Opportunities
Environmentalist Intern – The Philippines
World Team:
World Team is an interdenominational Christian mission agency with more than 350 workers sharing the gospel in 28 countries. We place innovative teams among unreached peoples with the goal of seeing disciples brought into communities of faith that will multiply and impact the world for Jesus Christ.
Position Summary:
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 get worse unless the people change the way they harvest the ocean for the livelihood of the families.
While the degradation of the reefs continues, there is still hope to reverse the trend. By engaging the communities through education and providing options for livelihoods that are not dependent on the coral reefs, the destruction can be stopped.
The Environmentalist Intern will be a part of a church planting team using Creation Care as a platform to share the gospel. This position requires working with all ages but with a special emphasis is building close relationships and discipling college students.
- 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
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate is:
- Scuba Diving Certified
- Available from 30 days to a 6-month assignment.
- Mature Christian
- Passionate about the environment
- Flexible (plans get changed day by day due to weather, water conditions, and meetings. We partner with government organizations, and they don’t plan far in advance, but we do, so sometimes we have to toss our schedule out the window).
- Ability to deal with a high level of ambiguity—some of our interns get frustrated because they can’t speak the language and don’t always understand what is happening. Little do they know that sometimes we don’t even know what is going on 🙂. Even if you are fluent, the language is very non-specific, and it takes time and experience to understand just what is happening.
- Able to live in a remote allocation with unstable internet and utilities.
- Interest in learning Filipino culture
- Independent/Adventurous
Accountability:
The Environmentalist Intern is directly accountable to Team Leader, Caramoan.
Responsibility:
Help maintain our eight coral restoration sites and nurseries. (This requires at least two days a week/multiple dives each day). There is a lot of work involved in maintaining the sites besides just diving – dive preparation (refilling scuba tanks, loading/unloading scuba gear), construction, cleaning pontoon boats, painting, electronics, etc.
Attend at least one weekly Bible Study. Help organize icebreakers/games.
Attend and help at all volunteer events (trash clean-ups, tree plantings, meetings, and educational events in local schools). Most of our volunteers are college students – make an effort to get to know them and develop friendships.
Develop some friendships outside of the volunteer events where you can get to know a few volunteers on a deeper level and encourage them to attend a Bible Study and/or mentor them in making plans for their future.
We will tailor your job description to fit your interests and passions. These are all things that we need on our team: construction experience, welding, experience working with 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 curriculum and more.
Anticipated Outcomes:
The Environmental Intern will be responsible for working toward the following:
- Build strong relationships with the college-aged volunteers that will lead them to an interest in studying the Bible.
- Help us bring life back to damaged coral reefs and hope back to the communities that depend on them.
Church Planter / College Minister – The Philippines
World Team:
World Team is an interdenominational Christian mission agency with more than 350 workers sharing the gospel in 28 countries. We place innovative teams among unreached peoples with the goal of seeing disciples brought into communities of faith that will multiply and impact the world for Jesus Christ.
Position Summary:
This Church Planter / College Minister will assist in launching and running a new church plant, leading bible studies, discipling new Christians, and developing church leaders. They will also develop and run workshops for college students to build contacts for outreach evangelism, gather these contacts into evangelistic bible studies, and engage in general outreach to a younger population student population.
Qualifications:
Character traits expected of this candidate include flexibility, resilience, interest in other cultures and peoples, and a genuine love for the lost. The ministry context involves subtle but persistent persecution for Christians as well as subtle but pervasive spiritual warfare, so spiritual maturity is important to navigate the challenges caused by these. World Team values high immersion into the local culture and context, so the optimal candidate will be willing to work hard to learn the local language as well as assimilate into the local culture.
The ideal candidate has the following:
- Some biblical and theological training (formal or informal) to be able to handle scripture well, lead bible studies and recognize and deal with problematic theology (a persistent problem)
- Some experience (at least 1-2 years in a volunteer or vocational capacity) ministering to college students or youth
- Commitment can range from mid to long (1 year to 4+ years)
- Skills Needed: relational evangelism, ability to teach bible studies
- Willingness to invest in learning another language (Tagalog/Bikol)
Accountability:
The Church Planter / College Minister is directly accountable to the Naga City Team Lead for their day-to-day ministry. The Philippine Field Leadership Team provides oversight and leadership above the Team Lead.
Responsibility:
Church Planter / College Minister will work on a team to provide leadership, assistance, and training in church planting and college ministry.
They will:
- Plan, develop, and lead Bible studies for small groups
- Prepare and preach sermons on an occasional basis
- Lead evangelistic events from planning to execution
- Assist in the leadership and organization of church plants
- Assist in the development of new local church and ministry leaders
- Study (at a local language school in the Philippines) and learn to communicate, minister, teach, and preach in Tagalog
- As part of the Philippine Field, this role will participate in field-level activities, including the yearly field conference, regular prayer meetings, and other tasks as needed. This role will also take part in quarterly reviews that assist and guide the missionary to reaching ministry and personal goals.
- As a supported missionary, this role will be responsible for managing their own support funds, including submitting expense reports, support raising, and general budgeting of personal/support resources in appropriate ways.
Anticipated Outcomes:
The Church Planter / College Minister will be responsible for working toward the following:
- New, healthy, and appropriately self-sufficient/sustainable church plants
- College ministry reaching unreached students in Naga City and engaging them in healthy churches
- Discipled and mature believers
- Trained and launched leaders in the church, ministry, and general life
The INN: Team Leader
World Team:
World Team is an interdenominational Christian mission agency with more than 350 workers sharing the Gospel in 28 countries. We place innovative teams among unreached peoples with a goal of seeing disciples brought into communities of faith that will multiply and impact the world for Jesus Christ.
Position Summary:
The Team Leader role will work to launch new INN sites or step into the role of leader for an existing team. They will address two significant challenges to fulfilling WT’s purpose of …establishing reproducing churches focusing on the unreached peoples of the world.
- Reaching the rapidly growing number of unreached diaspora peoples in the US
- Mobilizing and equipping more WT workers for church planting and multiplication (CPM)
Team leaders will oversee a team of workers and volunteers serving among unreached diaspora people groups in the US, while maintaining and growing a local church network, training volunteers for the ministry, and mobilizing new workers.
Qualifications:
To effectively oversee an INN site, leaders need to utilize a collaborative leadership style. As they shape and develop the team and local network, they will discover the skills, gifts, and abilities of those they lead and work to assign tasks that allow them to effectively plant multiplying churches in unreached diaspora communities. Cross-cultural experience is beneficial, along with a passion for reaching unreached diaspora in the US.
Ideal Team Leader competencies are:
- Mature Christian: Team leadership is based on Christ-like character and leadership competency. A listening heart and the demonstration of a humble spirit are essential. Formal theological training is beneficial, but not required.
- Mobilization: Ability to create and implement a mobilization strategy to recruit workers
- Administrative and Logistical Support: Understanding of how to coordinate ministry and training schedules, provide written reports, communicate with donors and network, handle team finances, etc.
- Team Building: Good interpersonal, listening, shepherding, coaching, and evaluating skills
- Training and Development: Strong facilitation skills to provide training for their local team in conjunction with The INN Director
- Networking and Communication: Grow the local church network through vision casting, verbal and written communication, relationship building, training, and providing opportunities for service
- 3- 5 years’ experience or training in a leadership role and 3-5 years’ experience in ministry
Accountability:
The Team Leader for The INN is directly accountable to the Director of the INN.
Responsibility:
Team leaders will provide on-the-ground direction, instruction, and oversight for:
- Team: provides oversight of workers through shepherding, team building, evaluation, administration, planning, planning, and other duties as assigned
- Outreach: the creation of CPM strategies to reach the unreached diaspora community, as well as lead and train the team and volunteers to expand outreach efforts, and tracking Spiritual progress of the community
- Networking: creating a network with local churches and organizations to attract, train and mobilize workers for their ministry location and WT global ministries
- Ministry: Create church planting and multiplication strategies and manage the flow of day-to-day ministry
- Planning: Develop and implement an annual plan, budget, and contingency plan
- Team Evaluation: Perform annual evaluations for their local team
Anticipated Outcomes:
- Expand the vision of churches and individuals in your network for CPM among the unreached
- Mobilize 6-8 workers over a 5-year period for CPM locally and globally from within your network
- Utilize church planting and multiplication strategies to see a CPM movement in your community
- Mobilization of workers from the ministry harvest –who potentially could return to their people in their home country
- Be actively involved in God’s ultimate goal of every tribe, nation, people, and tongue in perfect attendance in the throne room (Revelation 7:9)
Length of Service:
- Team leaders will be asked to commit to serving in The INN for three to five years.
Working Environment:
- Team Leaders will meet regularly with The INN Director for development, support, and encouragement
- The INN Director will work with Team Leaders to create and evaluate ministry strategies, team building and development, training in CPM and disciple-making movements, developing their network and mobilization
- WT Member Care resources and consultations are available to all INN workers
- Team leaders and their teams will participate in annual team retreats or INN conferences for ministry and spiritual refreshment
- The Team Leader role is a support-raising, full-time position. Candidates must be able to live and work in assigned ministry site in proximity to selected diaspora peoples
The INN: Youth Worker
World Team:
World Team is an interdenominational Christian mission agency with more than 350 workers sharing the Gospel in 28 countries. We place innovative teams among unreached peoples with a goal of seeing disciples brought into communities of faith that will multiply and impact the world for Jesus Christ.
Position Summary:
The Youth Ministry worker will coordinate ministry among children, youth, and young adults. They will address the significant challenge of reaching first and second-generation diaspora children and youth as they acclimate to life in the US.
Workers will provide ministry oversight and direction for community connections, outreach, discipleship, and youth meetings that are age and culturally appropriate. The goal is to attract, win and disciple children and youth through regular one-on-one and group connections, Bible study, worship, service, and outreach. Youth workers will serve as spiritual leaders and role models.
Qualifications:
To effectively serve children and youth, workers need to have a passion and the skills to reach children and young adults with the gospel and a desire to disciple and equip them. Cross-cultural experience is beneficial, along with a passion for reaching unreached diaspora in the US.
Ideal Youth Worker competencies are:
- Mature Christian: A Christ-like character with a listening heart and that demonstrates a humble spirit
- Theological training: Formal training is beneficial, but not required
- Knowledge: Youth ministry and education concepts and methods
- Administrative and Logistical Skills: Coordinate ministry schedules and volunteers, provide reports, and manage day-to-day activities of youth, etc.
- Training and Development: Strong communication skills to provide training for children and youth locally and in conjunction with the local team.
- 3- 5 years experience or training in Youth Ministry
Accountability:
Youth workers are directly accountable to local INN Team Leader.
Responsibility:
Youth Ministry workers will provide oversight for children and youth ministries:
- Plan, develop, and implement a balanced youth ministry program and curriculum for elementary, Jr. and Sr. High students, and young adults.
- Invest in children and youth by spending quality time with them, by loving them unconditionally, by mentoring, teaching, and discipling them, by equipping them to grow spiritually, and by launching them into a future of serving the Lord.
- Recruit and train volunteers to effectively support children and youth ministry, and to ensure adequate volunteer support and adult-to-youth ratios.
- Keep records of youth participation and manage the youth ministry budget.
- Communicate with children and youth, and their parents, in a timely manner and as effectively as possible using all available resources.
- Develop close communication and mutual support with the families of the children and youth served.
- Ensure that the Child Safeguarding policies are observed in all children and youth ministry settings.
- Church planting and multiplication among unreached diaspora with the local team
Youth Workers are needed in Metro Philadelphia, Savannah, Columbus, S. Florida INN sites.
University Dorm Internship-Cambodia
World Team has been serving in Cambodia for 25 years. The World Team University Dorm exists to glorify God by investing and equipping the future leaders of Cambodia to make disciples and be agents of change in their communities. This is accomplished by providing full-time Cambodian university students with safe housing in a Christ-centered community that focuses on intentional discipleship, wisdom and knowledge of scripture, development of life skills, and connection with the local church through worship and fellowship. The dorm opened in 2021 and houses both male and female students in separate buildings. Young adults are searching for their identity and place in the world, and our desire is to show them the love of Christ in the hopes that they find their identity and peace in Him.
In partnership with the World Team University Dorm in Phnom Penh, interns will have the opportunity to interact and serve Cambodian university students through discipleship and teaching life skills. Interns may have the opportunity to stay at the dorm during their internship pending space and duration of the internship.
| Location | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Local Language | Khmer |
| People | Khmer |
| Dates | TBD (8 weeks of semester) |
| Cost | $6,000 |
| Team Size | 1-2 interns |
Philippines Internship
World Team Philippines seeks to use innovative strategies for evangelism, discipleship, church planting, training national believers, and sending workers into the harvest. It is our heart to see Filipinos empowered to serve locally, nationally, and internationally. Churches are growing in the Philippines! However, many Filipinos remain unreached by the gospel of Jesus Christ. World Team workers from multiple nations and cultures work together creatively to share the truth and love of Christ in ways that preserve the integrity of the bible while also seeking to be culturally relevant to those we serve. Ministering in both rural and urban communities, our workers meet a variety of people and face a variety of challenges.
Read an interview with Field Director, Tom Buursma
Interns will serve with three different teams during their time in the Philippines. You will experience ministry across a wide variety of people from differing socio-economic backgrounds. Work alongside experienced ex-pat & Filipino missionaries in both urban & rural contexts. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to learn from local people about their culture & beliefs, try new foods, & examine how your own culture impacts your faith. This allows interns to learn about and experience how community development and church planting work together in various settings.
| Location | Manila, Philippines |
| Local Language | Tagalog |
| People | Filipino |
| Dates | June 28 – July 12, 2023 |
| Cost | $3,800 |
| Team Size | 2—4 interns |
Homeschool Tutor-Cameroon
World Team has been working among the Baka people for nearly 30 years. The Baka people live in remote villages near the rainforests in Eastern Cameroon. Currently, there are two church planting teams in different Baka villages. A variety of ministry focuses include construction support, agriculture, medical, fitness, youth, translation & literacy work. The teams are also supporting and developing leaders for the local Baka churches that have begun. Leaving the Baka with scripture in their own language is a huge priority as they seek to develop and release local leaders in these churches.
The Hanson family moved to Cameroon in September 2021. Their ministry focuses on translation and literacy work among the Baka people. To minister to the Baka people, they must first learn to communicate effectively in the Baka language. They are currently working full-time on language learning which is very hard to balance with three kids at home. A tutor allows them to focus on language learning and preparing for Bible Translation. Because of the village’s remote nature, it does not have all of the comforts of a more developed area. Wifi and cell service are limited.
| Location | Ndjibot, Cameroon |
| Local Language | Baka |
| People | Baka |
| Dates | August 21 – December 15, 2023 |
| Cost | $4,400 |
| Team Size | 1 Tutor |
Fitness Center Internship-Cameroon
This ministry uses many different avenues to accomplish the proclamation of God’s Word. We use chronological oral Bible storying as a training tool for raising up leaders in this oral society and focus on small groups of men, women, youth, and children. It is also a high value that we raise up leaders from among the Baka people to lead the churches that are being planted. The Baka are often passed over for more educated people, but the Baka should know that they are also highly loved and are able to be equipped through God’s strength to lead others to the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
You will serve on the field with seasoned church planters dedicated to raising up church leaders from the local population. Interns will partner in a ministry focused on leading classes of primarily non-English speaking athletes of various ages. It is expected that the intern is able to properly demonstrate athletic movements and assist others in achieving the proper movements as well. Many of the students that initially participated in this program are now regular attendees of the local youth ministry. The goal is to provide a gospel presence as we interact with the participants. God’s Word is shared with athletes and spectators at every class and during competitions.
| Location | Ndjibot, Cameroon |
| Local Language | Baka, French |
| People | Baka |
| Dates | TBD (8 weeks of semester) |
| Cost | $3,500 |
| Team Size | 1-2 Interns |
Cambodia Internship
World Team has been serving in Cambodia for 25 years. In Battambang, 6 WT missionaries and 37 Cambodian staff are facilitating and leading the many different ministries. The ministry Roots of Grace was founded in 2015 with the vision to: “Introduce Jesus into broken situations with the hope of changing generations.” There are now 25 unique sites/ministries taking different approaches with that goal in mind. Ministries include caring for and supporting the education of pre-school, elementary, and high school students, empowering women through literacy, vocational training, adult Bible studies, and dorm ministry. In all of these areas, the goal is to love our community and introduce them to Jesus.
All interns will be immersed in Cambodian culture and get to see what full-time ministry in this context looks like. You will also have some basic language learning while in the country. There are many opportunities to be involved in ministry. Regular activities while on the trip will include participation in daily devotions, daily interactions with our Khmer staff, and gathering with the church.
| Location | Battambang, Cambodia |
| Local Language | Khmer |
| People | Khmer |
| Dates | TBD (12 weeks of semester) |
| Cost | $6,500 |
| Team Size | 1—2 interns |
Europe Area Internship
Each World Team field has its own approach to ministry, but the desires are the same: introduce people to Jesus, disciple them, and release them into ministry. Visiting multiple mission fields will give you a taste of how in different countries a variety of strategies are used, but the same Gospel is proclaimed. France is shaped by humanism, Italy by the Catholic Church, and Moldova by its communist past. Rather than seeing Europe as all the same, you’ll see how different histories and cultures lead to different ways of doing ministry. The Gospel first came to this continent almost two thousand years ago, but Europe is in need of people and churches that can once again make known the Good News of God’s love offered freely in Jesus.
Interns will begin in the 15th District of Paris. There you will learn about the spiritual climate of France, visit different church plants, and meet French pastors and church planters. Interns will then travel to Milan, Italy and continue to assist with different ministries. You will also have the chance to connect with a local church plant and spend time with Italian believers. Finally, in Moldova interns will plan for & teach in an English camp which will help build relationships with local families and give opportunities to show the love of Christ.
| Location | Paris, France; Milan, Italy; Chisinau, Moldova |
| Local Language | French, Italian, Moldovan |
| People | French, Italian, Moldovan |
| Dates | June 3 – July 12, 2023 |
| Cost | $6,400 |
| Team Size | 2—5 interns |