Opportunities
Ethnomusicology Internship
Deadline Passed – 2024 Details Coming Soon
World Team has been church planting in Cameroon for decades, and teams are working in five different villages and regions, meeting physical, educational, and spiritual needs. In this ethnomusicology internship, you will partner with our long-term church planting teams and help churches in Cameroon develop culturally relevant worship.
Interns will get to interact with two of the cultures we work amongst, the Baka and the Esimbi. While observing, learning, and being immersed in these cultures, interns will use their gifts and skills to help churches develop authentic worship expression in their own language. This will allow our full-time teammates to continue to disciple and encourage praise and honor to God within these church plants.
World Team Cameroon internships give you maximum hands-on experience in cross-cultural ministry while furthering long-term church-planting efforts. And you’ll experience life-on-life discipleship by a mentor.
| Location | Mbouda and Ndjibot, Cameroon |
| Local Language | Esimbi; Baka |
| People | Esimbi; Baka |
| Dates | June 11—29, 2023 |
| Cost | $3,200 |
| Team Size | 1—4 interns |
Spain Internship
Opportunity Full/Closed – 2025 Details Coming Soon
World Team has nearly 40 years of church planting experience in Spain. World Team Spain is committed to maintaining a national vision of church planting and creating an environment that stimulates innovation. Opportunities to reach out to Spaniards are numerous, and our desire is to empower each person to maximize the use of his or her Godgiven gifts to serve. We currently have seven teams using their unique gifts and skills to share the gospel with those around them. Recent years of economic upheaval and increasing secularism have served to dull the Spanish people to their tremendous need for the gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s not easy work in Spain, but the need is tremendous!
A fresh wind of faith is needed in Western Europe today. Come to Spain and explore the challenges of sharing the good news of the gospel in a place where secularism reigns and the Bible is seen as a thing of the past. Engage a people who no longer believe that God exists while you learn from missionaries experienced in communicating God’s Word in a post-Christian climate. You’ll get practical experience in teamwork and have the opportunity to see a variety of ways that church planting takes place. Take advantage of your time in Spain and experience the culture, enjoy new foods, and see new places.
| Location | Caceres and Madrid, Spain |
| Local Language | Spanish |
| People | Spaniards |
| Dates | May 24, 2024 — July 6, 2024 |
| Cost | $4,500 |
| Team Size | 2—6 interns |
The INN: Building Community in Columbus
The INN Columbus desires to see a community of healthy reproducing disciples living as the church in our city. 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.
Our ministry focuses on creative ways to connect and build relationships with the diaspora community and international students. In a city where 59% of refugees were resettled within the last ten years, opportunities to share the love of Christ are plentiful!
Come live life with our new neighbors in a cross-cultural community in Columbus.
Join The INN (International Neighborhood Network) and use your skills, education, and spiritual gifts to create ministry opportunities to serve the nations among us! Formal Bible training and an exposure to missiological principles is 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
- 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 through word and deed as you 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
The INN: South Florida
The Muslim population in South Florida is estimated between 90,000 – 110,000 and is growing. There are more than forty Islamic Centers and Schools in the region. God has given us a vision to share the Gospel and plant churches among this unreached Muslim population in South Florida.
As we reach Arabic speaking people locally, our prayer is that the gospel will spread to the 21 Arabic speaking countries in the world and throughout the nearly 3.5 million Arab Americans in the US, representing a total of approximately 422 million speakers. Arabic is the fifth most spoken language globally.
Our focus is on serving and sharing the gospel with Arabic-speaking Muslims in South Florida, as well as discipleship and church planting. We desire to meet the spiritual hunger found in Arab peoples across both geographical and religious boundaries. We accomplish this planting churches, teaching the bible, spreading the good news of Jesus, personally encouraging and discipling Arabs from various backgrounds and holding evangelical events throughout the year.
Part of our plan is to reach out to and equip local churches with relevant information through seminars that educate them about immigrants, culture, religion, and worldview. Pulling from our Eastern background, we have developed materials that will help to equip churches to minister to the refugee families in their own backyard.
The INN in South Florida serves Arabic speakers from various countries, most are from what is considered unreached and/or unengaged people groups. Both Arabic and English-speaking teammates are welcome!
- 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
- 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, teaching, youth ministry, and holistic ministry to help meet felt needs and build genuine relationships with our friends by sharing the love of Christ in word and deed
- 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
The INN: Metro Philadelphia
The INN (International Neighborhood Network) in Metro Philadelphia region has the 5th largest Muslim population of all major American cities, the highest concentration of Hindu’s in the US (New Jersey), and tens of thousands of Arabic speakers. The immigrant population in Philadelphia County has increased 68% since 2000 and is one of the main factors in the city’s population growth over the last 20 years.
Our goal is to minister to Muslim, Hindu, and Arabic speaking diaspora in the Metro Phila. region. Come join this multicultural team and use your skills, education, and spiritual gifts to participate in an exciting church planting team serving our new neighbors.
Are you interested in helping to establish disciple-making movements among unreached diaspora? We currently have team members serving in Philadelphia, Camden County, and Cherry Hill, NJ who are interested in expanding throughout the Metro Philadelphia region!
Ministry focuses include resettlement assistance, ESL, cricket, a church plant, bible studies, media, and more!
Do you long to see God’s kingdom take root in the hearts of the nations living in the Philadelphia Metro area? Join us as we seek to imitate Christ through our loving presence, service, and biblical community. Our desire is to be the unmistakable aroma of Christ in our community.
Join The INN and use your skills, education, and spiritual gifts to serve the nations among us! Formal Bible training and an exposure to missiological principles is 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
- 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, the arts, literacy, teaching, youth ministry, building genuine friendships, and holistic ministry skills to help our friends adapt to life in the US by sharing the love of Christ through word and deed
- 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
NT Exegete/Translation Advisor-Cameroon
The NT Exegete/Translation Advisor will join the Kwakum team as they translate the Bible into the Kwakum language. The Kwakum writing system has been developed and is in use, and there are trained national translators in place, as well.
The NT Exegete/Translation Advisor will spearhead the translation of the NT, supporting the simultaneous translation of the Old and New Testaments. Proficiency in Greek is required.
- MDiv in Bible Exegesis or MA in Bible Translation is preferred
- Training in Linguistics/Translation from one of SIL’s schools
- Robust knowledge of Greek is required
- Develop proficiency in the local language and learn about the culture
- Exegete passages and prepare the texts for local translators
- Help local translators determine which key words to use
- Produce multiple drafts and then send the final one to the testing team
- Disciple the local translators throughout the process
Missions Advocate – Campus
Are you passionate about reaching the unreached? Are you searching for opportunities to share your passion for global missions with others to help advance the Great Commission? If so, you may want to become a Missions Advocate for World Team.
Missions Advocate – Church
Are you passionate about reaching the unreached? Are you searching for opportunities to share your passion for global missions with others to help advance the Great Commission? If so, you may want to become a Missions Advocate for World Team.
Church Planting-Middle East
Are you interested in serving where there is no church? Has God instilled a passion in you to share the gospel and disciple new believers, to see churches planted and multiplied? We are expanding our ministry into neighboring cities and countries and are looking for people God has led to Muslim ministry.
Our ultimate goal is to bring God glory through connecting with people and discipling them into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.
The church planter will work to see a healthy church established among Muslim peoples. They will focus on meeting felt needs that lead to building genuine relationships and sharing the gospel in word and deed.
Believers will be discipled with the goal of developing and releasing leaders who are equipped to lead the local church. All of this to the glory of God and the planting of the church.
Learning the language and culture is a vital part of this ministry. We are looking for mature Christians with strong interpersonal skills.
Be part of a team that enjoys sharing their faith and testifying of God’s goodness in their everyday lives. Help others grow through one-on-one interactions or in small group settings.
A passion for reaching the lost is vital to this role. Cross-cultural experience is beneficial. Ideal Church Planter competencies include:
- Mature Christian: Evidence Christ-like character and leadership competency. A humble spirit and a listening heart are essential
- Theological Training: Formal training is beneficial but not required
- Evangelism and Discipleship: 12 months of experience in sharing the gospel with a Muslim is preferred, along with past experience in discipleship
- Training and Development: Strong facilitation skills to provide training for new believers and church leaders
- Networking and Communication: Expand the local church network through vision casting, effective verbal and written communication, relationship building, training, and providing opportunities for others to serve.
Church Planters will live and serve in proximity to the Muslim community. The church planter will work on a team to provide mutual encouragement and accountability. They will:
- Outreach: Utilization of church planting and multiplication strategies to impact the Muslim community; training and leading disciples and local volunteers to expand outreach efforts
- Spiritual Progress: Track the spiritual progress of the community
- Relationship Building: Establish genuine local relationships with Muslims in the community
- Evangelism: Faithfully and consistently share the gospel in word and deed
- Training: Train, develop, and release disciples to plant the church
- Developing Leaders: The goal is to develop leaders for the church or leaders who are equipped to be sent to plant churches in neighboring communities
- Networking: Develop and expand a network of local churches and organizations to attract, train, and mobilize volunteers for ministry
Are you interested in serving where there is no church? Has God instilled a passion in you to share the gospel and disciple new believers, to see churches planted and multiplied? We are expanding our ministry into neighboring cities and are looking for people God has led to Muslim ministry.
Learning the language and culture is a vital part of this ministry. We are looking for mature Christians with strong interpersonal skills. Come be part of a team that enjoys sharing their faith and testifying of God’s goodness in their everyday lives. Help others grow through one-on-one interactions or in small group settings.
THE INN: Compass
Find Your Place in Missions: The INN (The International Neighborhood Network) specializes in helping people find their place in missions. We are passionate about helping you find ways to use your unique skills, gifts, and abilities to impact the world for Christ.
Compass provides a hands-on, holistic ministry and training opportunity while serving among unreached diaspora in the US. You will be equipped to share the love of Christ in word and deed. Come join the team and expand your relationship-building, evangelism, and disciple-making skills! And we will give you plenty of time to put your training into practice.
Compass workers will serve alongside a team of established INN workers. Opportunities are for 4, 6, or 8 months. During your time with us, we will include travel to another INN site so that you can see what God is doing in a different city.
Compass uses a “just-in-time” training model. We believe that true learning takes place as you experience the joys and challenges of putting ministry strategies into action. Every step of the way, your mentor will be there to help guide you. We are looking for people who:
- Love God, love people, and can maintain spiritual disciplines as they work with people resistant to the gospel
- Desire to share the gospel and disciple people from different world views, religions, and backgrounds
- Look forward to participating on a team who are implementing creative church planting and multiplication strategies
- Put into practice good interpersonal, listening, and communication skills, as well as those who have the ability to work collaboratively on a team and within a local network
- 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
We love to plant churches that plant churches! Paul says to Timothy, “The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” (2 Timothy 2:2)
- You will be part of a team building genuine relationships in a diaspora community
- Join us in our passion to share the gospel with those who are lost and then teach, invest in, and lift up those people to disciple others
- In all that we do we aim to prepare our successors for success. Whether it is teaching English, using your talent for the arts or communication, engaging children and youth, putting your social skills to work, job coaching, or using other skills and interests, we will train you to live out loud among unreached people
- Our end goal is to help you become an effective disciple maker