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Re-Imagining Short-Term Missions

In this podcast we take an honest look at short-term mission practices, and talk frankly about unhelpful models even as we dream of healthy alternatives. In this podcast we look critically at the top-down, one-way, unbalanced relationship dynamics between sending organizations and the communities that receive their teams. Instead, understanding that all churches in every culture are broken in some way, we try to re-imagine how churches in cross-cultural partnership can serve one another in mutuality service. The essential aim of this podcast is to consider new ways for Christ-followers in every part of the world to collaborate, working together to meet the world's deep needs.

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Re-Imagining Short-Term Missions

Humility in Short-term Missions: Learning to learn, learning to love, with David Sanon and Stephanie Robinson of Konbit Haiti

February 21, 2023 • Forrest Inslee, Stephanie Robinson, and David Sagnon • Season 1 • Episode 4

When it comes to short-term missions, how can we learn about history and culture of the people we go to serve—and even more importantly, how can we begin to build strong working relationships with our hosts before we go? How do we cultivate the humility among team members that helps us to work quietly alongside the people we visit, rather than assuming a role in the spotlight?

In this episode, Forrest talks with two of the authors from the book Re-Imagining Short-Term Missions—David Sanon and Stephanie Robinson of the nonprofit Konbit Haiti. As an organization that has hosted many short-term teams, they have learned that the challenge of re-imagining short-term missions requires that short-term visitors learn to “stand in the back” as they serve cross culturally, rather than assume roles of leadership or expertise.

(A note about the voices you’ll hear in this episode: In addition to sharing her own views, Stephanie will translate David’s responses as well.)

Konbit Haiti

Northwest University MA in International Community Development

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