In this segment I would like to share a few thoughts about short term mission trips. Short term mission trips have become immensely popular in the last 20-30 years. I don’t know the actual statistics, but it would seem like a fairly high percentage of youth from missionary minded church groups have participated in some sort of a short term mission trip. As I had stated earlier in this series, there are many who have been involved in short term…
There are many dimensions to consider when one explores what it means to be a missionary. First of all I recognize that “missionary “ is a broad term. A missionary may serve in remote places or he may be your next door neighbor, ministering in the neighborhood. He may be a pastor, a teacher, a builder, a medical practitioner or a servant in some other capacity. The Protestant missionary movement of the 1800’s had a profound affect on the American…
In January 2018 I had the privilege of teaching a class titled “Building the Heart of a Missionary” to 58 young adult students at the Dunkard Brethren Bible School. The introductory paragraphs on the course description stated: “Many Christians have aspired to be a missionary in some capacity. Christ called his followers to go into all the world with the gospel. Unfortunately, one of the big hindrances to success on the mission field is the heart of the missionary himself….