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Ministry Opportunity: Director of International School

Rain Forest International School (RFIS) is seeking a Christian school director with excellent interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills in addition to extensive cross-cultural understanding to lead a multicultural staff and student body on a beautiful, large, tranquil campus. Our website: rfis.org

The ideal candidate will have an international mindset, and with the collaboration and support of a very experienced staff, will have the freedom to lead the school and expand its scope in a cross-cultural community. Ideal start date is late May 2025 to prepare for August 2025 school start.

Provide spiritual leadership and vision for the school community
Work under the policy governance model to implement and report compliance on board policies as defined in the RFIS Policy Manual (can be requested).
Lead the Administrative Team made up of: Director of Technical Services, Director of Admin & Finance, Director of Culture, Community and Discipline, Director of Athletics, Director of Academics, Assistant Director
Work with the school administrative team to implement board policies and operational policies that stay within board guidelines including:
Develop, implement, promote, and evaluate programs and activities that ensure students and faculty meet academic standards and provide a great working environment
Identify and help recruit for staffing needs
Promote RFIS for student recruitment
Ensure the fiscal health of the school
Identify assignments, supervise, and ensure appropriate and timely professional development of all staff, with the support of the Assistant Director and Academic Director
Communicate clearly in writing and at public events with staff, parents, students, school board, and community

A sincere and growing personal faith in Christ and commitment to the great commission
Agreement with the school’s statement of faith
Ideally, multicultural / cross-cultural experience (ability in French is desirable but not required)
At least 5 years of combined experience in teaching and administration, preferably in an international school
Master’s degree in Educational Administration or a related field, or equivalent experience
Since this is a non-paid position, the candidate must be willing to raise their own financial support or self-fund
Must serve with [or be seconded to] an approved Christian mission organization with a presence in Cameroon for the purpose of member care and accountability

Application Requirements:

CV / Resume
Christian testimony
Philosophy of Christian Education (ACSI; can be completed concurrently with interview process)
2 professional and 2 personal references (one from the applicant’s pastor)
Criminal background reference check
Ideally, an initial 2-year commitment

Initial Contact for Applicants:

Tony Westrate, Chair of Director Search Committee, tony_westrate@sil.org
All applicants will receive an email confirmation of receipt.
Applications will be reviewed at the end of each month (beginning December 2024), until a Director is selected.

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The INN: Metro Philly Coffee Shop

As we focus on reaching Arabic speakers and Muslims from the Middle East and North Africa, the coffee shop in Metro Philly provides an ideal setting for building relationships within the community. The coffee shop is also a good financial investment that we trust will help fund The INN’s ministry in Metro Philly, as well as ongoing ministry in the Middle East and North Africa.

We seek to engage refugees from around the globe and are looking for teammates with a heart gripped with God’s love for those who have not had access to the Truth.

Creating a comfortable environment where people can gather is key to developing trusting relationships that lead to spiritual engagement. Our two-story shop provides a peaceful setting for quiet, safe conversations. Holding up to fifty people, there is room to host culture discussions, ESL classes, Bible studies, and small group meetings. Through this engagement, our prayer is that many will come to faith in Christ, be discipled, and that a church will be nurtured and planted that will multiply in both the US and in the homelands of those we serve.

We are looking for new team members to join us! We are specifically looking for workers interested in living and serving in the greater Philadelphia area who will utilize the coffee shop to grow deep, spiritual relationships with our Arabic-speaking and Muslim neighbors.

Join the team and use your skills, passions, and spiritual gifts to create ministry opportunities to serve the nations among us! Formal Bible training and an exposure to missiological principles are helpful but not required.

Mature Christian: People who love God, love people, and can maintain spiritual disciplines as they work with people resistant to the gospel
Evangelism and Discipleship: Desire to share the gospel and disciple people from different world views, religions, and backgrounds
Church Planting and Multiplication: Desire to participate in implementing creative church planting and multiplication strategies
Team Player: Good interpersonal, listening, and communication skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively on a team and within a local network
Marketplace Worker: Desire to serve in a local coffee shop managed by The INN to build genuine relationships in the community
Learner: A willingness to be part of a learning community dedicated to growing their skills, gifts, and abilities in church planting and multiplication while serving in a diaspora community

Outreach: Use your skills in ESL, literacy, teaching, youth ministry, and holistic ministry to help our friends adapt to life in the US. Come and share the love of Christ in word and deed through our local coffee shop and build relationships with our new neighbors!
Evangelism and Discipleship: Journey with your contacts through dynamic spiritual conversations, sharing the truths of scripture and discipling them into an intentional, growing relationship with Christ
Church planting: Be part of a team that desires to plant reproducing house churches in the local diaspora community
Community Service: Serve local diaspora along with the team and local network through meeting felt needs and building genuine relationships

Philippines-Producing and Translating Discipleship and Training Materials

To join an established church planting network in producing and translating discipleship and training materials that are biblically sound and culturally relevant, aiding in the spiritual development of local churches and church plants.

Work with a team to create, adapt, and translate resources for discipleship and leadership training. This position is on a team with an established church planting network with opportunities across the socioeconomic spectrum, including both urban professionals and informal settlers. The current primary focus is on training up elders and then equipping local elders in edifying their churches. This position also includes working with a team on planning and executing training and other church events.

A love for Christ and the church
Theological training
Experience in writing or translation
Cross-cultural understanding and sensitivity
Attention to detail and accuracy
Administrative and event planning skills
Ability to collaborate with cross-cultural team members and local church leaders
A theology of suffering when working with the poor

Learning Tagalog and/or other local languages
Developing discipleship and training materials
Translating materials into local languages and working with local translators
Collaborating with team and church leaders to ensure content relevance
Reviewing and editing materials for theological accuracy
Participate in team and field activities, including team meetings and the annual field conference

Philippines-Evangelism and Discipleship

To work alongside an established team of missionaries in proclaiming the Gospel, making disciples, edifying growing churches, and planting new churches.

This position is on a team with an established church planting network with opportunities across the socioeconomic spectrum, including both urban professionals and informal settlers.

A love for Christ and the church
Passion for evangelism and discipleship
Ability to work in a team and cross-cultural setting
Strong relational and communication skills
Commitment to personal spiritual growth
Experience in cross-cultural missions or ministry
A theology suffering
Endurance in working among the poor based on abiding in Christ

Engaging in relational evangelism
Learning Tagalog and/or other local language(s)
Participating in Bible studies and discipleship groups
Helping to develop training and curriculum
Helping plant and establish new churches
Participating in various community entrance strategies such as kid’s programs, pre-natal and community health, job training, marriage counseling, and others
Supporting and mentoring new believers
Participate in team and field activities, including team meetings and the annual field conference

Philippines-Trainer of Elders and Leaders

To equip and train national church elders and leaders in sound doctrine and pastoral care, ensuring long-term sustainability and spiritual growth of churches.

Work closely with indigenous leaders and provide theological training and mentoring to ensure that local churches are led well by biblically qualified elders. The goal is to ensure the churches are self-governing, self-multiplying, and rooted in scripture. This position is on a team with an established church planting network with opportunities to contribute to a growing catalog of teachings and trainings. The current training of local leaders is across the social-economic spectrum, including both urban professionals and informal settlers.

A love for Christ and the church
Theological training
Strong teaching and mentoring skills
Knowledge of church governance and pastoral care
Pastor/Elder Experience
Ability to develop leadership in cross-cultural settings
Patience and humility
A theology of suffering and endurance

Training elders in biblical doctrine and pastoral care
Conducting leadership development workshops
Developing discipleship and leadership curricula
Supporting church governance structures
Ensuring theological fidelity in church practices
Participating in team and field activities
Participate in team and field activities, including team meetings and the annual field conference

Philippines-Environmentalist Intern

The coastal communities in the Philippines are facing a bleak future. Destructive fishing practices and other environmental factors have degraded the source of the people’s livelihood – the coral reef. As the populations increase in these communities, the rate of destruction of the environment also accelerates. Poverty will continue to increase unless the people learn to change the way they harvest the ocean.

Although the degradation of the reefs continues, there are ways to reverse this trend. By engaging the communities through education and alternative options for livelihood that are not dependent upon the coral reefs, we can reduce the destruction of the reefs and encourage re-growth.

Check out our Facebook @reefsforlife (to get a picture of the work we are doing on land)
Check out our Instagram @reefsforlife (to get a picture of the work we are doing underwater)
Check out our website to learn about the technology we are using to restore coral reefs: www.reefsforlife.org

The Environmentalist Intern will be part of a church-planting team using Creation Care as a platform to share the gospel. This position requires working with all ages, with a special emphasis on discipling college students and building close relationships with them.

We will tailor your job description to fit your skills, interests, and passions. We also need Interns with any of the following skills on the team: construction experience, welding experience for solar power, electronics, photography, videography, social media/vlogs, grant-writing, painting, small business experience, monitoring coral restoration sites, worship leader, event planning, teaching, preparing environmental curricula and more. The ideal candidate is:

Scuba Diving Certified
Available for a 30-day up to a 6-month assignment
Mature Christian: Model Christ-like character with a humble spirit and a listening heart
Passionate about the environment
Flexible – (Day-to-day plans may change due to weather, water conditions, or meetings. Because we partner with government organizations that may not plan far in advance, sometimes our schedules change to accommodate them)
Ability to deal with an elevated level of ambiguity – Due to language barriers, interns may not always understand what is happening. Even with fluent speakers, the language can be very non-specific, so there may be communication challenges
Able to live in a remote location with unstable internet and utilities
Interested in learning Filipino culture
Independent and adventurous

Help maintain our nine coral restoration sites and three coral nurseries. (This requires at least two days a week/multiple dives each day). The Environmentalist Intern is responsible for dive preparation (refilling scuba tanks, loading/unloading scuba gear), and may also assist with construction, cleaning pontoon boats, painting, electronics, etc.
Attend at least one weekly Bible Study. Help organize icebreakers/games.
Attend and participate in all volunteer events (trash clean-ups, tree plantings, meetings, and educational events in local schools). Most of our volunteers are college students, affording great opportunities for developing friendships and relational evangelism.
Develop friendships with some of the participants outside the volunteer events to get to know them on a deeper level. You may be able to encourage them to attend a Bible Study, and/or mentor them in making plans for their future.

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Philippines-Administrator

The Administrator position is a multifaceted role. The primary function is to support the team and ensure that it can operate effectively.

This position will collaborate with the teams on the field, serving missionaries by organizing, managing, and executing administrative and logistical details. The ability to multitask and manage time well is essential. This will allow other team members to focus on their areas of gifting and calling.

Strong organizational, administrative, and people skills are essential. The Administrator must have the capacity to work effectively with a wide variety of workers, churches, and organizations. Cross-cultural experience is beneficial, along with a passion for reaching the unreached.

Ideal Administrator competencies include:

Mature Christian: Displays Christ-like character that demonstrates the gospel with a humble spirit and a listening heart
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask and manage multiple processes, including logistics and the tracking and reporting of data and information
Strong verbal and written communication skills
3-5 years of experience or training in an administrative role

The Administrator is responsible for:

Creating and maintaining various records and reports with the ability to meet deadlines
Helping to maintain the team budget and implement project plans
Organizing, scheduling, and managing the logistics of meetings and events
Performing general clerical duties as assigned

Philippines-Church Planter Among Families and Professionals

To plant and nurture gospel-centered churches among families and professionals in urban areas. This group is often highly educated and works in competitive environments, where secularism, materialism, and nominal Catholicism are prevalent.

Join a church-planting team to engage families and professionals through evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development. The goal is to establish reproducing churches in urban contexts, focusing on identifying and training local leaders, and building healthy church communities.

A love for Christ and the church
Theological training
Faith in the power of the word of God
Ability to work on a team
Ability to connect with urban professionals and families
Humility
Desire to raise up others
Cross-cultural sensitivity
Experience in leadership and discipleship
Endurance and reliance on the grace of God

Working on a team
Serving established churches
Evangelizing and discipling families and professionals
Learning the appropriate language (Tagalog/English)
Leading Bible studies and small groups
Training and developing leaders
Preaching and modeling pastoral ministry
Instill love of multiplication and missions in the church
Participate in team and field activities, including team meetings and the annual field conference

Philippines-Church Planter among Informal Settlers (Squatters)

To establish and edify gospel-centered churches among informal settlers in an urban environment. Many of these people come from the province to the city seeking work and opportunities that are not available. The primary belief system is folk Catholicism that mixes animism and liberation theology.

Join an established team of national and Western church planters that live near and serves informal settlers, bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ through patient, relational ministry that seeks to raise up and equip local leaders. There is a church planting network established with the need of more workers to expand into unevangelized and unchurched areas.

A love for Christ and the church
Theological training
Humility
Willingness to commit long-term
Ability to cross-cultural barriers
Ability to work on a team
Strong relational skills
Faith in the power of the word of God
Experience in discipleship
A theology of suffering in working with the poor
Endurance rooted in abiding in Christ

Working on a team
Learning Tagalog and/or other appropriate language
Serving established churches
Developing and implementing entrance strategies for new communities
Making disciples and conducting Bible studies
Identifying and training leaders
Planting churches
Preaching and modeling pastoral behavior
Ongoing spiritual care and edification
Participate in team and field activities, including team meetings and the annual field conference

Philippines-Social Enterprise

Due to dwindling fish stocks, many communities are suffering and need help developing other sources of income.

Business has tremendous potential as a force for good, to tackle poverty, to stimulate local economies, to bring social and environmental improvements and to carry the message of eternal hope to people and places which are often otherwise beyond reach. And because a profitable business is self-sustaining, it can help to bring about sustainable social, economic, environmental, and spiritual transformation.

The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit and a business background, and will join the holistic, church-planting team to help find alternative livelihoods for coastal barangays, traditionally dependent on the ocean. Business ideas may include eco-tours, aquaculture, jewelry-making, and more.

Entrepreneurial spirit
Degree in business, marketing, or another related field.
Experience with social media, websites, and other tools for selling products online
Experience living in cross-cultural settings
Knowledge of the issues that small business owners face in developing countries

Create jobs and provide dignified work for poor or marginalized communities
Profitably introduce essential goods or services into an impoverished community
Model good environmental stewardship, including the wise use of natural resources
Transfer skills and training, spinning off new businesses and encouraging entrepreneurship
Through skilled and honest business leadership, become a respected and influential voice in the community
Model biblical principles and sound business ethics
Become a witness of Jesus in word and deed in the context of everyday life
Disciple newer Christians through the organic relationships arising from business activity
Strengthen the local church, helping to establish new church plants or providing economic stability for believers
Use some of the business’s profits to fund community or church projects

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