Researching the Short-Term Mission Movement

This paper explores the scope of the short-term mission movement and calls on missiologists to place this movement at the center of research, missiological reflection, and classroom instruction. It reviews research related to two questions: What has been the impact of short-term missions on the recr...

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Authors: Priest, Robert J. (Author) ; Dischinger, Terry (Author) ; Rasmussen, Steve (Author) ; Brown, C. M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2006
In: Missiology
Year: 2006, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 431-450
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Summary:This paper explores the scope of the short-term mission movement and calls on missiologists to place this movement at the center of research, missiological reflection, and classroom instruction. It reviews research related to two questions: What has been the impact of short-term missions on the recruitment and support of career missionaries? How does participation in short-term missions abroad affect short-term mission participants' relations inter-ethnically at home?
ISSN:2051-3623
Contains:Enthalten in: Missiology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/009182960603400403