Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Leader's Guide

Corbett, Steve; Fikkert, Brian; Casselberry, Katie [Contributor]

ISBN 10: 0802412297 / ISBN 13: 9780802412294

Published by Moody Publishers, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Leader's Guide
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802412297
• ISBN 13: 9780802412294
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 12 ounces

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Synopsis

With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions.

Helping Without Hurting: Short Term MissionsLeader’s Guide is aimed at the preparation and debriefing of short-term missionaries. Accompanying Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions Participants’ Guide, it is an ideal resource for church leaders, missions pastors, and youth pastors who make short-term missions planning decisions and desire to prevent inadvertent harm as they enter materially poor communities.

With direction for designing STMs well in light of the principles of When Helping Hurt,practical examples from short-term trips to illustrate those principles, and suggested resources for further learning and implimentatin, this guide is an all-in-one manual for leaders. Plus, it shows the content of the participant’s guide with annotation and teaching notes to guide leaders as they facilitate sessions with participants.

About the Author

Steve Corbett is the Community Development Specialist for the Chalmers Center at Covenant College and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Community Development at Covenant College.

Brian Fikkert is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chalmers Center at Covenant College, as well as a Professor of Economics and Community Development at Covenant College.