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- [Standards Introductory Workshop | April 2026](https://missionexcellence.global/workshops/standards-introductory-workshop-april-2025/) - Description MissionExcellence Standards Introductory Workshop (SIW) is a 10-hour seminar designed to help short-term mission leaders and mobilizers make their mission trips better. We’ll look at all Seven Standards and how these are key elements of successful, God-honoring mission trips. The workshop is taught by experienced MissionExcellence trainers, is interactive, and uses case studies and small group
- [Are Your Mission Trips Using the Right Methods?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/are-your-mission-trips-using-the-right-methods-2/) - October 2019Updated December 2024 By Tory Ruark, Director, MissionExcellence We often take Standard #1 (God-Centeredness) for granted. We’re in ministry so of course we’re all God-Centered! While we might have the right heart, we would be naïve to think we’re all doing things the right way. That’s why our first Standard calls on us to
- [Leveraging a Short-Term Mission Trip for Kingdom Gain?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/leveraging-a-short-term-mission-trip-for-kingdom-gain/) - Updated October 2024August 2022 By Jake Embleton, MissionConnexion Southwest Coordinator In your opinion what is the greatest injustice in the world? Is it lack of clean water in many villages? Approximately two billion people in the world do not have access to clean water. Or maybe the fact that so many human beings are being
- [How to Evaluate Your Training](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/how-to-evaluate-your-training/) - September 2019Updated September 2024 By Kathy Mort, Director of Curriculum and Training, MissionExcellence Know what you are evaluating Many people are compelled to evaluate the trainer on how entertaining and content rich the training was. Consider this… sometimes engaging and fun trainings do not result in effective teams. Your challenge will be to decide in
- [Team Leader Assignment Checklist](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/team-leader-assignment-checklist/) - DOWNLOAD HERE As leaders, we want to work smarter not harder so we have time to devote to all Seven Standards. If you haven’t led a team before, download MissionExcellence's Team Leader Assignment Checklist. There are lots available but here is one from MissionExcellence. It’s impossible to provide an all-inclusive checklist for your specific context but
- [How to Develop Consistent STM Team Leadership](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/how-to-develop-consistent-stm-team-leadership/) - January 2018Updated August 2024 By Tory Ruark, Director MissionExcellence The problem of inconsistent leadership.I have many conversations with STM practitioners about how to improve their mission trips. When we talk about trip training, preparation, and follow-through, one of the first questions I ask is, “what are you currently doing?” Here’s my summation of the most
- [Social Media & Mission Trips](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/social-media-mission-trips/) - Updated June 2024May 2022 By Tory Ruark, Director, MissionExcellence There are some things that change so fast, we can hardly keep up. When you first started traveling, you probably couldn’t even make a phone call home much less put a picture on a social media site. Digital cameras, the internet, smart phones, and now social
- [Leveraging Technology](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/leveraging-technology/) - Updated June 2024February 2018 By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer, MissionWorks Which of the Seven Standards do you think is most important? God-Centeredness? Empowering Partnerships? Appropriate Training? People ask this all the time. My answer is always the same… all of them! You might have great logistics but didn’t train so the team is unprepared
- [6 Steps for Planning a Short-Term Mission Trip](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/6-steps-for-planning-a-short-term-mission-trip/) - Here are six steps you can utilize to formulate your next mission trip team. STEP 1 - Team Determination Phase Agree on goals with your partner Mutually design your plan Implementation of plan STEP 2 - Team Publicity Phase Include training, trip and debriefing dates Set accurate expectations of trip Use appropriate photos STEP 3
- [Spiritual Warfare](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/spiritual-warfare-fighting-the-battle-in-the-context-of-stm-trips/) - Fighting the Battle in the Context of STM Trips Updated May 2023April 2018 By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer MissionWorks As those preparing and leading short-term mission (STM) teams, we’re responsible for equipping our teams for the battle. The goal is not to produce a general theology of spiritual warfare but to focus on how
- [LESSONS FROM THE VIRTUAL JOURNEYS](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/lessons-from-the-virtual-journeys/) - By Rev. Sandra Dorsainvil The journeys with and by the Short-Term Mission (STM) desk at International Ministries took volunteers, podcast guests and subscribers to all corners of the world through the digital world of Zoom. What have we learned these past twelve to fifteen months? All the sponsored in-person trips by International Ministries were put
- [Evaluating Your Training](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/evaluating-your-training-2/) - September 2019Updated April 2024 By Tory Ruark, Director MissionExcellence In this article, I want to examine how you can evaluate the way you train and prepare people for mission trips. To do this, you must ask yourself three questions: Is the content of my training appropriate? Is my training effective? Is the right person doing
- [Training and Preparation for Missions](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/training-and-preparation-for-missions/) - August 2021 Updated March 2024 By Tory Ruark, Director MissionExcellence The age-old question of short-term missions is, “is the mission trip for the goer or the receiver?” Raise your hand if you’re as tired of this question as I am! It posits a false dichotomy. As if short-term mission trips can only be for one
- [MISTM Grid Worksheet](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/mistm-grid-worksheet/) - DOWNLOAD HERE The MISTM Grid combines the time phases and the people involved. When you look at one of the nine (or eighteen) sections formed by the grid, ask the question, “How can I maximize the impact of the experience for this group during this time period?” For example, in Block 3 - Post-field/Senders some
- [7 Common Pitfalls When Returning Home](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/7-common-pitfalls-when-returning-home/) - March 2023 By Brian Heerwagen, CEO MissionWorks During research into the post-trip phase of the short-term mission experience, we had meetings with short-term mission participants and organizers. These were done in discussion and survey formats to find out what short-term missionaries feel or experience when they return home from their mission trips. Below are seven
- [4 Foundations for Partnership](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/4-foundations-for-partnership/) - January 2021 By Randy Schmor, NAB Gateway Director, MissionWorks Board Member Partnership seems to be one of those ‘self-defined’ words in the world of global missions in our day. It’s used to describe just about any type of relationship between Christian organizations, churches, individuals and any combination of those three as well. Because of this
- [The Story of a “Together Moment”](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/the-story-of-a-together-moment/) - March 2022 By Brian Heerwagen, CEO, MissionWorks A Lesson about Lasting Partnership I imagine that you have a heart like mine. You truly desire to see multitudes come to know Christ as Lord and Savior, and to see God glorified as people respond to His saving grace. But as the church, sometimes we just keep
- [Short-Term Mission Quick Audit](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/short-term-mission-quick-audit/) - DOWNLOAD HERE Thank you for taking a few minutes to reflect on your mission program and how it can improve. We’re glad to be part of your process through this Quick Audit and beyond. This tool is designed to be a way for you to identify strengths and weaknesses, and to know where to start
- [Travel Checklist](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/travel-checklist/) - DOWNLOAD HERE This is not your typical, “pack three shorts, two pair of pants, and sunscreen” type of travel checklist, but a travel checklist to ESSENTIALS if you are traveling internationally. Photocopy it. Use it. Distribute it.And help your friends be safe and better prepared!
- [SAMPLE Medical Form](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/sample-medical-form/) - DOWNLOAD HERE
- [SAMPLE Participant Survey](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/sample-participant-survey/) - DOWNLOAD HERE
- [SAMPLE Host Survey](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/sample-host-survey/) - DOWNLOAD HERE
- [SAMPLE Leader Survey](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/sample-leader-survey/) - DOWNLOAD HERE
- [OVC Guide](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/ovc-guide/) - Thank you for your heart for orphaned and vulnerable children. Over the last 10 years, countless individuals and organizations have joined the conversation and sparked a global movement toward reevaluating and redefining how we serve orphaned and vulnerable children through short-term missions. Around the world, governments and nonprofits alike are committing themselves to better serving
- [Resources through the 7 Standards](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/resources-through-the-7-standards/) - A variety of resources related to the 7 Standards of Excellence and how they can apply to your next mission trip. Check them out! Download this free infographic and share with others!
- [The Next Mile Mentor Guide](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/the-next-mile-mentor-guide/) - The Mentor Guide, now available as a FREE download, serves as a simple and practical resource for Mentors. "What is a Mentor? What do they do?" Don't worry, it's not difficult. Each Short-Term participant is asked to select a Mentor who will pray, encourage, guide and listen to them. Mentors are there during pre-field preparations, are
- [Barna Research](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/barna-research/) - Short-term missions trips were significantly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With new travel conditions and reopening, U.S. missions agencies, nonprofit organizations, youth ministries and churches have a unique opportunity to rethink how they re-engage: to explore pros and cons of their previous programs and establish new and sustainable approaches to short-term missions. Barna Group, MissionExcellence
- [Rethinking our Mission Trips: the role of short-term missions in the Great Commission](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/rethinking-our-mission-trips/) - Should an agency that’s been sending out long-term missionaries for 75 years be engaged in short-term missions? In general, fewer new career missionaries are being deployed and agency budgets are shrinking. Wouldn’t it make more sense to abandon short-term and focus on recruiting, training, and deploying new long-term missionaries?
- [How To RAISE Your Standard of Generosity](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/how-to-raise-your-standard-of-generosity/) - February 2019 By Jonathan Martin, author of Giving Wisely and missionary with Co-Serve International Nothing is more life changing than a mission trip. When we see spiritual and physical needs, we want to make a difference—a lasting positive difference. When we come home from the trip, we want to stay involved and that often means
- [Could Online Training Work For Your Mission Trips?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/could-online-training-work-for-your-mission-trips/) - March 2019 By Josiah Holland, Co-Founder and President of XPCulture.com Underlying this article is an assumption that you’ve already bought into the need for training and debriefing to go along with your mission trips — you’re just struggling to get it into your process. The question is two-fold then; will online training work for me?
- [Ok, Who Packed Their Elephants?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/ok-who-packed-their-elephants/) - Dealing with conflict on a mission trip May 2019 By P. Brian Noble, CEO of Peacemaker Ministries A short-term mission trip can be full of “elephant encounters.” Some people pack their dream elephant. Others pack their expectation elephant. Still others pack their idolatry elephant. Packing elephants? What does that mean? Have you heard of the
- [A Solid Foundation Amid Shifting Sands](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/a-solid-foundation-amid-shifting-sands/) - April 2019 By Mike Rhoades, Director of USA Operations & Marketing at Praying Pelicans Missions Chaos. Fear. Hardship. When a natural disaster hits, for many, the world literally turns upside down. It’s hard for those unaffected to truly grasp the unsettling power of a natural disaster. The stark and instant realization that there is something
- [How Churches and Agencies Can Work Together](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/how-churches-and-agencies-can-work-together-2/) - June 2019 Interview By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer at SOE This month we want to explore the idea of churches and agencies working together for the Great Commission. Our hope is to give voice to both perspectives, so they can understand each other and improve the way they work together. Giving voice to each
- [How Travel and Insurance Agents Can Help in Times of Crisis](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/how-travel-and-insurance-agents-can-help-in-times-of-crisis/) - March 2018, Updated May 2023 By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer MissionWorks, Director MissionExcellence I have worked in short-term missions for over 20 years and I have two confessions to make: 1. I hate booking airfare 2. Insurance policy language confuses me If we were all in the same building, I would ask you to
- [Sending Supporters](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/sending-supporters-the-forgotten-partners-2/) - The forgotten partners May 2018 By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer and STM coach at Standards of Excellence In the summer of 2001, between my junior and senior years of college, I went on a mission trip to Zimbabwe and then spent the final 10 weeks living with a pastor and his family in Ensenada,
- [Evaluating Your Mission Trip](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/evaluating-your-mission-trip-2/) - August 2019 By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer at MissionWorks, Director MissionExcellence How do you know if your mission trip was successful? Is it based on how many people received Christ? Number of lives rededicated? Impact on the goer? The project was completed? They invited you back? The Problem of Goals Most people determine success
- [How STM Teams Can Bless Missionary Kids](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/missionary-kids/) - June 2018 By Liz Borroni, missionary with Youth for Christ Italy (missionary kid and missionary mother) Many churches send teams to countries where they know, love, and support missionaries. Sending people from the congregation can be a huge blessing for missionaries, as it communicates a commitment and support in their work. However, many churches forget
- [4 Areas for Reviewing a Partnership](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/4-areas-for-reviewing-a-partnership/) - October 2018 By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer and STM coach at Standards of Excellence While short-term mission trips are happening all year long, for many of us, the fall represents a time of regrouping and planning for the next year. This is a great time to pause and assess partnerships with your field hosts
- [Following Through With Your Hosts](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/following-through-with-your-hosts/) - Updated July 2023August 2018 By Tory Ruark, Director MissionExcellence, COO MissionWorks My family went camping with my parents on the Oregon Coast as part of our annual vacation plans. We had a wonderful time—especially since it was our first camping trip with a trailer rather than a tent. We packed up to head home one
- [Life-Change in Jerusalem](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/life-change-in-jerusalem/) - October 2019 By Dan Sered, COO of Jews for Jesus We, at Jews for Jesus (JFJ), are so very thankful for the partnership we had with Standards of Excellence during our 2018 Behold Your God outreach campaign. Using SOE’s training materials we were able to equip over 150 volunteers to love and serve people in
- [Effective Discipleship in Mission Trips](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/effective-discipleship-in-mission-trips-2/) - November 2019 By Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer at SOE We all agree that mission trips hold a unique opportunity for spiritual growth in the lives of the participant, but it doesn’t automatically happen, and change isn’t always long-term. This can be for many reasons, but perhaps one of the biggest reasons is because the
- [The Growing Need for Collaboration](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/the-growing-need-for-collaboration/) - January 2020 By Daniel Rickett, author of the books Building Strategic Relationships and Making Your Partnership WorkForeword by Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer at SOE Daniel Rickett is a recognized authority in the area of cross-cultural partnerships with over thirty years of experience working with indigenous ministries. He’s authored several books on the subject, is
- [Partnership Essential #1: The Value Conversation](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/partnership-essential-1-the-value-conversation/) - February 2020 By Daniel Rickett, author of the books Building Strategic Relationships and Making Your Partnership WorkForeword by Tory Ruark, Chief Operations Officer at SOE This month’s article is the second we’ve used from Daniel Rickett as the theme of Mutual Design is so closely related to partnership. One of the hallmarks of Mutual Design
- [The Age-Old Issue of Missionary “Support”](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/the-age-old-issue-of-missionary-support/) - April 2020 By Neal Pirolo, founder and Director of Emmaus Road International and author of Serving as Senders The age-old issue of missionary “support” has an age-old solution. It is found in the clear words of Scripture. Paul, a missionary of the First Century, had been on a number of ventures. When he had “fully
- [Sharpening Our Focus and Service with Cultural Intelligence](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/sharpening-our-focus-and-service-with-cultural-intelligence/) - May 2020 An excerpt from Serving with Eyes Wide Open by David A. Livermore What do we make of all this? Do we throw up our arms in despair, cut up our passports, and throw out every letter soliciting funds for short-term missions? Believe me, there have been many times when I have been more
- [Cultivating a heart of missions with your students through COVID-19](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/cultivating-a-heart-of-missions-with-your-students-through-covid-19/) - June 2020 By Phillip Ball - National Network of Youth Ministries, NW Coordinator of Engagement & Training, Washington State Coordinator, Student ConneXion – Church Engagement Liaison The current pandemic has put a halt to a lot of youth missions trips this summer. This has likely disrupted not only travel plans, but whatever momentum youth pastors’
- [Virtual Visits Touch Lives](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/virtual-visits-touch-lives/) - June 19, 2020 By Rev. Sandra Dorsainvil - International Ministries On June 18, 2020, many states in the US and Puerto Rico were grateful to Zoom to enable them to travel without using passports to visit one of our single women global servants in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Rev. Madeline Flores-Lopez has been serving as
- [Virtual Prayer Walks](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/virtual-prayer-walks/) - June 23, 2020 By Asher Sarjent - Global Outreach Pastor - Cole Community Church Prayer walks have been an integral part of our short-term outreach projects for years. Our church has sent groups just to do prayer walking, primarily because of security concerns in our host country as well as the reality that most movements
- [Staying connected...](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/staying-connected/) - June 26, 2020 By The Gideons International In Canada & ShareWord Global We've started to support our international partners & offer virtual mission experience. We run STM Trips to Ukraine and Moldova every year but have had to cancel our trips due to COVID-19 so we've come up with a way to stay connected, support and encourage
- [Harnessing Short-Term Missions as a Bridge to Long-Term](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/harnessing-short-term-missions-as-a-bridge-to-long-term/) - August 2020 By Emily Quint, Short-term Mobilization with SEND International Today, “short-term missions” encompasses everything from a two-week church team trip to serving overseas for 12 months. Within the SEND International community, we’ve seen short-term programs turn into long-term missionary careers. There’s no doubt short-term opportunities can be agents for long-term impact! But how do
- [God’s Work Goes on During Pandemic](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/gods-work-goes-on-during-pandemic/) - September 2020 By Isabel Lee, Minister of Global Outreach and Women’s Ministries, Chinese Bible Church of Maryland (CBCM), U.S. and International Board of Directors of SEND International, SOE Board of Directors Cancelled. Closed. Locked Down. Restricted. Unprecedented. These are words we have heard or used often since March due to COVID-19. Does it cross your
- [Don’t Just Go – Go Guided](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/dont-just-go-go-guided/) - October 2020 Updated July 2023 By Dale Lusk, International Director - Global Engagements Evangelical Covenant Church “Why do I need anyone to help me with a mission trip?” I can plan it myself. True. Through the internet it is becoming easier to plan your own trips. Logistics can be done a variety of ways. Communication is easier
- [Preparing Next Gen Short-Term Missionaries for Success](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/preparing-next-gen-short-term-missionaries-for-success-2/) - November 2020 By Jolene Erlacher, Founder Leading Tomorrow, SOE Board Member Generation Z (b. 1996-2010) is the first generation of Americans to grow up in what many are calling a post-Christian context. As worldviews continue to change in the midst of a significant cultural shift in our country, it is critical for leaders, mentors, and
- [Zoom Out](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/zoom-out/) - My wife, Lorraine, and the "zoom" feature on our video camera provided a lot of laughter over the years. When she would begin videotaping, she’d struggle to find the subject being filmed, and move the camera viewer (quickly I might add) all around trying to focus on the person or event she wanted to capture.
- [Worn Out?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/worn-out/) - Feeling Worn Out This Year? As we are entering the thanksgiving season, it dawned on me that “Thanksgiving” is the answer! There are times when we feel worn down and unmotivated, and we ask, “Where has my energy gone?” Whether we blame life’s circumstances, old age, or the weather, there are days when we just feel
- [We Choose To Go](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/we-choose-to-go/) - December 2020 By Mike Rhoades, Director of Marketing, Praying Pelican Missions In Charleston, West Virginia there is a small blue house. When I first saw it, it was dilapidated and riddled with drug paraphernalia. To an outsider, the house is in one of those neighborhoods that feels like it’s given up. Perched on a hillside
- [Why We're Still Not Going](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/why-were-still-not-going/) - December 2020 By Stephanie Soderstrom, Coordinator for Short-Term Mission, Reformed Church in America Anyone who has planned a mission trip knows that it takes a lot of work to do it well. There are a lot of details to manage. You want to make sure that the trip adheres to healthy and God-centered​ ​mission principles,
- [WHAT'S NEXT?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/whats-next/) - March 2021 Devotional By Tory Ruark, SOE Recently, we hosted our annual STM ConneXion conference virtually with the theme, “WHAT’S NEXT?” If you missed it, you should check it out! The whole thing was recorded and you can purchase the recordings and register for the 2022 conference at stmconnexion.com. As most of us have put
- [Where Are All the Black Missionaries?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/where-are-all-the-black-missionaries/) - April 2021 By Chris Kemp, Sowing Seeds of Joy Board Member “Where are all the Black missionaries?” I first heard this question on a short-term mission trip to Papua New Guinea about ten years ago. My team and I found ourselves in a small village talking with some of the locals, and this man wanted
- [Beyond Cultural Competence](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/beyond-cultural-competence/) - May 2021 By Josiah Holland, XP Culture Moving to the US remains the hardest thing I’ve ever done. In 2006, my family left our home in Togo, Africa. For my parents, this was a return to their home country after being away for 12 years as missionaries. While they were gone, America had experienced the
- [Virtual Short-Term Missions and Digital Platforms](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/virtual-short-term-missions-and-digital-platforms-whats-next-in-stm/) - What's next in STM? June 2021 By Bruce Wilson, Director of PROpel at Pioneers Recently, an Indian pastor of a large church in Kolkata, India invited an American friend experienced in organizational leadership to speak to his church leadership teams on the topic of team building. The American developed a two-hour, discussion-oriented seminar that explored
- [Adaptable Planning for Donations](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/adaptable-planning-for-donations/) - September 2021 By Rebecca Schroeder, Tenfold BPO Director of Business Development and Donor Services In recent years, everyone had to learn to adapt and find creative solutions instead of relying on how things have always been done. We can choose to see this as a blessing, but how do you plan when the rules keep
- [Letter About A Bad Team](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/letter-about-a-bad-team/) - Contributed by CultureLink For more information and resources, visit: https://culturelinkinc.org Dear Pastor, It is with fear that I write this letter. Yet to stay silent would be contributing to the hindrance of God's kingdom. First, I say how much I appreciate the on-going financial and prayerful partnership you have with my family in Peru. Without
- [What Is A Mission Trip?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/what-is-a-mission-trip/) - February 2022 By Tory Ruark, SOE Recently, we at SOE have been repeatedly asked the question, “what is a short-term mission trip?” The questioner isn’t simply asking us to define the term “short” but to speak to the nature or essence of “mission.” Many of us can remember a time—and perhaps many of us still
- [Promoting Mission Trips](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/promoting-mission-trips/) - April 2022 By Tory Ruark, COO, Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission More than just filling a team I admit, one of my favorite places to get a burger is Red Robin! My go-to burger there is the Royal Burger. It’s your typical hamburger with lettuce, tomato, and cheese, but it also has bacon and
- [Context Shock vs. Culture Shock?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/contextshockvscultureshock/) - June 2022 By Jeff Holland & Josiah Holland, XP Culture Do you know the difference? And is your team equipped to survive both? CONTEXT SHOCK As my team stepped outside the airport terminal and into the hot sun in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, several team members exchanged squinted glances. Even though I had told them
- [Evaluation between Sending and Receiving Partners](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/evaluation-between-sending-and-receiving-partners/) - August 2023 By Kathy Mort, Director of Curriculum and Training, MissionExcellence How do you feel when someone mentions evaluation? For many, it raises anxiety from memories of “pop” quizzes when in school or a test where the questions seemed ambiguous. For others, it generates feelings from a job performance review that was subjective and not MissionExcellence August 2023 By Kathy Mort, Director of Curriculum and Training, MissionExcellence How do you feel when someone mentions evaluation? For many, it raises anxiety from memories of “pop” quizzes when in school or a test where the questions seemed ambiguous. For others, it generates feelings from a job performance review that was subjective and not
- [How does your host define success?](https://missionexcellence.global/articles/how-does-your-host-define-success/) - Have you paused to consider what matters to your hosts? There are some organizations that invite groups to expose them to the work being done.
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- [Empowering and Equipping Minority Missionaries](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/empowering-and-equipping-minority-missionaries/) - Support raising is difficult for all missionaries but minority missionaries have their own challenges. Byron Johnson from Vision 9:38 shares about these challenges, how to overcome them, and what churches and organizations can do to support minority missionaries. Notes: https://www.vision938.org/ https://www.naamcevents.org/ Bio: Byron Johnson's roles included campus staff, campus director, area director, and regional director.
- [Kingdom Resource Raising](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/kingdom-resource-raising/) - What if fundraising was a ministry in itself? What if fundraising and giving became joyful? We talk with Scott Rodin about how we can approach fundraising from a biblical perspective that makes God the fundraiser and us a minister to those around us. Notes: Books by Scott Rodin: Million Dollar Dime, The Sower, The Third
- [Serving in a Muslim Culture](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/serving-in-a-muslim-culture/) - How can you share the gospel with someone in a Muslim culture? This podcast with Pierre Houssney of Horizons International explores some key doctrines of Islam including their view of God, forgiveness, and much more. He also provides some basic ideas that will help you build friendships with muslims and have the confidence to share
- [Serving in an Asian Culture](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/serving-in-an-asian-culture/) - What do you need to know about the culture before serving in an Asian country? While not every country or region is the same, this podcast with “A friend of Asia” will help you with large cultural themes that will help you understand and communicate with those you are visiting. We talk about views of
- [Serving in a European, post-modern, post-Christian culture](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/serving-in-a-european-post-modern-post-christian-culture/) - Gene Harter from Greater Europe Mission discusses how to prepare for ministry in a European, post-modern, post-Christian setting. Before you assume western Europe is just like your culture, have a listen to this podcast! We talk about how to shatter preconceived ideas of visiting Americans and Canadians and the importance of authentic relationships, among many
- [Missions and the Chinese American Church](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/missions-and-the-chinese-american-church/) - John Chow from the Chinese Mission Convention (CMC) and Isabel Lee of the Chinese Bible Church of Maryland share about the contributions of the Chinese Church to the Great Commission. They also share about the CMC Mission Alliance--a unique way for churches to grow in their mission’s engagement. Notes: https://www.sowingseedsofjoy.org John is a trophy of
- [Part II: Mobilizing Communities of Color](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/part-ii-mobilizing-communities-of-color/) - Ron and Starr Nelson, founders of Sowing Seeds of Joy, share about the unique opportunities African Americans have to share the gospel because of their ongoing story of liberation from oppression. They also share about the importance of relationships and a commitment to the long-haul when it comes to partnering with and mobilizing the African
- [Part I: Mobilizing Communities of Color](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/part-i-mobilizing-communities-of-color/) - We are a diverse people and a diverse church--by God’s design. In this episode, we talk with Pastor Adrian Reeves from The National African American Missions Council about the rich history of black missionaries, challenges facing the African American church, and how we can work together as a diverse church to mobilize missionaries. Notes: http://thenaamc.org/
- [Listen, Learn, Serve, Return: a model for urban mission trips](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/listen-learn-serve-return-a-model-for-urban-mission-trips/) - CW Allen from Sunshine Gospel Ministries shares about the Bridge Builders program he leads. Mission teams come to listen, learn, serve, and then return to be “bridge builders” for the gospel in their own communities. We talk about how to leverage the urban mission trip, not just to assist the ministry you’re serving, but to
- [What to know about STMs in a Rural Setting](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/what-to-know-about-stms-in-a-rural-setting/) - Mike Rhoades from Praying Pelican Missions shares with us about the uniqueness of serving in rural communities. Listen to hear about partnering with churches in rural communities, how mission teams can support the work of the local church, and how to be prepared for your mission trip. www.ppm.orgphone number 888.ppm.4090 (1-888-766-4090)info@prayingpelicanmissions.org Mike currently serves as
- [What to know about STMs and Disaster Relief](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/what-to-know-about-stms-and-disaster-relief/) - It seems that one natural disaster hardly leaves the news before another one happens. It’s easy to forget that it can take years for people to recover from disasters. We talk with Karen Carr from Convoy of Hope about how to be ready to help others after a disaster in your area and how to
- [Utah: the forgotten mission field](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/utah-the-forgotten-mission-field/) - Russ East, the founder of Utah Partnerships for Christ (UPFC), and his family were 4th generation Mormons before being invited to a Bible church in their hometown and becoming followers of Jesus. We talk with Russ about how UPFC is reaching out to Mormons in Utah and how mission teams are a part of their
- [How Virtual Mission Experiences Can Support Your Mission](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/how-virtual-mission-experiences-can-support-your-mission/) - Hope’s Promise used virtual mission experiences in a creative way to support their 4 foundational purposes for facilitating in-person mission trips. Colleen Briggs shares what this looked like for them, what they’ve learned, and how they’ve used virtual mission experiences to develop advocates who help support the family-based care of orphans and vulnerable children. Colleen
- [Virtual Mission Trips -- from a Zoom meeting to a fully formed mission experience](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/virtual-mission-trips-from-a-zoom-meeting-to-a-fully-formed-mission-experience/) - We talk with Rev. Jim Bell and Rev. Sandra Dorsainvil, from International Ministries, about how they have developed vibrant virtual mission experiences for people involving everything from a couple of hours to a multi-day mission experience complete with training, cross-cultural interaction, and follow-through. Reverend Jim Bell serves International Ministries as Associate Executive Director for Global
- [Virtual Mission Trips From A Host’s Perspective](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/virtual-mission-trips-from-a-hosts-perspective/) - We talk with Larry McCrary from The Upstream Collective about what he learned from hosting a short-term mission trip with his church in Spain in the months following the COVID shut down in March 2020. We talk about how the idea came about, what they did, how he benefited from it, and what role he
- [Serving At Home](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/serving-at-home/) - Who knew when we were doing short-term mission trips, we were training to serve at home? In this episode we talk with Amanda Roozeboom from ThereforeGo Ministries about how they took what they use for short-term mission teams, to help churches mobilize their members for ministry in their own communities, when COVID shut everything down.
- [Partnership From A Central American Perspective](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/partnership-from-a-central-american-perspective/) - Alberto Araica has led many partnerships between groups in North and Central American countries for Living Water International. He joins us to share his thoughts about partnership from a Central American perspective. Alberto is the CCM Regional Director for Living Water International. He was born in Nicaragua, studied epidemiology at Tulane University in New Orleans,
- [Partnership From a Romanian Pastor’s Perspective](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/partnership-from-a-romanian-pastors-perspective/) - Learn how to partner with the global church by hearing directly from global church leaders! We’re joined by Raul Costea, missionary and pastor of Hope Church Romania, to talk about partnership from his perspective. Start listening today on most of your favorite podcast apps including: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and more! Or you can
- [Doing Distribution Ministries Well](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/doing-distribution-ministries-well/) - We talk with Nathan Roskam from Because International --creators of The Shoe That Grows-- about how to do product or distribution-based ministries with intentionality. Nathan shares some great principles and considerations for how to use the lifecycle of the product to turn distribution from something that can create dependence to something that can develop independence.
- [Partnering with First Nations Ministries](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/partnering-with-first-nations-ministries/) - We talk with Temera Millar from North American Indigenous Ministries (NAIM) about how she came to faith in Jesus as a First Nations person herself. She also shares what she believes is important for partnering and ministering among First Nations people. Start listening today on most of your favorite podcast apps including: Spotify, Apple Podcasts,
- [How To Keep Mission Teams From Cutting You Out!](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/how-to-keep-mission-teams-from-cutting-you-out/) - Do mission teams try to work directly with hosts and cut your agency out of the picture? You know this is not good for the agency, for the hosts, or for the goers! In this conversation, Dale Lusk shares how mission agencies can cut the red tape and be so relevant that mission teams won’t
- [Part I: Preparing Next Gen Short-Term Missionaries for Missions](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/part-i-preparing-next-gen-short-term-missionaries-for-missions/) - We interview Dr. Jolene Erlacher about Gen Z to find out how we can engage this new generations in mission work. Rather than catering to one generation, we seek to understand each generation, what they value, their strengths, weaknesses, and how we can journey together for the sake of the kingdom. Start listening today on
- [Part II: Preparing Next Gen Short-Term Missionaries for Missions](https://missionexcellence.global/podcast/part-ii-preparing-next-gen-short-term-missionaries-for-missions/) - In part 2 of the conversation with Dr. Jolene Erlacher, we talk about about how to prepare Gen Z short-term missionaries for successful, God-honoring mission trips. This includes how we screen and select participants, how we interact with their parents, how we engage them in ministry, how we train and debrief them, and even how
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- [The Missions Academy](https://missionexcellence.global/resource-providers/the-missions-academy/) - The Missions Academy is a curated selection of courses for groups or individuals that will introduce you to Touch the World’s expert training for short-term missions. With a focus on identity, culture, poverty and mission, you will learn to live on mission with principles that will lead to redemptive mission impact. There are over 1.5 million American Christians who serve on short-term mission trips annually. Over 95% of them do not receive pre-trip training. Unfortunately, good intentions may unintentionally lead to harm. Our goal is to change that.
- [Standards Introductory Workshop | May 2026](https://missionexcellence.global/workshops/standards-introductory-workshop-may-2026/) - Description MissionExcellence Standards Introductory Workshop (SIW) is a 10-hour seminar designed to help short-term mission leaders and mobilizers make their mission trips better. We’ll look at all Seven Standards and how these are key elements of successful, God-honoring mission trips. The workshop is taught by experienced MissionExcellence trainers, is interactive, and uses case studies and small group
- [Standards Introductory Workshop | March 2026](https://missionexcellence.global/workshops/standards-introductory-workshop-march-2026/) - Description MissionExcellence Standards Introductory Workshop (SIW) is a 10-hour seminar designed to help short-term mission leaders and mobilizers make their mission trips better. We’ll look at all Seven Standards and how these are key elements of successful, God-honoring mission trips. The workshop is taught by experienced MissionExcellence trainers, is interactive, and uses case studies and small group
- [Standards Introductory Workshop | October 2026](https://missionexcellence.global/workshops/standards-introductory-workshop-october-20-22-2026-online/) - Description MissionExcellence Standards Introductory Workshop (SIW) is a 12-hour seminar designed to help short-term mission leaders and mobilizers make their mission trips better. We’ll look at all Seven Standards and how these are key elements of successful, God-honoring mission trips. The workshop is taught by experienced MissionExcellence trainers, is interactive, and uses case studies and small group
- [How to Plan a Short-Term Mission Trip](https://missionexcellence.global/free-downloads/how-to-plan-a-short-term-mission-trip/) - “How to Plan a Mission Trip” was designed as a quick resource for pastors and church leaders who want to mobilize their church for missions. Many books have been written on how to plan a mission trip and are helpful tools. The purpose of this booklet is to provide a basic framework for planning a

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