How could individuals or a team on a short-term ministry trip from a local church make the greatest contribution to the work of field partners? Doubtless hundreds, maybe thousands, of creative ministries have been tried over the years. Perhaps one of the possibilities noted here may be a new avenue of service your short-termers can use to further Kingdom goals.

Why not note which types of expertise you could offer, then share this list with your field hosts to stimulate creative thinking. It is important to defer the final decision to those on site. They are best equipped to define how you can truly serve. Note that some of these ideas are clearly suited exclusively to a Majority World context and others, specifically to a more developed situation. The level of expertise required for any given type of service will also vary from location to location.

This inventory only begins to scratch the surface of possibilities. Send us ministry approaches you have used that aren’t included here. We want to compile a much more complete list. [Click below to continue.]