SHORT-TERM MISSIONS AND ITS LONG-TERM IMPACT

Short term missions has the potential to change lives, churches and nations. The ServantPrep
Seminar was developed by Mission Training International to prepare STM leaders as life-
changing team trainers. This 3-day program develops the sills needed to understand the
spiritual, personal, relational and cultural challenges and opportunities of STM e!perience. "or
more information on this intense, e!periential, Scripture-paced seminar, read the article #Train
That Team $ell# in the current Short- Term Missions Today
Why Short-Term
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Short-term missions change lives! By giving people a hands-on experience, participants exercise their
faith, spiritual gifts and leadership skills.
Short-term missions create an outward focus and expands each participant's world view resulting in greater
prayer, greater giving and greater commitment to reaching others.
Short-term missions enable your church to establish an ongoing partnership with a mission feld. A well
trained missions team can be a huge investment for your church and the missionaries you support.
Short-term missions provide strategic experiences for believers to hear the ord's call to join the arvest.
These e!periences are often starting-gates for long-term involvement in ministry "oth locally and
glo"ally.
!ere are additional reasons for a church to send a short-term team.
"evelops a contagious missions mindset in your congregation.
#he participant's life is positively e$ected for eternity.
#he sending church receives back a changed, excited, and more committed believer who is now more in
love with %esus.
&ove missions out of the committee and into the lives of people.
#he participants become fervent and loyal prayer warriors on behalf of the host missionary and the host
ministry.
'stablish a strategic, on-going partnership with a mission (eld.
)ften the host ministry receives a gracious increase in (nancial support.
)ften the participant returns to the (eld for further short-term work.
*n some cases, the participant +oins the host ministry or some other ministry as a career worker.