Study Questions Whether Short-Term Missions Make a Difference

Abram Huyser Honig says Missionaries don't keep giving after they return; hosts prefer money to guests, Calvin sociologist finds.
Christianity Today June 20, 2005
(via Open Book)

Topics we who participate in such short mission trips think about a lot.

Of course, it's said that the trip to church on Sunday often doesn't seem to have any effect on us the rest of the week. And a church can seem more concerned that your check shows up each week than that you do.