So you've heard the need and want to get out there and make a difference. Now you're thinking that it could be helpful to do a little preparation, learn some skills, and get some training. But where do you start?
We've put together a selection of missions education and training sites to get you started. Scroll through and select from the logos and descriptions on the right to find out more about the amazing training opportunities that are out there.
These websites (active as of 09/08) are a sampling of suggested places for you to start your research. Create Emerge does not take responsibility for the listed organizations’ beliefs and practices.
US CENTER FOR WORLD MISSION God cannot lead you on the basis of facts you do not know. Hear daily about the incredible things God is doing throughout the world and where you might fit in most strategically. A variety of different training options are available.
PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT A missions training course whose vision is to mobilise the Church worldwide for cross-cultural mission to the least-reached people. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement can also be taken online.
KAIROS COURSE A condensed version of Perspectives, it is a missions training course with a vision is to mobilise the Church worldwide for cross-cultural mission to least-reached people groups.
YWAM INTERNATIONAL FRONTIER MISSIONS 50,000 people will die each day without Christ. The goal is to change this by helping people take the Gospel to those who have never heard. YWAM IFM trains people to go and start churches where none exist.
ONESTORY It’s been 2,000 years since Jesus walked the earth, but millions of people still haven’t heard the story. OneStory’s unique two year training program in chronological Bible storytelling has been tested in multiple countries and many languages. OneStory is a partnership between 5 different missions agencies.
YWAM AUSTRALIA From art evangelism to community development ...from children at risk to frontier media...Youth With a Mission Australia offers many missions training opportunities at locations from Perth to Darwin to Tasmania, and numerous bases in between..
BETHANY COLLEGE OF MISSIONS program offers a combination of biblical and theological studies, discipleship and introductory courses to missions and cross-cultural studies followed by Global Internships; field-based experiential and academic learning.
TREK is an intense short term mission opportunity, designed to help you learn, grow and serve. You will partner with our international missionary teams as they engage in holistic church planting that transforms communities among the least reached.
MISSION TRAINING INTERNATIONAL offers training to help individuals and families to be effective cross-cultural messengers. MTI focuses on character development training and debriefing. Their programs are community based, family-friendly, and experiential.
CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS is an international, interdenominational organization that exists to train and equip men and women with the Word of God, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and with a lifestyle of worship, to reach the nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
