Volunteers In Missions Projects for Families

You and your family are invited to contribute to volunteer missions by participating in the projects below. Individuals without their families may also participate in these projects. For more information about any of the projects listed on this page, or other opportunities for family missions, contact our staff who work with the region in which you are interested.

23 jobs are currently available for you and your family. For more information on the jobs listed below, click on the title (the first line in the table) of each job.

Children-Youth-Adult Camps in Serbia

Ministry type:Children's Ministry
Youth Ministry
Specialized Support
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Camp Teams will spend the day supporting and working alongside national believers experienced in the specialized tasked of Chistian ministry work with children. Camps will be held typically at campground facilities ranging from a few days to a week in length. Your activies will depend on your gifts and skills, but may include activities such as sports, crafts, cooking, cleaning, hiking, swimming, or whatever is needed. Flexibility is key.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Church Development in Serbia

Ministry type:Church/Leadership Devel
Church Planting
Prayer Walking
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Church Development and teaching will aid and support the Church in south Serbia. The organized evangelical church body is still in its first generation of leadership and teaching with around 25-35 church bodies found in Bible Study groups to registered churches. Projects would include church worship services, retreats, camps, conferences, and anything that would provide the the opportunity to spiritually strengthen local believers and church bodies.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Ruhr Area Initiative

Ministry type:Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
General Evangelism
Church/Leadership Devel
Location:Germany 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$1000 + airfare
Project Duration:10 days
Description:
The National Training Team of Germany is looking for 5 churches in the States to partner with several churches in the Ruhr area of Germany. This area includes several large cities near Dusseldorf. The partnerships would be between 2 to 5 years and involve prayer support and periodic mission trips for various evangelistic outreach projects. The long range goal is to strengthen existing churches and to plant new churches. 


Servanthood Outreach in Serbia

Ministry type:Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Human Needs Ministry
General Evangelism
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Servanthood Outreach Teams will spend the day sharing Gods love in practical ways by doing small unexpected acts of service such as mowing yards, splitting firewood, picking up trash, or any kind of help needed. Serbs will invite you to sit down for cake and coffee. When asked, "Why are you doing this?", you can tell them, "because Jesus loves me & He loves you too", with an open door to share the Gospel. Missionaries will follow up with contacts.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Creative Outreach in Serbia

Ministry type:Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
General Evangelism
Prayer Walking
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Creative Outreach Team members will spend the days sharing God's love in creative ways through outreach activities like English Clubs, seminars, music, and more. You have skills and talents that God has given us to reach and serve others. What is it that God is calling you to do? Contact us to see how you can serve the Lord in Serbia to reach the Serbs for Christ. Team members will look for people of peace in whom God is working and see if they are open to starting a Bible study.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Log Splitting Outreach in Serbia

Ministry type:Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Human Needs Ministry
General Evangelism
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Log Splitting Teams will spend the day sharing Gods love in a practical way by splitting people's firewood with a log splitter. Log splitters don't exist here, so everyone will stop to look and talk. After you work, Serbs will invite you to sit down for cake and coffee. When asked, "Why are you doing this?" you can tell them "because Jesus loves me & He loves you too" with an open door to share the Gospel. Missionaries will follow up with contacts.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Construction Team Leader

Ministry type:Construction
Location:Romania 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$600 + airfare
Project Duration:5 days
Description:
Construction of a store and/or remodeling of schools, clinics, and government buildings in Turk towns and villages in Romania. 


Campground Construction in Serbia

Ministry type:Construction
Specialized Support
Prayer Walking
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Camp Construction Teams will spend the day maintaining, renovating, and upgrading a Christian campground facility. You will be working alongside nationals, both believers and non-believers. Work will vary depending on the time of year, materials available, and your specialty skills. While the majority of your time will be spent supporting the overall ministry by working at the camp, you will also spend time specifically around and with Serbs prayer walking, fellowshipping, and in worship.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Teach Bachelor's Level Business in China

Ministry type:General Education
Location:China 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$1270 + airfare
Project Duration:120 days
Description:
This job entails teaching bachelor's level Business to Chinese and international students. See the addendum for "possible" subjects (not that you will teach all of those listed). The university will pay roughly 4,000 RMB a month for a Master's degree and roughly 5,000 RMB a month for a Doctoral degree. At the time this request was drafted those amounts, based on current exchange rates, would be $590 & $740 respectively. 


Humanitarian Aid - Food, water filters, eyeglasses

Ministry type:Human Needs Ministry
Prayer Walking
Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Location:Macedonia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$575 + airfare
Project Duration:6 days
Description:
Humanitarian Aid has proven to be a great way to get into peoples' lives. We want to connect with people, provide for their perceived needs, and give them the Gospel. Many of the people we work with among the Turkic people in villages and small towns are in want. Will you fund 100-300 families to eat for a month? At approximately $25-30 for each family you can feed them and can be Christ's hands and feet as you share much needed flour, rice, oil, beans and sugar with them? 


Humanitarian Aid - Food, water filters, eyeglasses

Ministry type:Human Needs Ministry
Prayer Walking
Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Location:Romania 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$575 + airfare
Project Duration:6 days
Description:
Humanitarian Aid has proven to be a great way to get into peoples' lives. We want to connect with people, provide for their perceived needs, and give them the Gospel. Many of the people we work with among the Turkic people in villages and small towns are in want. Will you fund 100-300 families to eat for a month? At approximately $25-30 for each family you can feed them and can be Christ's hands and feet as you share much needed flour, rice, oil, beans and sugar with them? 


Christmas Bible Distribution in Serbia

Ministry type:Literature Distribution
General Evangelism
Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Dec. 27, 2012
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
The Bible - the revelation of God's gift of salvation. Come to Serbia this Christmas and help us give the most precious gift of love, hope and eternal life by handing out Bibles in Serbia. Our plan is to go street by street, house by house, apartment by apartment to make sure that each person has access to the Word of God. Help us this Christmas, saturating our city with the wonderful Word of God.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Literature Distribution in Serbia

Ministry type:Literature Distribution
General Evangelism
Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Literature reaches into the mind of those who read it. The Bible and other Christian literature shares the Message in the heart language of Serbians. You need only place the materials in the hands of those who God has called to receive it. Come to Serbia and help us give the most precious gift of love, hope and eternal life by handing out Bibles in Serbia. The plan is to go street by street, house by house, apartment by apartment to make sure that each person has access to the Word of God.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Southern Cross Project, Taipei

Ministry type:Literature Distribution
General Evangelism
Location:Taiwan 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$1300 + airfare
Project Duration:10 days
Description:
Nearly 400,000 tourists from China are visiting Taiwan every year. For many of them, this is their first trip outside of China. They are very open to receiving Bibles, tracts, Jesus Films and other literature. This project utilizes volunteers to distribute Bibles and packets of evangelistic materials to these tourists. Individuals and teams will make contact with Chinese tourists at tourist destinations offering them these materials. 


Medical Outreach

Ministry type:Medical Ministry
Prayer Walking
Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Location:Macedonia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$635 + airfare
Project Duration:6 days
Description:
Come join us and our national partner/evangelist open doors in new villages as well as expand existing work using your medical knowledge and experience. Physicians, nurses, dentists and eye doctors are needed to minister to the people of the Balkans. You will be asked to bring a supply of predetermined meds as well as other items (including pain relief, antibiotics, vitamins, etc.), eyeglasses, simple examination tools, and a love of Christ to share with those in physical and spiritual need. 


Tourism Outreach

Ministry type:Prayer Walking
General Evangelism
Location:Pacific Rim 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$384 + airfare
Project Duration:9 days
Description:
Teams take the Truth into Darkness though evangelism, prayer walking, media distribution, and building relationships. They will go into the urban center and villages located along the coast and find men of peace. They will build relationships with people they meet and share the Good News with them. This will be done in villages, modern shopping malls, at Starbucks, or on a river cruise. Each time the gospel is shared, someone will have their first and possibly only chance to hear Truth. 


Prayerwalking in Serbia

Ministry type:Prayer Walking
General Evangelism
Comm Outreach/Dev & Min
Location:Serbia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$415 + airfare
Project Duration:7 days
Description:
Pray over neighborhood after neighborhood, house after house, and person after person. You are needed to pierce the darkness by praying over the buildings, houses and people of this land. As you pray and listen to God, you will discover where He is working, helping the local Body of Believers to focus on those areas. Prayer is that first step to reaching this land for Christ. Come step out and pray for the Serbs and Serbia with us.
Web Site: www.pray4serbs.org


Humanitarian Aid - Food, water filters, eyeglasses

Ministry type:Sports/Recreation
General Evangelism
Location:Romania 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$575 + airfare
Project Duration:6 days
Description:
Sports camp here we come!!!! We are excited to announce this opportunity for you to get involved in Turkic ministries in Romania. We need people interested in participating in and funding a soccer camp in south eastern Romania. We are working with a national and seeing lots of response. This is a key ministry outreach need that you can fill. Come, have fun and be a part of evangelism to the Romanian Turks. Best times to come: June 2012-Aug 2012, July being the best month  


Summer Sports Camp

Ministry type:Sports/Recreation
General Evangelism
Location:Romania 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$575 + airfare
Project Duration:6 days
Description:
Sports camp here we come!!!! We are excited to announce this opportunity for you to get involved in Turkic ministries in Romania. We need people interested in participating in and funding a soccer camp in south eastern Romania. We are working with a national and seeing lots of response. This is a key ministry outreach need that you can fill. Come, have fun and be a part of evangelism to the Romanian Turks. Best times to come: June 2012-Aug 2012, July being the best month  


Alpine Skiers on a Mission, Family

Ministry type:Sports/Recreation
Literature Distribution
General Evangelism
Location:Slovenia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$500 + airfare
Project Duration:5 days
Description:
Two to seven individuals needed to distribute gospel portions and evangelism materials to those they meet on the slopes while skiing / boarding. Your objectives are friendship evangelism through prayer-skiing / boarding, literature distribution and discovering those interested in Bible study with the aim of intelligently and sensitively presenting Jesus to them.
Web Site: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Bovec-Slovenia/The-Great-Exchange/21713329530


Alpine Spring Sports Adventure, Family

Ministry type:Sports/Recreation
Literature Distribution
General Evangelism
Location:Slovenia 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$625 + airfare
Project Duration:5 days
Description:
Ski, snowboard, go snowshoeing, ice climbing, alpine sledding, ice skating, whitewater raft, kayak, cycle, paraglide, rock climb, go mountaineering, backpacking & trekking, hydrospeeding, horseback riding, canyoning, caving, do paintball, etc. while sharing your testimony and distributing gospel portions and evangelism materials to those you meet along the way. Your objectives are friendship evangelism, prayer walking, literature distribution and discovering those interested in Bible study.
Web Site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bovec-Slovenia/The-Great-Exchange/21713329530?ref=mf


Teaching English in China

Ministry type:University Ministry
Location:China 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$960 + airfare
Project Duration:120 days
Description:
This job is with a 4 year university where you will be teaching English. This could include: listening skills, speaking skills, reading, writing, culture, etc. 


Discovery and Vision Trip

Ministry type:Vision/Discovery
Prayer Walking
Ethnographic Res/Survey
Location:Greece 
Arrival Date:Flexible
Total on field cost per person$635 + airfare
Project Duration:6 days
Description:
This trip is designed to assist Statside partners in determining whether or not partnering with IMB to reach the Northern Greek Muslims is for them. We will travel the area and meet with people all the while explaining our passion and casting a vision for a Stateside Church or group of Churches to take the task of reaching this group and serve as the hands and feet of Christ in this difficult and spiritually dark place.