Summary: Actual missionaries chime in on the question - Do short term mission trips do more harm than good? #QuestionsThatRock about Short Term Mission Trips Points from Articles I read include: The same house painted 20 times by missionaries; Money wasted when locals are unemployed; Parents abusing children to milk money from missions; Pastors have learned to milk money out of Americans; You can't be a hero for a week; Don't do a job locals can do; Why not evangelize your own neighborhood?; Facebook Comments include: Kris Cates: Gospel is not preached as much as humanitarian aid; Why build them a house and not warn them about hell?; Lauren Emswiler Watson: Short term can be fruitful if the actually have a mission; Lewis Jason: Atrocities and danger is not a vacation!; True missions must be led by the Spirit; Glenn Roseberry: He began his long term mission with a short term mission; Mickie Sapen West: Would YOU send 2000 to a mission without going first?; Jean A. Young: Disaster in the making - fetish bracelets!; Jonathan Edward Gibbard: Points out the cultural and language problem; Stephen Barret from Holy Fire Japan chimes in audio; We must be led by the Spirit of God with anything we do; Links in the show: When Helping Hurts Book https://amzn.to/2JqecjO Becoming Whole book here: https://amzn.to/2XD4e7m Listen to both books for Free for trying Audible https://amzn.to/2VAx6ML End of the Spear Movie https://amzn.to/2XBmJZL Watch it for Free for Trying Prime here https://amzn.to/2XD7xeL FaceBook Question That Rocks http://bit.ly/ShortTermMissionsFB My Tweet to Darren https://twitter.com/MostRadicalMan/status/1147230302701572096 Articles: Why You Should Consider Canceling Your Short-Term Mission Trips http://bit.ly/CancelYourMissionTrip Why Most Mission Trips Are A Waste Of Time - http://www.csm.org/articlewhymost/ Things No One Tells You About Going on Short-Term Mission Trips http://bit.ly/ThingsNoOneTellsYouAboutMissions
