New Mission Trend: Short-Term Missions

Year 2010, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 137 - 161, 01.03.2010

Süleyman Turan

Abstract

This article deals with the “Short-Term Missions” which came into being in the second half of the twentieth century and has become a very popular mission trend among Christians. After a brief introduction, which describes what this new trend and its content are, it examines the attractive aspects of this trend, its contributions to Christian missionary works, its negative aspects, some recommendations to short-term missionaries, and various statistical data concerned with the subject. Some churches and missionary organizations believe that this new trend has provided important contribution to Christian missionary efforts and will continue to do so. This situation makes the new paradigm for the mission an urgent in the sense of a better understanding of the present day Christian mission

Keywords

Short-term Mission/s, Short-term Missionary, Mission Trips, Tent-making Missionary, Christianity

Yeni Misyon Trendi: Kısa Süreli Misyonerlik

Abstract

Bu makalede, XX. yüzyılın ikinci yarısında ortaya çıkan ve yüzyılın sonlarına doğru Hıristiyanların oldukça rağbet ettiği popüler bir trend haline gelen “Kısa Süreli Misyonerlik” anlayışı ele alınmaktadır. Bu yeni anlayışın ne’liği ve niceliğini ortaya koyan bir girişten sonra makalede; bu trendi cazip kılan faktörler, Hıristiyan misyonerliğine katkıları, olumsuz yönleri ile kısa süreli misyonerlere yönelik bazı tavsiyeler ve konuyla ilgili çeşitli istatistiksel verilere yer verilmiştir. Bazı kilise ve misyon teşkilatları, Hıristiyanlar arasında kısa zamanda popüler olan bu yeni misyon eğiliminin Hıristiyan misyonerliğinin geleceği açısından önemli katkılar sağladığı ve sağlamaya da devam edeceği kanısındadırlar. Bu durum, günümüz misyonerliğinin daha iyi anlaşılması noktasında bu yeni misyon anlayışının ortaya konulmasını elzem hale getirmiştir

Keywords

Kısa Süreli Misyonerlik, Kısa Süreli Misyoner, Misyon Gezileri, Çadır Yapım Misyonerliği, Hıristiyanlık

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