If you’re planning a short-term mission trip, STEM Press—the publishing arm of STEM International—offers mission trip training and planning resources for U.S. churches. They publish curriculum and guides to help churches plan, train, lead, and debrief short-term mission teams for maximum Kingdom impact. Check it out at https://stemintl.org/.
Their catalog includes training curriculum, planning guides, fundraising ideas, devotionals, meeting ideas, and checklists (including packing lists). Do you have a favorite resource? Please comment!
Good resources, for sure. May I suggest a resource for those returning from a summer ministry trip?
Many come home saying (or at least, thinking), “I think God wants me to be a missionary!” For some it is an emotional high that slowly or quickly fades away. For others, it is a clear thought for moving forward.
I Think God Wants Me to be a Missionary was written for them. For the emotionally high, reading this story will bring them back to earth. For the serious thinkers, it will give them some real issues to consider.
It is a story of four young people; two high school graduates and two college graduates. They each go to their pastor with that statement. But they each have an issue. As the story of their lives, the lives of their pastors and a bunch of other people unfolds, 23 issues that I have personally dealt with with real people are looked at, considered and resolved.
Seven chapters with an Epilogue. 285 pages of easy reading. The story flows. It took me one week to write this book! Available at ERI’s website. In the comment, put BRIGADA. Order one, we will send a second one free.