Opportunities
Church Planter – Central Asia
Position Summary:
The church planter will work to see a healthy local church established among an unreached people group. They will focus on building relationships, sharing the good news, and investing in those they identify as faithful to do the same.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have a mature walk with the Lord where they continually seek to grow in godliness and to abide in Christ. Experience in evangelism and discipleship is preferred. They do not need any specific higher education but should be able to handle the Word of God. This position is a long-term opening, as much of the work is still at the evangelism stage. The ideal candidate will also keep their efforts and various relationships before the Father in prayer.
Accountability:
The church planter is directly accountable to their team and team leader.
Responsibility:
The church planter will work on a team to provide mutual encouragement and accountability. They will:
- Establish local relationships
- Share the Gospel
- Identify disciples
- Promote maturity and healthy Christian living
- Develop leaders
Anticipated Outcomes:
The church planter, trusting God for the results, will be responsible for working toward the following:
- The worshipers of God increasing among an unreached people group.
- The development of local leadership developed and those leaders heading up a local church.
The INN: Team Leader
The Team Leader is essential to the ministry of teams strategically placed among unreached diaspora communities within the United States. This role will work to expand the vision of churches and individuals within their network, with the goal of planting multiplying churches. Team Leaders will be intricately involved with outreach, mobilization, supervision, team building, training, and networking.
Team Leaders will be engaged in the launching of new INN sites or alternatively, will step into the role of Leader for an existing team. They will address the significant challenges to fulfilling WT’s purpose of “establishing reproducing churches focusing on the unreached peoples of the world.”
The primary focus of this role is to oversee a team of workers and volunteers as they live among and serve the rapidly growing number of unreached diaspora peoples in the United States. The Team Leader mobilizes and equips new WT workers and trains volunteers for the ministry to effectively participate in church planting and multiplication (CPM), with the intent of maintaining and growing a local church network in the communities they serve.
To effectively oversee an INN site, Team Leaders need to have a collaborative leadership style. As they shape and develop the team and local network, they will discover and utilize the skills, gifts, talents, and abilities of those they lead, which will contribute to increased team effectiveness as they work together to plant multiplying churches in unreached diaspora communities. Cross-cultural experience is beneficial, along with a passion for reaching the lost.
Ideal Team Leader 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
- Mobilization: Ability to mobilize and train new workers
- Administrative and Logistical Support: Ability to develop and coordinate ministry and training schedules, manage volunteer assignments, provide written reports, communicate with donors and with the network, manage team finances, etc.
- Team Building: Excellent interpersonal, listening, shepherding, coaching and assessment skills
- Training and Development: Strong facilitation skills to provide training for the local team in conjunction with The INN Director
- 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
- 3- 5 years’ experience or training in a leadership role and in ministry
Team Leaders will live and serve at an assigned ministry site in proximity to an unreached diaspora people group. Duties will include:
- Administration: Provide operational and contingency planning, budgeting, coordination of ministry schedules, management of volunteers, and annual evaluations, etc.
- Outreach: Utilization of CPM strategies to impact the assigned unreached diaspora community, training and leading the team and volunteers to expand outreach efforts, planting multiplying churches, and tracking the Spiritual progress of the community
- Ministry: Create church planting and multiplication strategies and manage the flow of day-to-day ministry
- Networking: Develop and expand a network with local churches and organizations to attract, train, and mobilize workers for their ministry location and WT global ministries
The INN: Youth Worker
The position of Youth Worker will help facilitate The INN’s goal of planting multiplying churches in unreached diaspora communities throughout the Unites States, in cooperation with established INN teams. Youth Workers will participate in and expand the work of the ministry by developing and supporting programs that focus on children, youth, and young adults, while fostering deeper connections with family units.
Youth Workers are currently needed in Metro Philadelphia, Savannah, Houston, Central PA, and South Florida.
The Youth Worker will develop and coordinate ministry among children, youth, and young adults in their assigned community. They will address the significant challenges 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, disciple, and equip children and youth through regular one-to-one and group interactions, Bible study, worship, service, and outreach. Youth Workers will serve as spiritual leaders and role models.
To effectively serve children, youth, and young adults, workers need both passion and skill to reach them with the gospel, and to disciple and equip them. Cross-cultural experience is beneficial, along with a sense of urgency for reaching the unreached diaspora in the US.
Ideal Youth Worker competencies include:
- Mature Christian: Evidence Christ-like character with a humble spirit and a listening heart
- Theological Training: Formal training is beneficial, but not required
- Knowledge: Youth ministry, discipleship, and education concepts and methods
- Administrative and Logistical Skills: Develop and coordinate ministry schedules, manage volunteer assignments, and supervise day-to-day activities of youth, etc.
- Training and Development: Effective communication skills to provide training for children and youth locally and in conjunction with the local team
- Experience: 3- 5 years’ experience or training in Youth Ministry
Youth Workers will provide oversight for children, youth, and young adult ministries:
- Plan, develop, and implement a balanced youth ministry program and curriculum for Elementary, Jr. and Sr. High students, and young adults
- Personally invest in children and youth by spending quality time with them, loving them unconditionally, mentoring, teaching, and discipling them, equipping them to grow spiritually, and guiding them toward a future of serving the Lord
- Recruit and help train volunteers, ensuring adequate adult-to-youth ratios to effectively support the children, youth, and young adult ministries
- Maintain records of youth participation and manage the youth ministry budget
- Communicate with children, youth, and parents in a timely manner, using all available resources to foster mutual support with the families of the children served
- Ensure that the Child Safeguarding Policies are observed in all children and youth ministry settings
- Ensure that the Child Safeguarding policies are observed in all children and youth ministry
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 in 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 | $6,500 |
| Team Size | 1-2 interns |
Philippines Internship
There are several evangelical churches in the area, but their impact on the city as a whole is relatively small, and their impact on the colleges is minimal. Our church plant is focused on a relational discipleship and community engagement approach to reaching several local communities, including college campuses and residential neighborhoods. Our location is between a row of colleges and an impoverished community. The church operates in a multilingual fashion with sermons in English and Tagalog.
Interns will come alongside church planters to participate in outreach events and relationships while also being encouraged to create new connections. Interns will be mentored and supervised by experienced missionaries with advanced degrees. They will learn about crosscultural ministry in an Animist-Catholic environment, working on multi-cultural teams, cross-cultural discipleship, and missiology. Interns will have opportunities for personal and ministry growth with attention to personal and future goals.
| Location | Naga City, Philippines |
| Local Language | Tagalog, Bicolano |
| People | Filipino, Bicolano |
| Dates | May 23, 2025 – July 4, 2025 |
| Cost | $7,000 |
| Team Size | 2—4 interns |
Cambodia (Battambang) Internship
World Team has been serving in Cambodia for 25 years. There are currently 35 World Team workers in various locations throughout the country. In Battambang, six WT missionaries and 37 Cambodian staff facilitate and lead the 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 preschool, 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-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 (6-16 weeks) |
| Cost | $7,000 (12 weeks) |
| Team Size | 1—2 interns |
The INN: Site Administrator
The Site Administrator assists the Team Leader at a given INN location by utilizing their administrative skills in support of the team’s ministry plan. This position is integral to the establishing of multiplying churches within an unreached diaspora community, amongst whom they live and serve.
The Site Administrator is a multifaceted role. The primary function is to support the team, ensuring that it can operate effectively and efficiently. Mobilization, scheduling, and training of volunteers, as well as event/outreach coordination will be a focus for this role.
Site Administrators are needed in Metro Philadelphia, Savannah, and South Florida.
Strong organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills are essential. The Site Administrator must have the capacity to work effectively with a wide variety of workers, volunteers, and networks of churches and organizations. Cross-cultural experience is beneficial, along with a passion for reaching the unreached diaspora in the US.
Ideal Site Administrator competencies include:
- A 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 tracking and reporting of data and information
- Ability to coordinate logistics, including ministry schedules and volunteer assignments
- Ability to implement best practices to enhance the effectiveness and cohesiveness of the local team and volunteers
- Proven reporting and tracking skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Formal theological training is beneficial, but not required
- 3-5 years’ experience or training in an administrative role
The Site Administrator is responsible for:
- Volunteer mobilization, training, and oversight for multiple weekly activities
- Creating and maintaining various records and reports, with the ability to meet deadlines reports to meet deadlines
- Helping to maintain the team budget and implement project plans
- Organizing, scheduling, and managing logistics of meetings and events
- Managing technical issues within their area of expertise
- Performing general clerical duties as assigned
- Assisting with church planting and multiplication among unreached diaspora peoples with the local team
The INN: Internship
The INN (International Neighborhood Network) envisions a world where the hope of Jesus is transforming communities among all peoples, starting with the nations in our backyard. Our passion is to see the gospel proclaimed in cities where there is little to no gospel witness among unreached people groups that have found refuge in the US. Join us as we create and implement innovative approaches to loving and serving our neighbors.
We do not want you to be a spectator but to participate in the great commission happening among unreached diaspora in the US. There are countless ways to love and serve diaspora communities as they work to rebuild their homes and lives in the US. An INN Internship will help you learn more about yourself while using your gifts and talents in an environment different from your own. Discover more about the world as you serve people from different cultures and world religions. While this internship takes place in the US, the work is still very cross-cultural. Expect to be immersed in new languages, foods, and practices.
| Location | Metro Philadelphia, PA |
| Local Language | English |
| People | Middle Eastern and North African refugees and immigrants |
| Dates | Start June 1 (6 to 10 weeks) |
| Cost | $3,400 (6 week estimate) |
| Team Size | 2–4 (men only) |
Spain Internship
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 God-given 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 or Madrid, Spain |
| Local Language | Spanish |
| People | Spaniards |
| Dates | 3 months (excluding July-August) |
| Cost | $6,400 |
| Team Size | 1-2 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