The
Journeyman Program
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For
the past 40 years, more
than 4250 adventurous
young college graduates
have gone all around the
world.
These
Southern Baptist, twenty-something,
single, college graduates
wanted to do something
more after graduation
than just jump-start their
careers ...
Journeyman
missionaries. . . on mission
with God
Journeyman: a) formerly,
a worker who had served
his apprenticeship and
thus qualified himself
to work at his trade.
In
centuries past, skilled
craftsmen didn't just
sell the family business.
The stonemason and the
blacksmith put their trade
in capable hands—hands
of apprentices they trained
themselves. The journeyman
is just that: a worker
on a journey toward mastery
of the trade. No longer
an apprentice, the journeyman
sharpens and hones skills
that will later allow
him or her to take on
greater responsibility.
With
that purpose in mind,
the Journeyman program
was conceived in 1964
in the shadow of President
Kennedy's new Peace Corps.
The International Mission
Board wanted to provide
Southern Baptist recent
college graduates a way
to work with career missionaries—to
learn the "tools
of the trade."
b)
now, a worker who has
learned his trade.
Once the tools are in
hand, the Journeyman program
is a seedbed for career
missionaries. Since its
start, hundreds of returned
Journeymen have been appointed
as career and/or associate
missionaries.
In
recent years, more than
40 percent of all IMB
career and/or associate
appointees had previous
Journeyman or ISC experience!
Young
men and women who are
willing to accept two
years of overseas service
are making an eternal
impact on an ever-changing
world.
In
1990, the Journeyman program
served as the model for
the fledgling International
Service Corps (ISC) Program.
This sister program boosted
the screening capabilities
for a larger segment of
our Southern Baptist family
who were seeking avenues
of overseas service.
Click
here to read some
of the exciting stories
from real journeymen.
Qualifications
for the Journeyman Program
Do You Have What it Takes?
You
must be 48"
to ride this ride. |
*
A sense of God’s
leadership
* Emotional, physical
and spiritual
health
* Twenty-something
(at least 21)
* An active member
of a Southern
Baptist church
for the past two
years
* Single and never
married, with
no children
* Citizen or permanent
resident of the
United States
* Completion of
an accredited
bachelor’s
degree prior to
orientation
* Willingness
to commit to a
two-year assignment
* Commitment to
evangelism that
results in indigenous
churches
* A growing Christian
faith
* Ability to clear
your calendar
for a four-day
conference in
Richmond
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The ISC/JMAN Forum has been closed. If you have questions about the ISC or Journeyman programs, we suggest you read our Q & A section, or contact us directly at isc-jman@imb.org.
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