Tag: asset emphasis

Doing Short-Terms Missions without Doing Long-Term Harm

Apr 23, 2008

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by

mwkruse

in Christian Life, Economic Development, Poverty

Mandate eNewsletter: Doing Short-Terms Missions without Doing Long-Term Harm Given the explosion of Short-Terms Missions (STM) trips to minister to low-income communities, it would appear that STM is the most effective way to minister to poor people. Right? Wrong! In fact, most STM trips violate basic principles of effective poverty-alleviation and have the potential to…