Opportunities

Sports Evangelism and Discipleship-Cameroon

This position will utilize sports and fitness activities as catalysts to engage Baka people of all ages for evangelism and discipleship. Focusing on physical well-being will open doors to develop relationships and provide avenues to share and spread the gospel within the village and to the surrounding communities.

This role will have access to a well-equipped outdoor gym in the center of a Baka village to attract and reach the community with evangelism and discipleship in mind. You will lead Bible studies, pray with people, and organize sports-related outreach to other Baka villages.

  • Thorough knowledge of the Bible
  • Evangelism and discipleship experience
  • Ability to organize and conduct fitness and sports events
  • Learn the local language and culture
  • Conduct fitness and sports events for the community
  • Use fitness and sports as a way to teach biblical truths to the community
  • Disciple believers to use fitness and sports as a means of evangelism

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Women’s Ministry-Cameroon

This role will work with Fulbe women in Cameroon to encourage and disciple believers.

The believing Fulbe women are hungry for spiritual encouragement and receptive to teaching, discipleship, counseling, and mentoring. This position requires flexibility as well as relational and team-oriented women to develop a discipleship ministry that can be multiplied.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced and authentic servant leader who can disciple believers. They will possess:

  • Christian Maturity: Evidence Christ-like character and leadership competency; a humble spirit and a listening heart are essential
  • Evangelism and Discipleship Experience: Effectively share the gospel and disciple believers
  • Leadership Ability: Strong organizational skills
  • Learn the local language
  • Disciple women in a life-on-life context
  • Help women honor the Lord in their roles as wives and mothers
  • Teach older women to disciple the younger women

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Suggest a Ministry-Cameroon

Do you have a specific skill set and a passion for serving among unreached people groups? Do you have a hard time seeing how your skills and passions can work together in cross-cultural missions?

Perhaps the Cameroon field could be blessed by your gifts and create a job description that is customized for you. Contact a mobilizer today to inquire about how your skill set could be used within one of our church planting teams.

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Church Planting-Cameroon

Church Planters in Cameron will serve, evangelize, and disciple an unreached people group, including the Baka, Fulbe, Kwakum, Pol, or Nizaa. This role’s mission is to disciple new believers toward Christian maturity, faithfully teaching the Bible in their native language. In the process, the Church Planter will identify and equip leaders from among the discipled believers and will assist them as they lead their own people in churches they establish within their individual communities.

The Church Planter will work to create and maintain gospel-driven relationships with the people they serve, living among them and learning their language and culture. This will lead to opportunities to evangelize, disciple new believers, and train church leaders. The majority of the Baka, Fulbe, Kwakum, Pol, and Nizaa are unreached people groups. Ministry among these groups will require perseverance and commitment.

This position requires a vibrant and dedicated spiritual life characterized by consistent practice of spiritual disciplines. The Church Planter will need to have a solid understanding of the Scriptures and be able to teach and clearly communicate how the Old Testament points to the person and work of Jesus Christ. Patience and dedication are necessary, as the Church Planter must learn to communicate with the assigned unreached people group faithfully and accurately in their native language.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • A Biblical Studies BA or equivalent experience
  • Experience with evangelism and discipleship
  • Willingness to commit at least 10 years to the project
  • A solid commitment to the spiritual disciplines (i.e., Bible reading, prayer, etc.)
  • Proficiency in the assigned unreached people group’s language

The Church Planter will collaborate with a team, preparing indigenous servant leaders to establish and lead healthy, self-sustaining churches. They will:

  • Live among the unreached people group, learning their language and culture before beginning formal ministry
  • Teach the Bible in formal and informal settings
  • Evangelize and disciple the people
  • Identify and equip native leaders to evangelize their people
  • Train indigenous church leaders to disciple believers in a life-on-life manner
  • Develop current and future church leaders with biblical and practical leadership skills
  • Perform other field or agency duties as assigned

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Micro-Finance & Community Development-Cameroon

The Micro-Finance Professional and/or Community Developer will join a holistic church planting team among the Fulbe of Cameroon to address the expressed needs of the people. Converts to Christianity lose all family monetary support and must learn how to support themselves and their churches in new ways. This role will use their expertise and experience to make a positive impact in the spiritual and economic lives of individuals and communities in the Adamawa Region.

Beginning as a student and a listener who is able to discern and develop contextually appropriate solutions, the Micro-Finance / Community Development professional will help believers who have lost their financial support develop or create options and/or networks to sustain themselves and their churches.

  • Training in entrepreneurship and/or community development
  • A solid commitment to the spiritual disciplines (i.e., Bible reading, prayer, etc.)
  • Become proficient in the local language and learn about the local culture
  • Analyze the economic system in which the people live
  • Brainstorm ideas for economic stimulation with the people
  • Launch projects designed to raise monetary support for individuals and communities
  • Introduce biblical truths to counter fatalistic beliefs

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Ethno-arts Specialist-Cameroon

The Ethno-Arts Specialist will live among and serve the Baka people of Cameroon with a team of church planters. They will use their skills to facilitate the sharing of the gospel through local art forms such as music, drama, visual arts, and dance.

This role will work with local artists to facilitate improved literacy in the local language and to develop a deeper understanding of the culture. The Ethno-Arts Specialist will create, use, and integrate various ethnic art forms to support the sharing and retention of Bible stories, thus providing an invaluable contribution to the church planting team.

  • Giftedness in the Arts
  • Training in World Arts
  • A solid commitment to the spiritual disciplines (i.e., Bible reading, prayer, etc.)
  • Live among the people, learning their language and culture before beginning formal ministry
  • Analyze local art forms
  • Work with nationals to produce art forms that will be effective vehicles to transmit biblical truth

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Agriculture-Cameroon

This position will work to encourage the Fulbe people to consume a healthy, balanced diet and to be intentional in their use of agriculture and animal husbandry to provide for themselves, the community, and their economic benefit. In addition, this specialist will participate in the church planting process with the team in East Cameroon and/or the Adamawa Region.

This role will require communication with the Fulbe in their native language and a willingness to learn about their culture. As relationships are formed, this team member will promote, develop, and provide instruction in the cultivation of sustainable sources of nutrition and animal husbandry, which will improve their physical, economic, and spiritual well-being.

The ideal candidate for this position will possess:

  • Preparation and Experience: Knowledge of and skill in agricultural practices and animal husbandry
  • Leadership: Ability to promote, develop, and provide instruction in the cultivation of sustainable sources of nutrition and best practices in animal husbandry
  • Evangelism and Discipleship Experience: Competent in evangelism and discipleship techniques, with a willingness to adapt previously used methods to the Fulbe context
  • Collaborative Style: Works well with others, contributing to and participating in team efforts
  • Provide training in nutrition, sustainable agriculture management, and animal husbandry
  • Organize systematic and effective management of soil preparation, crop planting, harvesting, and food storage
  • Develop and implement animal husbandry best practices

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