How to Plan, Prepare and Successfully Complete your Short-Term Mission: For Volunteers, Churches, Independent STM Teams & Mission Organisations: The Ultimate Guide to Missions – For Individuals, Leaders, Teams and those Planning a Christian Gap Year The Why, Where and When of STMs
About this ebook
What to buy, take with you and leave behind.
Who to go with, where to go and when to depart.
To join a mission organisation or plan your own STM.
The duration, destination and timing of your mission trip.
Types of STMs – evangelistic, preaching or humanitarian.
Medical issues, your passport, visa and travelling with money.
Emotional and spiritual work before, during and on your return.
Understanding culture, language and giving your testimony.
How to get the money to go and setting a realistic budget.
Food, drink, accommodation and working with the locals.
Team dynamics, etiquette, leadership and the team.
Security, wisdom and safety – being streetwise.
Having a safe and successful STM.
About the author
Mathew Backholer is the co-founder of ByFaith Media (www.ByFaith.org) and films and presents the reality mission series ByFaith TV which airs globally on numerous Christian networks. He has travelled to forty nations of the world and is the author of many books, including: Short-Term Missions: A Christian Guide, Extreme Faith: On Fire Christianity, Revival Fires and Awakenings, Global Revival: Worldwide Outpourings and Christianity Rediscovered.
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