Legal Structure
The U.S. Standards of Excellence
in Short-Term Mission is a division of AESTM —
the Alliance for Excellence in Short-Term Mission — a
U.S.-based religious/education 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit
organization.
Structurally, the Standards Steering Committee reports to
the AESTM Board. Operationally, the Standards Steering
Committee has been commissioned with full authority to guide,
monitor, and direct the SOE, to determine levels of membership,
to oversee the process for determining whether a given member
remains in compliance, and to determine the
operational/administrative structure needed to administer the
SOE.
The Standards Steering Committee is a volunteer committee,
consisting of two AESTM board-appointed members, and an
additional 8-15 people from various churches, agencies, and
schools across the U.S. The Standards Steering Committee which
was empowered in June 2003 to launch the SOE is listed below.
steering committee that Launched
the SOE in 2003
The organizations they served at that time is noted.
(*) denotes current SOE Executive Committee Member- David Armstrong* Mission Data International / ShortTermMissions.com - Siloam Springs AR
- Rod Arnold Teen Mania - Garden Valley TX
- Scott Bessenecker InterVarsity Christian Fellowship - Madison WI
- Dave Bidwell Youth for Christ International / Project Serve - Englewood CO
- Felicity Burrow International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Conv. - Richmond VA
- Doug Calhoun Christ Church / National Short-Term Mission Conf. - Oak Brook IL
- Jenny Collins* Taylor University - Upland IN
- Barb Dewald* Northwestern College - Orange City IA
- Mark Harris U.S. Center for World Mission - Pasadena CA
- Brian Heerwagon* DELTA Ministries - Portland OR
- Sean Lambert Youth with a Mission - San Diego CA
- David Lee Assemblies of God World Missions - Springfield MO
- Milt Monell Campus Crusade for Christ - Orlando FL
- Rich Peil Reign Ministries - Minneapolis MN
- Roger Peterson STEM Int'l - Minneapolis MN (AESTM board-appointed)
- Laura Dill Warner* Perimeter Church - Atlanta GA (AESTM board-appointed)