Understanding and Assessing Poverty in Short-Term Missions
Explore the complexities of poverty to learn how to approach the materially poor so that your efforts to serve with help and not hurt others or yourself in the process.
Bundle includes
Here are all the courses that are included in your bundle.
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All Courses, Poverty
What is Poverty? Exploring the Complexities
Poverty is not one-size-fits-all. It is a complex system derived from various factors and leads to multiple outcomes. Explore the basic theories of poverty and how the Bible can give us insight into understanding disparities of wealth and more.
$19
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All Courses, Poverty
Understanding Poverty to Help Without Hurting
This course focuses on understanding some of the complexities of poverty and how a basic knowledge of extreme poverty builds empathy for serving in the Majority World. It is an essential component of training for short-term missions work.
$29
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All Courses, Culture, Poverty, Mission
Short-Term Missions: Case Studies
Analyze the actions of real short-term mission teams. Evaluate the impact of those trips—what went well and what did not—so that you and your group will not make the same mistakes.
$19
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All Courses, Mission
Core Mission Principles
This course provides an overview of the Core Mission Principles that guide all Touch The World short-term mission trips and will provide an opportunity for you to reflect on the principles that should guide your upcoming service.
$9
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All Courses
Top 6 Common Mistakes on a Short-Term Mission Trip
Are you preparing to go on a short-term mission trip or plan to take on in the future? Before you go, it's important to be aware of possible mistakes that can be made on-field and what your hosts want you to know before you go.
Free
Course Instructors
Who will you learn from?
Executive Director, Touch The World Jesse Kroeze
My name is Jesse Kroeze and I’m the Executive Director at Touch the World. Short-term mission trips have played an incredibly important role in my life since high school. It was through those trips that I was able to experience God in a tangible way, embrace my faith as my own and then step into my calling to serve in a longer term capacity. For 5 years, I helped lead and work alongside a team of Ugandan, Kenyan and American missionaries serving a rural community in Northern Uganda. Traveling and living abroad has taught me more about myself and about God. With that experience, I now serve on the Board of Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission and full-time day-to-day I lead Touch the World, a missions organization that exists to equip youth to live out the mission of God every day, no matter where they are and whatever role God has called them to.
Training & Curriculum Coordinator Andrea Kroeze
Andrea loves all things cozy: mugs filled with warm drinks, blankets and books. She is usually found organizing, creating a system, decorating her home, being a mom to 3 kids, or stretching her mind through a book or podcast. With 5 years experience living overseas in Uganda, Africa, Andrea's passion is equipping and training students in cultural understanding and preparing them for a life of mission.
Why is learning about poverty necessary?
Poverty is complex and multi-dimensional. There are various causes of poverty, outputs of poverty and responses to poverty; particularly from a Christian worldview. Whether you are preparing to encounter economic poverty through a short-term mission trip or just want to be more equipped to understanding poverty on a global scale, it's necessary to break down preconceived ideas and create a more holistic picture of poverty. Not only will this understanding equip you with tangible responses that will help instead of hurt, it will enable you to engage with those living in economic poverty with more empathy and dismantle an "us vs. them" mentality that can often be pervasive within the realm of short-term missions.