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Books (AL30706.0000) Making a Difference in a Globalized World: Short-term Missions That Work
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| Author: |
Occhipinti, Laurie A. |
| Publisher: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014 |
| Length: |
126 pages |
| Heading: |
170 — Mission
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| Subjects: |
Christianity-Missionaries; Mission Trips; Missions / Theory; Short-term missions |
| Location: |
BV2082.S56 O23 2014 |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781566994439
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| Description: |
Every year, an estimated 1.6 million Americans participate in short-term mission trips, spending over one billion dollars—figures that have increased exponentially in the last two decades. About one third of U.S. congregations sponsor such trips each year. While they are referred to as “mission” trips, many trips focus not on conversion or evangelism, but on service projects—building a playground, providing medical care, or serving free meals to the poor. Short-term mission participants have a genuine desire to transform conditions of poverty, yet don't always know how to go about it.
Here is a guide for leaders of trips--presenting clear insight and research from anthropologists and development professionals--that will help them have a greater impact on the communities they are serving. |
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None specified.
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