{"id":49,"date":"2008-08-22T09:51:19","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=49"},"modified":"2008-08-22T09:51:19","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T14:51:19","slug":"churches-retool-mission-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2008\/08\/22\/churches-retool-mission-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches Retool Mission Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from washingtonpost.com<\/p>\n<p><em>Critics scornfully call such trips &#8220;religious tourism&#8221; undertaken by &#8220;vacationaries.&#8221; Some blunders include a wall built on the children&#8217;s soccer field at an orphanage in Brazil that had to be torn down after the visitors left. In Mexico, a church was painted six times during one summer by six different groups. In Ecuador, a church was built but never used because the community said it was not needed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To make missionary work more meaningful, some churches are taking a different approach. In response to the criticism, a growing number of churches and agencies that put together short-term trips are revamping their programs and establishing new standards.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/07\/04\/AR2008070402233_pf.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=49&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from washingtonpost.com Critics scornfully call such trips &#8220;religious tourism&#8221; undertaken by &#8220;vacationaries.&#8221; Some blunders include a wall built on the children&#8217;s soccer field at an orphanage in Brazil that had to be torn down after the visitors left. In Mexico, a church was painted six times during one summer by six different groups. In Ecuador, a church was built but never used because the community said it was not needed. To make missionary work more meaningful, some churches are taking a different approach. In response to the criticism, a growing number of churches and agencies that put together short-term trips are revamping their programs and establishing new standards. 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