Whenever someone disses short-term missions, I like to ask, “Have you ever met someone who went long term without first going short term?” One guy answered, “Yes, I did.” Cheeky little missionary! But that is the exception rather than the rule.
A friend of Missions Catalyst, Holly, is working on a project and looking for statistics from mission agencies on what percentage of your short-term workers have become long-term workers. If anyone knows where these kinds of statistics can be found or if you would like to contribute your own agency’s statistics, contact Holly. Information is needed by end of April 2014.
Thanks for helping Holly out. We’ll work with her to get the results out in a future Practical Mobilization article.