Stepping Out: A Guide to Short-term Missions

This book is packed with essential advice for preparing for, going on, and returning from short-term missions. Whether you are eighteen or seventy-eight, single or married with kids, the combined experience of over thirty missions leaders and experts will help you

• connect with mission agencies and pick the one that's right for you;


• get needed support from your church, your pastor, and your family;


• evaluate your motives and expectations;


• survive and thrive in foreign cultures;


• work with teams and leaders;


• keep growing after you return from your trip.

Authors include: Loren Cunningham, Dick Staub, Lucinda Secrest McDowell, Paul Borthwick, Miriam Adeney, Ralph D. Winter, George Verwer

"Short-term mission experiences can transform typical church members into radical disciples. . . . At last, we have a brilliant book that tells us exactly how to make these learning/serving mission tours happen." --Tony Campolo, professor emeritus, Eastern College

"In my travels of more than three decades, I've become increasingly aware of our privilege, opportunity, and obligation to spread the good news of Jesus Christ worldwide. Stepping Out is a significant step in discovering the range of opportunities open to people of nearly any age and background. It is most practical help that I recommend without reservation." --Ted W. Engstrom, president emeritus, World Vision

"The short-term movement isn't going away. It's scope has been unexpected. We've been unprepared. Literally hundreds of thousands of the brightest and the best are still groping because they never got into their hands a wise, searching book like this." --Dr. Ralph Winter, U.S. Center for World Mission