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Despite Benefits, Few Americans Have Experienced Short-Term Mission Trips

A new study from The Barna Group shows that most of the people who embark on service adventures describe the trips as life-changing. In fact, three-quarters of trip-goers report that the experience changed their life in some way. Yet the research also shows that few adults - including a small percentage of Christians - have ever gone on a short-term service trip. 

For millennia, the missionary journey was an essential aspect of religious commitment. The twist promoted in recent decades has been the short-term mission trip – the compression of a missionary journey into a few days or a few weeks. Find out how many Americans have ever been on a short-term mission trip and how short-term service experiences affect the people who go. Click here for more.