Serving with Eyes Wide Open
Doing Short-term Missions with Cultural Intelligence
SERVING WITH EYES WIDE OPEN Doing short term missions with cultural intelligence
Each year, 4-5 million Americans participate in religious short-term mission experiences to respond to tsunamis, poverty, AIDS, orphans, and to care out the work of Christian service and mission.
$2.25 billion dollars is spent on North American short-term missions trips annually.
What's the impact upon those who go and the local communities who receive the volunteers? The research in this book begins to provide insight.
In three parts, Serving with Eyes Wide Open examines:
- An overview of the 21st Century world and Church
- The conflicting perspectives between Americans and the global church about short-term missions;
- Cultural intelligence (CQ) - a research-based model for adapting effectively to new cultural contexts.
STM Curriculum:
- Deep Justice Journeys - STM curriculum for youth ministries (includes material for BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the trip)
- RoundTrip - DVD documentary/curriculum based upon two churches the exchange missions trips--one in North Carolina and one in Kenya. Additional STM resources also at the RoundTrip website.
STM Articles Etc.:
Ten Things I Hate About STM - Summary of statements made by national pastors about North American mission projects.
American or American't - A critical analysis of short-term training efforts done by American pastors by David Livermore
Leave Your Baggage at Home - An open letter to youth workerss planning short-term missions trips by David Livermore
If We Send Them They Will Grow...Maybe- Ways to increase the lasting impact of youth short-term missions projects
Head Over Heels for Short-Term Missions - by David Livermore in Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox)
On a Mission, a Short-Term Mission - by G Jeffery MacDonald in USA TODAY
Rise of Sunshine Samaritans: on a mission or a holiday - by G Jeffrey MacDonald in CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
