Short Term Missions long term results

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Short Term Missions / long term transformation No Mission worth taking is really “short term”

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Create lasting results with a NEW short term mission’s experience. See short term missions as a discipleship & spiritual formation training platform for the one who goes. This new paradigm is in response to the short comings exposed in the new book; Effective Engagement in short term missions; doing it right by Robert J. Priest

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Short Term Missions / long term transformation

No Mission worth taking is really “short term”

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Seeking long term transformationin a short term world

The Long View

The NEW short term missions are as much about learning as teaching. They are as much about receiving as giving. They are as much about what happens after we get home as what happens during the time we are there, and as much about transformation occurring in our own hearts, as in those whom we serve.

The truth is most churches are trying to develop exactly this kind of short term missions. The trips themselves may be short, but we want their effect to be lasting: producing lasting friendships, lasting benefits to the people whom we serve and lasting transformation in our own lives.

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STM Challenge

Missions Agencies are not growing at a commensurate rate.

Money is being diverted from Long Term Missions.

Studies show little transformation occurring Americans tithing decreasing Is our helping hurting

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Solutions

Make Prayer your highest priority Re-focus in two areas; 1.) STM as a Discipleship & Spiritual Formation training

platform for the goers2.) Glocal Holistic Partnerships. Unleash all of God assets through a greater “inward

focus” - for a greater “outward reach” Create Critical Mass for transforming hearts “out

there”, is in direct proportions to your ability to transform hearts “right here” - in the pews of the American church.

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Benefits

STM becomes the spring board that transforms your church for the nations.

“Eternal vision” lifestyle becomes dominate. Prayer, Worship, Fasting, Sacrifice, Service,

and Tithing increases. All of God’s assets are unleashed for His

Kingdom purposes – Glocally.

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1949 – Methodist Missions Board

1958 – Wheaton College

1960 – OM & YWAM

1963 – GEM

1966 – Nazarene University

1972 - Taylor University

1980 – Adventures in Missions

History of STM

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Houston - we have a problem!

Obedience to the great commission has more consistently been poisoned by affluence than by anything else. - Ralph Winter

Percent who tithe

Professing Christians: 5%

Professing Born Again: 9%

Professing Evangelicals: 24%

The percent tithed

1933 - tithing 3.3%

2005 - tithing 2.58%

Currently - 2%

98% stays here with the American church

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168 Billion Goal

64 Billion could eliminate most extreme global poverty for 1 billion people

6 billion primary ed. 9 billion clean water to

most of the worlds poor 13 billion basic health &

nutrition globally

705 Billion recreation 179 Billion teen ager 65 billion jewelry 58billion lottery tickets 31 billion pets 13 billion cosmetic

surgery 5 billion total oversea

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Case study: Honduras 1998 “Mitch”

Building Project - CIOD (Christian Int. Dev. Org.)

$2 mil. + reconstruction most used for building 1,082 new homes

31 STM teams each spent $30,000 air, lodging, local expenses

Each team built one house normal cost $2,000 (if STM not involved)

Transformation

Change?: Prayer, volunteering, financial giving, interest in poor countries

Self appraisal: 16% significant, 45% slight positive, 40% no change

Self appraisal: financial giving to CIDO; 60% significantly increase

Triangulate: CIDO 3 year records 75% no donations (church same)

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STM Mountain Top Experience

Success Metric?

Counter attack plan?

Training priorities?

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Overlooked Red Zone

Red Zone

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Red Zone Strategies

Create Community Prepare for counter attack Intentional post training Continued service engagement Post Life Assessment Testing Road map – resource them Enlist Families

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Go with the end in mind

I went, I witnessed, next?

I’m pleasing God Comfort centric Savior complex Read scripture (doing) Pre-trip training

Transformation is not a destination

Pleasing to God Take up my Cross Feet washing Live scripture (being) Post trip training

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STM Relief vs. Development

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Relief vs. Development

Relief Temporary Give a fish Good Samaritan Emergency room Infant Child

Development Long Term/exit strategy Teach fish farming Parable of Talents Physical Therapy Young adult

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Holistic Partnerships

Don’t rush it

We can help the professionals

Resource their gifting & long term commitment to the community

We work under their authority - impose don’t impart.

World Vision

Global Resources Network

We don’t have to be the NGO

We get to focus on discipleship

We Insure we, do no harm

We build greater capacity

Collaboration – Work as the body for the Kingdom

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Benefits of Cross Cultural exposure

They need me I can fix their problem Their poor I can make a difference Their helpless

I need them My problems revealed My poverty reviled They changed me Trading places?

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Most overlooked Pre-trip items

Spiritual Warfare Team Covenant Cross Cultural

exposure Christian Life

Assessment tool Who’s the teacher?

Create spiritual disequilibrium

Prayer covering-911 How are they deceived Commit to post trip

community Train on, what you’ll

train on, in country and when you return

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Steve Roa

951-662-2776 [email protected] 1hr Outreach consultation free – AACWM STM Gulu, Uganda W.V. Partnership Website dev. Wes Kriesel 909-921-4338 [email protected] Effective Engagement in STM: Robert Priest