STM Resources
STM Resources from the Pages of New Horizons:
- The Case for Short-Term Missions
- Contemplating Short-Term Missions?
- The Benefits of Short-Term Mission Trips (and Some Advice)
- Base Camp for Short-Term Missionaries
- Intentionally Presbyterian Short-Term Missions
- Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions
- The ABCs of Short-Term Missions
- Short-Term Missions: Pros and Cons
- Short-Term Missions: Long-Term Good
Additional Resources:
A Different Paradigm of Short-Term Mission
- Change your starting position from being a giver to first being a friend, from doing for others to accompanying them in living like citizens of heaven on earth...
Are Short-Term Missions Trips Valuable?
- STMs create "world Christians," who come back changed and who will pray for and fund missions for the rest of their lives...
- Learn more about the Boardwalk Chapel in Wildwood, NJ, a great short-term mission opportunity for groups or individuals...
Curriculum to Help You Plan an STM
- A curriculum specifically designed to help leaders and participants of STMs be more intentional in their preparation and reflection...
Facing the Unexpected on Short-Term Mission Trips
- For short-term teams traveling to underdeveloped countries, even a well-planned trip might not turn out exactly as anticipated...
Good Works Prepared Beforehand
- The story of how one OPC member in California created an STM team in response to a need in Utah...
How One Youth Group Raised Funds for Their Trip to the Boardwalk Chapel
- What better way to fundraise than to replicate the boardwalk atmosphere and a Chapel service for the congregation...
- The objectives, requirements, and duties of missionary associate service in the OPC...
Missions: The Biblical Motive and Aim
- This classic series on missions is recommended to those headed out on short-term mission trips...
- Here's a glimpse into how missionaries prepare to receive a short-term mission team...
Send Me Your Short-Term Missionaries
- As a former leader in my home church and a current international missionary, I see short-term missions as beneficial to both the home church and also the receiving ministry...
STM Prayer Guide: How to Pray for Short-Term Missionaries
- Pray for physical protection, spiritual growth, devotion to prayer, open doors for ministry, boldness in witness...
STM Send-Off Message: The Sower Sows the Word
- STM team members are sowers, and fit well with the parable in Mark 4:1-20. You have been called to a great work, even though it may last for only a brief period...
- Responses were received from 33% of those to whom the first annual Summer STM Survey was sent...
- Responses were received from 38.5% of those to whom the 2018 Summer STM Survey was sent...
- Responses were received from 43.5% of those to whom the 2019 Summer STM Survey was sent...
- How is an STM team formed? Who leads it? How are they prepared for travel and for the work they will do...
STM Training: PowerPoint Presentation
- David Nakhla's training presentation covers spiritual and physical preparation; how to conduct oneself on the mission field; the importance of post-trip reflections and communication; and more...
Ten Steps for Doing STM Trips Well
- The down-to-earth experience and perspective of an unorthodox missionary blogger...
Travel Medical Insurance: Don't Leave Home Without It
- Medical emergencies and other liabilities while traveling abroad can be very inexpensively mitigated through the purchase of travel insurance...
- Links to websites with helpful suggestions from the government for safety and security when traveling abroad...
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