This article lists six ways your may consider for doing short-term missions well.

Short-term mission work for Christians should be a cross-bearing exercise. If the cross of Christ is excluded, then short-term missions becomes a secular exercise. This article shows how to apply biblical spirituality in short-term missions, in order that people might experience the power of the cross.

One danger of short-term missions is that they have the potential to cause dependency. This article discusses some ways to avoid the development of dependency in short-term mission work.