2008 STMLC Program and Presenters
Risk Assessment and Crisis Management in Short-Term Missions — Keeping Your Short-Term Teams Safe in a Risky World
PLEnaRY SPEAKERS
Bob Klamser (see Bob’s bio) of Crisis Consulting International (C.C.I.) will serve as our primary STMLC 2008 plenary speaker. C.C.I. provides emergency or crisis assistance to international Christian organizations encountering terrorist threats and other emergencies. C.C.I. has been involved in these events worldwide, successfully negotiating the release of a number of missionary hostages. Their crisis management capability and experience extends well beyond hostage or terrorist events, ranging from resolving a bombing campaign directed toward a mission facility to handling extortion demands levied against mission personnel. Bob’s main sessions will cover:
What Is Risk Assessment, and Why Should I Do It?
How Much Risk Is Too Much?
It's Your Crisis. Manage It!
Eric Iverson is a twenty-two year urban youth ministry veteran and a product of urban youth ministry. Eric is currently serving as the Multicultural Integrity Director for the short-term youth mission organization, YouthWorks. Eric consults, teaches, and trains nationally around issues of poverty, race, justice, and youth ministry. His focuses are to assist YouthWorks and other short-term organizations to 1) do justice among and for the people they serve and 2) avoid the potential for a “drive-by” missions’ mentality among Christians today. Eric's large group is titled:
Jesus, Justice, and Jubilee: Missions At Risk of Missing the Mark
David Armstrong spent 19 years with OC International in
Guatemala, Colombia, and Costa Rica. His time living and ministering in
other cultures, training youth and lay leaders, and working with
pastors provides a valuable backlog of experience to draw from in his
ministry at Mission Data International (M-DAT), where he helps raise up
and prepare the next generation of missionaries. Much of David's effort
is currently providing opportunities and resources through the
nationally known web site, www.ShortTermMissions.com.
- Trends in Short-Term Mission: Influences Affecting the Future of Your Program
Workshops
- Urban Missions: The Field Is Closer Than You Think — Eric Iverson, YouthWorks!, Minneapolis, MN
Church-Based STMs: How Does It All Work — Ruth White, Cherry Hills Community Church, Highlands Ranch, CO
- Design Successful Mission Trips with Your Missionary — David Armstrong, www.shorttermmissions.com
- Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission — David Armstrong, www.shorttermmissions.com
- Defining Success for Your STM — Jolene Cassellius, North Central University, Minneapolis, MN
- Team Leaders Leading Difficult People — Michael White, North Central University, Minneapolis, MN and Ryan Schlangen, STEM Ministries, Minneapolis, MN
- Effective On-Field Team Meetings — David Collette, Michigan
The Nuts and Bolts of a STM Outreach — Wayne Sneed, Orphanos Foundation, Memphis, TN
- MISTM Theory (Maximum Impact Short-Term Mission 101: The Basics Everyone Needs!) — Roger Peterson, STEM Int'l, Minneapolis, MN
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