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All qualified applicants will complete a minimum 36-month term overseas as a Missionary Apprentice prior to final approval for long-term services.

Missionary Apprentice

Qualifications

Missionary apprentices serve three to four-year terms, which allow them to learn a language, adapt to the culture and gain valuable field experience alongside veteran personnel.


Applicants should be:

Called and gifted by God, with a high sense of God’s leading to use their gifts in missionary service in cross-cultural situations

• Age: 21-60 years old at the time of appointment.

Single or married, never divorced (both spouses must qualify) Read more

Citizens or permanent U.S. residents

Active members of a Southern Baptist Church, and a minimum of three years as Southern Baptists

Trained and involved in personal evangelism, discipleship and witnessing. Read more about Evangelism Training

Educated and experienced to meet requirements for specific assignment. Written job descriptions indicate educational requirements for each specific assignment. Apprentices who are appointed without meeting the career or associate requirements must complete them by the end of their first state-side assignment. Apprentice service itself is a means of gaining the field experience needed for career and associate service. Prior church related and secular experience will be evaluated as a part of the apprentice application process. Read more about Seminary Requirements

Model a Godly and healthy family life. Dependent children should be 12 years of age or younger at the time of appointment.

Good emotional, physical and mental health

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