January 14, 2011 | Discipleship

Short Term Mission Trips Make an Impact on At-Risk Youth

Interesting study on how short term mission trips make an impact on at-risk youth:

The Barna Group, a research organization that focuses on “the intersection of faith and culture,” recently released a study looking at the impact of short term missions and found what Adventures in Missions has seen in its own participants: short term mission trips change lives.

…According to the Barna study, 85 percent of the youth that were surveyed
felt more loved by God and more than 80 percent said they learned new
things about God and Jesus.

Read more: The Impact of Short Term Mission Trips on Youth

Have you seen this to be the case?