Life Changing Mission helps short-term missions teams get the most out of their trip and live on mission once they get back home.
Mission trips give participants a unique opportunity to see and experience God differently than they do at home. While most people who take short term mission trips describe them as life-changing, the truth is that after they return home, not a lot changes in how they live day-to-day, and the memories start to fade. Life Changing Mission offers ten impactful devotions from Acts for short-term mission teams that will help them prepare spiritually for their trip, stay connected to Jesus while they serve, and continue to expand God’s kingdom when they return home.
The devotions will help reader connect what they are doing each day to God’s big kingdom and see how God is using them, just as he did the early Christians, to bring hope and healing to the world. Each devotion emphasizes the power of God to use weak and needy people to bring the gospel to a broken world.
AUTHOR
Patric Knaak, MA, is the Deputy Director of Mission at Serge, where he helps grow their renewal, church planting, and leadership development programs. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, Patric has worked in curriculum development and was the pastor for spiritual formation at Naperville Presbyterian Church (IL) before joining Serge. He is the editor of On Mission: Devotions for Your Short-Term Trip and coauthor of Psalms: Real Prayers for Real Life. A veteran of nearly a dozen mission trips, he's seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to living out grace at the fray.
Serge is an international missions organization dedicated to sending and caring for missionaries, mentoring and training ministry leaders globally, and creating gospel-centered resources for personal and church renewal. They emphasize the transformative power of the gospel of grace in the believer's life, focusing on ongoing renewal and equipping leaders and believers for mission.
"Life-Changing Mission is a great resource for those going on short-term mission trips. The book is full of timely, relevant, and insightful reflections on passages from the book of Acts, written by experienced missionaries. I highly recommend it!"
Lloyd Kim, Coordinator, Mission to the World
"Short-term mission trips have the potential to range from okay to life-changing. It's when we experience God and have a sense of how he is at work in and through us that mission trips have the ability to move the needle of our lives dramatically. This devotional seeks to do that very thing—to connect us to God and his grace for us and to send us on his mission to bring his love into his world."
Chad Brewer, Coordinator, RUF International and RUF Global
"Life-Changing Mission by Serge is an inspiring guide for anyone embarking on a short-term trip. With heartfelt, gospel-centered devotions, this book transforms travel into a meaningful journey. It is written from years of experience and a deep love for God's mission. This book is a comprehensive spiritual resource, making it an essential companion for your next mission trip!"
Robert Kim, Philip and Rebecca Douglass Chair of Church Planting and Christian Formation, associate professor, Covenant Theological Seminary
"Life-Changing Mission is the perfect devotional for anyone heading out on a short-term mission trip. Packed with real stories from missionaries and powerful insights from the book of Acts, it will help you grow closer to God and give you the courage to make a lasting impact as you serve others. Get ready to experience something truly life-changing!"
Neil Powell, Redeemer City to City; co-director, The London Project; author of Together for the City
"Life-Changing Mission drew me in like an overture of a favorite symphony. All the textures of beauty and conflict, tension and resolution, brokenness and hope are included in this wonderful collection of contributions from dear friends who serve Jesus through Serge. This resource has no posing or pretending but contains real stories of how the lyric, music, and dance of the gospel has compelled my friends to live, long, and love to the glory of God among the nations of the world. I am grateful to call this family of missionaries my family. Their tears and hope are mine."
Scotty Smith, Pastor Emeritus, Christ Community Church, Franklin, TN; teacher-in-residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, TN
"As a person who has led more than fifty short-term mission trips, I would highly recommend this book for your short-term mission team, particularly the daily devotions for when you are on the field. Each devotion is based in Scripture, with both biblical truth and personal stories interwoven into each day's reading. They also give the reader room for personal reflection each day, to process how God has revealed himself during that day's work. This is a highly useful tool for short-term mission teams."
Danny Kwon, Senior Director of Youth Ministry Content and Cross-Cultural Initiatives, Rooted Ministry
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