More on Kurt Ver Beek's research on short-term missions

Publications

• Ver Beek, Kurt. 2008. Lessons from the sapling: Review of quantitative research on short-term missions. In Effective Engagement in Short-Term Missions: Doing it Right!(edited by Robert Priest, William Carey Library), pp. 469-496. Lessons from the Sapling :

• Are Short-Term Missions Good Stewardship? (Christianity Today's on-line discussion about Short-Term Missions between Kurt Ver Beek and Robert Priest, associate professor of mission and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. June 2005).

• The Impact of Short Term Missions: A Case Study of House Construction in Honduras after Hurricane Mitch. Missiology: An International Review, October 2006 Special Edition, pp.477-496. Online Information (article by Kurt Alan Ver Beek).

   1. Appendix 1 - Full Survey and Response Rate
   2. Appendix 2 - Individual Giving
   3. Appendix 3 - Church Giving

Presentations

Lecture:

• Audio Recording of Kurt's Short-Term Missions Lecture at Calvin College

Interviews:

• Two Short-Term Missions Interviews
  Calvin College Inner Campus & Short Term Mission Audio

MediaMentions

• 360° Vision Television program episode about the real effects of Short-Term Missions using the research of Kurt Ver Beek as one of the sources of information.

• Media mentions of Kurt's research

Interviews:

• Two Short-Term Missions Interviews
  Calvin College Inner Campus & Short Term Mission Audio

Resources

• International Service Learning: A Call to Caution (Chapter 5 in Commitment and Connection; editors Gail Gunst-Heffner and Claudia DeVries-Beversluis) University Press of America: New York, NY, 2002

• The Cost of Short-Term Missions (article by Jo Ann Van Engen), The Other Side Jan/Feb 2000.

• Reanalysis of Purvis (1993) data on reported giving vs. actual missions giving as a result of a STM experience.

• Study Questions: Whether Short-Term Missions Make a Difference (article by Abram Huyser Honig). Christianity Today June 2005.