Short-term Mission Online Training – UNIT 3

Total time to complete: approx. 1 hour

Part 1: Watch this video.

The following video is another useful resource from Global Frontier Missions. It gives interesting insight into the state of global missions currently.

  1. What are some things that surprised you from the video?

Part 2: Read this article from Mission Excellence about Spiritual Warfare on Short-term missions trips.

The two brief articles provided in this section will set up much of the discussion you’ll have in the first few in-person meetings together.

Part 3: Read the attached article on Social Media Guidelines.

  1. Why are boundaries with social media important on short-term missions trips?

  2. Is there anything in these guidelines you find personally challenging?

Part 4: Watch this video from David Platt:

The following video is an excerpt from a David Platt sermon set to an image collage. It’s a sobering but inspiring reminder of the gravity of the missions task:

Part 5: Take this short quiz.

Share with us what you learned from this training session. This online quiz will take about 5 minutes to complete.