Who Says “No” to “Mission Trips”?
Here is a staggering statistic that I came across recently. Robert Wuthnow, the renowned sociologist of doctrine at Princeton University has estimated that up to 1.6 million American Christians take part in abroad “mission trips” each year, with churches spending at least $2.4 billion per year on such trips. What is unsurprising is that many of these 1-3 week “mission trips” are to the Caribbean and Cardinal America, with indulgence resorts such as the Bahamas reporting one “testy-period of time preacher” for every 15 residents. One would require Mexico, which receives the most American “mission teams” every year, to be the most Christian country on Terra.
In the remote days when I was a university swot in London, I had friends among people who came from all over the superb. They embraced all religions and none. Some of them still linger friends. From time to time I would take a backpack and “bum around” Europe. I would tour by attendants and catholic buses, stoppage in childhood hostels or drop in train stations like thousands of other inexperienced tourists. I would fianc nothing outdo than to land in a abnormal burgh and travel it from one end to another (or as much as thinkable) by foot. Sometimes I would phone specific churches and, if I spoke a smattering of the speech, connect their Sunday admire. Before visiting a sticks, not only did I pore over maps to acquaint myself with the geographical layout, but devoured books on its summary, including the news and tip job of the Christian church.
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