<p>This report contains the findings of a study conducted by STEM Ministries with regard to changes in the perceptions and behaviors of short-term mission participants as a result of, and subsequent to, their short-term mission experience with STEM.  The study found substantial changes in prayer, financial giving, commitment to world mission, mission-related activities and education, and in feelings about returning to the mission field.  These findings demonstrate an increase in participants' future contribution to the Biblical mandate of world mission as a result of their short-term mission.</p>

Is Short-Term Mission Really Worth the Time and Money: Advancing God's Kingdom Through Short-Term Mission ø Results of Stem Short-Term Mission Research

Peterson, Roger P.

Peterson, Timothy D.

Religion & Spirituality

STEM Press

For skeptics or critical thinkers needing valid scientific data to help substantiate the potential value of short-term mission trips, this cleanly typeset, spiral bound 51-page report presents the findings of a study conducted in 1996 by Calvin Theological Seminary student researcher Dan McDonough -- summarized graphed, illustrated, and copy edited by Roger Peterson (13 easy-read tables, 4 graphs, 2 illustrations).   This study validated an earlier 1991 study with respect to observing substantial positive changes in mission-related prayer, giving, education, and return to the mission field -- all correlated to the short-term mission program conducted by STEM Ministries.   The new knowledge produced by this study identified two specific correlations in STEM's short-term mission program that were significantly more likely to put short-term mission participants on a path to longer-term missionary service.    This study provides helpful, evaluative data for churches, agencies, missiologists, scholars, and others concerned about ways to increase the likelihood of creating long-term career missionaries.

Can Short-Term Mission Really Create Long-Term Career Missionaries?: Results of STEM's Second Major Scientific Study on the Long-Term Effect of Short-Term Mission

McDonough, Daniel P.

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Is Short-Term Mission Really Worth the Time and Money: Advancing God's Kingdom Through Short-Term Mission ø Results of Stem Short-Term Mission Research

Can Short-Term Mission Really Create Long-Term Career Missionaries?: Results of STEM's Second Major Scientific Study on the Long-Term Effect of Short-Term Mission