Assessing Missional Effectiveness of Midterm Missionaries
The American short-term mission movement's rapid development is a phenomenon that serious missiologists must face. Is it possible to assess the effectiveness of short-term missionaries' work in their main mission ministries? Might one discover statistical correlations between this assessme...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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Missiology
Year: 2004, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-186 |
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| Summary: | The American short-term mission movement's rapid development is a phenomenon that serious missiologists must face. Is it possible to assess the effectiveness of short-term missionaries' work in their main mission ministries? Might one discover statistical correlations between this assessment and the way the short-termers were utilized? For Nazarene “midtermers” (noncareer short-termers serving cross-culturally at least three months), the author answers in the affirmative.Research input from midtermers, career missionaries, and national Christians with whom they served, reveals strong correlations between midtermers' missional effectiveness and certain aspects of their selection, preparation, and placement. Useful recommendations for administration of midtermers follow. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182960403200204 |