ShortTerm Missions Workbook From Mission Tourists to Global Citizens by Tim Dearborn

ShortTerm Missions Workbook From Mission Tourists to Global Citizens by Tim Dearborn

Going on a short-term missions trip can be a life- and faith-transforming experience. It can enrich the way we view the world. It can cause us to rely on God more fully. It's an opportunity to develop deep relationships with our team and the people we serve.A short-term missions experience can also involve weeks of physical and spiritual challenges. An unprepared team can wreak havoc on each other and the people they intend to serve.To get the most out of a missions trip, we need to go prepared. Whether we're going on our own or with a team, the keys to preparation are here in this workbook. In this ten-week course, you will find

• a concise summary of crosscultural principles
• help in facing spiritual warfare
• tips on avoiding a tourist mentality
• spiritual preparation through individual or group Bible study
• questions for individual reflection and group discussion

This revised and expanded edition includes updated content throughout and new chapters on facing risks, fears, and suffering, and making the most of the trip after returning home.If you are planning to go on a short-term missions trip, don't leave home without working through this book!

Dearborn, Tim: - Dearborn is associate director for faith and development at World Vision International. Until July 2003, he was dean of the chapel and associate professor of theology at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. He is also senior associate at the Institute for Global Engagement in Philadelphia and chair of the board for International Fellowship of Evangelical Mission Theologians. He earned the Ph.D. in systematic theology at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Th.M. in missiology at Fuller Seminary, and the M.T.S. in history of religions at Harvard University Divinity School. He has written Beyond Duty: A Passion for Christ, a Heart for Mission (Monrovia, 1997) and The Local Church in a Global Future (Eerdmans, 2000).

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ISBN 13	9780830845460
ISBN 10	0830845461
Title	ShortTerm Missions Workbook From Mission Tourists to Global Citizens
Author	Tim Dearborn
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2018-10-16
Number of pages	144
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