Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
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COVID has forced churches and organizations to put a halt on sending more than 1.6 million participants from the U.S. on short-term mission trips. You and your church may be wondering what you will be doing this year to serve and learn with God’s people around the world. For some, you might not even be…
The temptation is strong and will grow as your mission trip departure date approaches. The mere thought of traveling to and working in Third World communities is enough to get our anxiety working overtime: Will I be safe? Can I drink the water? Will I be able to handle the poverty? What will it be…
In the fall of 2014, my wife, TJ, encouraged me to look into going on a mission trip through Pittsburgh Seminary’s World Mission Initiative. I was apprehensive in the beginning because this was my first year in seminary and I had never been outside the United States or Canada. After looking at the different trips…