Are Short term teams worth the effort?

They take a lot of energy, are costly and sometimes emotionally messy. Put a team of relative unknowns under the pressure of cross cultural, cross language ministry and watch the sparks fly. Having said that, they are worth it, I am a living testimony that they have a much farther impact than we will ever see this side of eternity. John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church and leader of Desiring God Ministries, in Minneapolis, MN, says, "One of the payoffs is that there is scarcely today an under-fifty missionary on the field who didn't do a short term mission before they went out." Grace Team, watch out!