of a missions trip, we need to go prepared.
Whether we're going on our own or with a team, the keys to
preparation are here in this workbook. In this ten-week course, you
will find a concise summary of crosscultural principles help in
facing spiritual warfare tips on avoiding a tourist mentality
spiritual preparation through individual or group Bible study
questions for individual reflection and group discussion This
revised and expanded edition includes updated content throughout
and new chapters on facing risks, fears, and suffering, and making
the most of the trip after returning home. If you are planning to
go on a short-term missions trip, don't leave home without working
through this book!
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award Can a one-time crosscultural
experience truly be life-changing? Veteran trip leader and
intercultural guide Cory Trenda says yes-if we let the trip launch
a journey of integrating the experience into our ongoing life. In
After the Trip Trenda provides a unique guide for individuals and
teams to make the most of a crosscultural trip after returning
home. Readers will find help with navigating the crucial reentry
process, remembering and sharing key stories, interweaving new
insights into everyday life, and engaging in continuing learning
and service. Combining practical tips, reflections, and stories
from Trenda's own decades of crosscultural travel, this is an
essential resource for organizations, churches, schools, and all
travelers who want crosscultural trips to be a catalyst for lasting
good. The trip itself is just the beginning; real life change
happens after the trip.
Racism. Immigration. Gun violence. Sexuality. Health care. The
number of ethical issues that demand a response from Christians
today is almost dizzying. How can Christians navigate such matters?
What are faithful responses to these questions? Edited by two
theologians with pastoral experience, this volume invites
engagement with these issues and more by drawing on real-life
experiences and offering a range of responses to some of the most
challenging moral questions confronting the church today. With an
unflinching yet irenic approach, this resource can help Christians
as they seek to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
How is the church being affected by globalization? What does wider
and more direct contact between the world religions mean for
Christians? What is God doing in the midst of such change? This
important volume explores the implications of today's emerging
global society for local churches and Christian mission. Prominent
scholars, missionaries, and analysts of world trends relate
Christian theology and ethics to five clusters of
issues-stewardship, prosperity, and justice; faith, learning, and
family; the Spirit, wholeness, and health; Christ, the church, and
other religions; and conflict, violence, and mission-issues that
pastors and congregations will find critical as they think through
the mission of the church in our time. Contributors: David Befus
Susan Power Bratton Ronald Cole-Turner Tim A. Dearborn Ian T.
Douglas Kosuke Koyama John Mbiti James H. Ottley Richard Osmer
Scott R. Paeth Cecil M. Robeck Jr. Lamin Sanneh William Schweiker
Donald W. Shriver Jr. Max L. Stackhouse Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
Allen Verhey John Witte Jr.
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