In Short-Term MissionPartnerships: Lessons from Paul and the Philippians, Daniel Rickett describes how Paul’s relationship with the church at Philippi calls for a different paradigm of short-term mission that:
Changes the way we envision and plan short-term missions.
Changes our approach from a hodgepodge of unrelated trips to a series of intentional engagements with the same people in the same place.
Changes our starting position from being givers to first being friends.
Changes our orientation from being teachers and service providers to being companions in the gospel.
Changes our methods from doing for others to accompanying others in living like citizens of heaven on earth.
Changes the impression we leave from being tourists to being fellow citizens in the struggle to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8).