Tuesday, July 8, 2008

news blurb...revamping of short term missions trips

from ChristianPost: "Short-term overseas mission trips are expensive and not effective, some churches and critics say.
Some have even dubbed short-term overseas mission trips “vacations with a purpose” or “religious tourism.”

In response, a growing number of churches and agencies that arrange short-term trips have taken the criticisms to heart and are changing their mission trip programs to deliver the results at a fraction of the cost and man-power.

Youths at Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Va., no longer fly to far-off places to see and touch poverty-stricken communities. Instead, they lend a helping hand in the name of Jesus Christ to needy people in the United States."