Short Term Connections
SIM USA understands the value of short term team mission trips through our church partners. The goals for these mission engagements are threefold:
- To provide a significant experience for individuals and groups who are interested in short term missions to help them discover/discern their role in global missions – exposure, place of service, and spiritual growth.
- To provide resources of people, material, financial and prayer support to field ministries to enhance efforts in evangelism, church planting, Christian Education, work forces and service support ministries.
- To open the door for churches, schools, colleges, institutions, organizations, and other groups to develop an ongoing relationship and to partner with mission fields and SIM-related ministries.
Whether you are a church partner interested in planning a short term trip for members of your congregation, an individual considering God's calling on your life as a potential missionary, or a Kingdom investor wanting to observe and interact with the fruit of your investment -- a short term engagement may be right for you.
We encourage you to talk with our Teams Coordinator to explore options.
Some general questions you will need to consider would be:
- Are you interested in a particular country or people?
- What level of cross-cultural training or experience do you have?
- When would you like to go and how long do you desire to stay?
- What type of ministry/service interests you?
- Does your group have specific skills or training?
- How many team members do you anticipate?
- Do you desire to lead a team?
- Have you considered time needed for orientation and pre-field training?
- How do you plan to finance your trip?
SIM USA can help you achieve your goals of cross-cultural ministry engagement. From providing necessary missional training, to coordination and planning your mission trip -- including travel, receipting for financial gifts, insurance, and planned service or ministry.
Find out more by contacting our Church Teams Department directly at (800) 521-6449, or via email to simusa.churchpartnering@sim.org.
