Short-term missions trips: Do they help?
What good are short-term missions trips? I found a fascinating article on that topic this week in Leadership Journal, an interview with church planter Oscar Muriu, a Kenyan pastor.
The summary of his missions trip wisdom is that we must go in as guests and learners rather than saviors and teachers. But you’ll get a lot more than that if you skim down the article to about the midpoint, where it says:
Your church has a huge vision. How can churches in the West help? We’re used to sending short-term mission teams over to paint walls …
Yes, and after you leave, we repaint many of the walls that you painted! (Laughter.)Okay, seriously, do short-term mission trips help?
