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Category: Discipleship & Church Development

Here are all the opportunities on the site in the Discipleship & Church Development category.

San Ministry

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Any duration considered

This ministry involves working among rural San communities and other marginalised peoples.

Equipping Believers For Mission

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Any duration considered

As the church grows and matures, the natural transition is for churches to begin to reach out and evangelise others, taking charge of their own growth and expansion.

Youth Training Centre

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Any duration considered

If you have a heart for young adults who do not know the Lord, come and join the team at our Youth Training Centre, in a small city in West Africa.

Sports Friends Senegal

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Any duration considered

The Sports Friends staff train local church-based coaching teams with the goal that they will eventually become sustainable sports ministry programmes fully managed and funded by the church.

Training Church Leaders

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Any duration considered

Our ministry is working in partnership with a growing but largely rural church.

Discipling New Believers

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Any duration considered

We long to see a Christ-centred, contextualised church planted among an influential, but gospel-resistant people group in West Africa.

Muslim Outreach

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2 years plus

We long to see a Christ-centred, contextual church planted among an influential, but gospel-resistant, people group in West Africa.

Engaging believers in Missional Discipleship

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2 years plus

By faith, we see our local churches growing and equipped for mission in our region and beyond.

Church Partnership

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Any duration considered

SIM Liberia team members work alongside Liberian Christian leaders, especially with ELWA and ECOL, to spread the gospel, teach the Word of God, and disciple…

Transformational Christian Discipleship and Leadership

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2 years plus

We seek to help Malian believers grow in their knowledge of Jesus Christ, to obey him practically, and to be involved in making him known to unreached Malians.

Serving and Equipping the Church

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Up to 2 years

Are you interested or skilled in supporting a growing church through theological education, training and mentoring, member care, institutional support services or resourcing, student ministry, church planting or extension?

Discipleship of Anglophone Expats

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Any duration considered

The mandate of the International Fellowship of Christians (IFC) pastor is to build IFC as a missional church, equipping and sending disciples of Christ into the world as ambassadors of Christ with hearts of love and service.

Equipping the Church for Mission through Partnership

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2 years plus

SIM Ghana works with like-minded churches and organisations in a reciprocal, collaborative and contextualised relationship serving together in ministries which share Christ’s love amongst communities where Jesus is least known, to strengthen the capacity of God’s people through training and discipleship, and enabling the church to be an effective witness in their communities and beyond through the development of infrastructure.

Mobilizing and Equipping the Church in West Africa for Global Missions

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2 years plus

We envision motivating, encouraging, supporting and equipping the West African Church to play its primary role as nurturer and sender of workers.

Equipping Missionaries from West Africa for Global Missions

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2 years plus

To cater for the major needs of mission workers like housing, medicals, travel etc.

Sports Friends Ghana

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Up to 2 years

Sports Friends’ Ghana vision is to see a national movement of churches using sports to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

African Missions Mobilization Media

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2 years plus

This strategic ministry equips African churches, missionaries, and prospective missionaries with resources to engage in the Great Commission worldwide.

Mobilisation for Mission

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Any duration considered

Serving with like-minded organisations and churches in Ghana, which share the vision to see the Ghanaian church sending out workers into cross-cultural ministry.

Equipping the Church for Mission through Business as Mission

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Any duration considered

Many Christian traders, employees and entrepreneurs do not know their daily work matters to God.

Theology and Resources

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Any duration considered

We aim to resource church leaders and equip them to teach and explain the Bible accurately and confidently in the evolving cultural context.

Church Leadership Development

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Any duration considered

The Church leadership development ministry in Malawi includes lay leadership training, on-going training and mentoring of pastors, and institutional Bible teaching and training in order to equip those preparing for and serving in leadership in churches to be bold disciple-makers with a passion for reaching the lost.

Wholeness Ministry

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2 years plus

This ministry engages Christian leaders to become mentally, emotionally and spiritually whole leaders, and equips them for inner life discipleship and trauma healing.

Youth Evangelism and Discipleship

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2 years plus

We employ various ministry methods to develop relationships with young people in northern Mozambique in order to share God’s love and redemption with this generation.

Theological Education/Discipleship of Church Leaders

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2 years plus

We seek to provide solid Biblical teaching and relational discipleship while also providing contextual training such as oral Bible storying as a way to grow in their relationship with Christ, to present the Gosgel, and as a crucial method in the discipleship of other believers.

Training Christian Leaders

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Any duration considered

We partner with formal theological training institutions, take informal training out to the local churches, and organise conferences for pastors and Christian leaders.

Children and Youth

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Any duration considered

In Namibia, approximately 60 per cent of the population is under 25. There are considerable generational and cultural barriers to reaching young people with the gospel.

University Ministry

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Any duration considered

Through our presence on campus, we desire to see students become lifelong followers of Christ and missional influencers among their peers and in their communities.

Mobilisation

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Any duration considered

We do local church trainings on mission, lead short-term mission trips, and come alongside local churches to send out their own mission workers.

Word on the Street

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Any duration considered

You’ll be working in a defined geographical area on the streets of Cape Town alongside the local church.

Mobilisation – the South African Christian Community

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Any duration considered

To visit churches and Bible training institutions to engage with individuals.

Formal and Non-Formal Theological Education

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Up to 2 years

Could you help train pastors and other church leaders to give them a sound understanding of Biblical truth?

Church Engagement

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Any duration considered

To develop a well thought-out model for Christian ministry personnel development, missional leadership development and theological education.

Youth and Children Ministries

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Any duration considered

We want to meet the needs of youth and children through youth centres, discipleship and mentoring, chaplaincy in schools, life skills training, sports coaching and after school clubs.

Madagascar Emergency Relief SIM

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Any duration considered

Our MERSI Mission seeks to help our brothers and sisters in Christ re-build their communities in times of natural disaster.

Children’s Ministry – Outreach and Capacity Building

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Any duration considered

This ministry seeks to equip children’s ministry workers to effectively disciple the emerging generation in the churches in Malawi.

Equipping the persecuted church for mission

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Any duration considered

Our team has long-term experience and relationships living, serving among and worshipping with the persecuted church in Asia.

Multi-skilled church planting team

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Any duration considered

Come and join our multi-skilled church planting team in rural South Asia through education, literacy, evangelism, Bible-teaching, and health ministry.

Equipping Missional Angolan Church Leaders

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2 years plus

In partnership with the United Evangelical Church of Angola (UIEA), this ministry helps equip the leadership of Christian denominations and churches in evangelism and discipleship.

Timothy Centre

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Up to 2 years

By faith, we see leaders and their church communities able to obey Christ’s Great Commission to be his witnesses.

Theological education

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Up to 2 years

Various Bible schools across the country and short courses and conferences.

Quechua Outreach Ministry

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2 years plus

We work alongside local churches and organisations, to support their ministries of evangelism, church planting, discipleship/leadership training, biblical training, social action.

Theological Education

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2 years plus

We partner with the church to teach in centres of theological education, and provide programmes such as TEE (Theological Education by Extension).

Equipping Churches

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2 years plus

Helping the church identify opportunities for growth and to pursue new areas of ministry.

Urban Ministry

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2 years plus

We support churches as they offer a range of programmes and activities for their members and others in the local community.

Women’s Ministry

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2 years plus

We seek to support women at a range of life stages and situations, according to their needs, building relationships and trust, and helping them to understand the hope and joy the gospel offers.

Communications, Church mobilization and Recruitment

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2 years plus

Communicate about SIM, its field ministry opportunities as well as God’s plan for global mission.

Specializing Local Ministry Leaders

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Any duration considered

Specialised seminary vocational training for leaders in: counselling, next generation, worship, local church and cross-cultural ministries.

Youth Outreach and Discipleship

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Any duration considered

Our goal is to enter into this unprecedented open door to reach, disciple and empower high school and university-aged young people so they can engage their peers and transform their nation into one that cherishes Christ.

Youth: Next Generation Discipleship

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Any duration considered

If you love the idea of organising attractive interdenominational youth leader gatherings, this ministry is for you!

Sports Friends Uruguay

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Any duration considered

Are you passionate about sports and serving young people? Contact us today to see the many ways you can get involved!

Mobilization

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2 years plus

We want to see an increasing number of churches equipped to train, send, and sustain ministry workers focused on making disciples of those living and dying without the gospel.

Urban Northwest Ministry Team

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2 years plus

We’d love you to join the team and build up healthy congregations together!

Training Church Leaders and Discipleship

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Any duration considered

By faith, we seek to train leaders and workers so they can in turn train the church effectively to fulfil the Great Commission.

Paraguay First Nations Partnerships

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2 years plus

We are looking for people who are willing to work alongside indigenous believers, growing, equipping, and encouraging them to reach out to their people.

Equipping churches and leaders in Paraguay’s interior communities

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2 years plus

This team is currently focused on the shepherding of rural church leaders and the development of a Paraguayan Bible camp.

Mobilising Paraguayan Churches for Missions

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2 years plus

You would be working alongside others to see equipped, godly leaders encouraging spiritual growth, leading the church, training other leaders, and expanding the church into the next community, the next generation and into all the world.

Sports Friends Peru

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2 years plus

Working with local church leaders and church members to show how sports can be a useful tool for evangelism and discipleship.

Entrusted: Disability and Mission

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Any duration considered

Our aim is to raise awareness of people with disability in the community and in the church.

SIM Thailand Sending

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2 years plus

Help mobilise Thai believers and churches to engage in global mission by sending, supporting and praying for cross-cultural workers.

Hope for Life (Radical Grace)

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Any duration considered

Come alongside broken people and families who are experiencing new life in God, healing and right relationships with others.

Sports Friends Thailand

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2 years plus

We’re looking for people passionate about sports, who are ready to serve young people, their families, and communities.

Mission Mobilization

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2 years plus

Working alongside churches, seminaries, and other groups you would encourage individuals and, especially, church leaders to fulfill the Great Commission.

Theological Education

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2 years plus

The Bolivian church is following its call to mission near and far, and sending workers where the gospel is least known.

Training Bolivian Church Planters

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2 years plus

God is raising Bolivians with a clarion call for church planting and mission in Bolivia’s capital city, La Paz.

Sharing Life in Church and Community

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Any duration considered

We’d love to welcome those with a heart for sharing life with the peoples of the Middle East.

Serving Refugees and the Displaced

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Any duration considered

We’d love to welcome those with a heart for sharing life marginalised displaced, refugee and migrant communities in the Middle East.

Serving at the Margins

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Any duration considered

We’d love to welcome those with a heart for sharing life with disadvantaged Middle Eastern communities and marginalised refugee/migrant communities.

Mobilisation and Outreach

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2 years plus

We are crossing barriers together to reach least-reached communities in East Asia and beyond.

Sports Friends International

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Any duration considered

Sports Friends works in 20 countries and ministers to almost 300,000 young people through the powerful platform of sport.

Equipping the Church

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Any duration considered

Ministry Point Persons for Church Planting, Literacy & Translation, Theological & Missiological Education, and Literature come alongside our leadership teams and work with SIM workers and partners, encouraging them in their ministries and discipleship, linking them to productive partnerships, equipping them for effectiveness, and sharing resources.

Children At Risk Network

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2 years plus

Children at Risk Network walks alongside people to help transform the situation by developing their capacity to effectively and efficiently love, care for, protect and disciple children.

Sports Friends Kenya

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Any duration considered

Sports Friends Kenya seeks to disciple, train and equip church leaders, missionaries, and church planters to use sports as an avenue for evangelism, discipleship, and church planting.

Mobilizing Kenyan Churches for Mission

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2 years plus

There is a fast-growing desire among young believers in some evangelical churches for outreach, disciple-making, and church planting in communities where Christ is least known.

Supporting Kenyan Nomadic Churches

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2 years plus

This ministry engages Kenyan churches through training and resource mobilisation to create committed and accountable partners.

OneLife Africa

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2 years plus

OneLife Africa (OLA) focuses on the next generation of young leaders in high school, colleges and universities.

Serving and Equipping Churches for Mission

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Any duration considered

Come and join our multi-cultural team as we serve among the host and refugee communities in rural South Sudan.

Outreach, Discipleship, and Church Planting

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Any duration considered

Come and join our international and multi-cultural team as we serve in a rural community in South Sudan.

Mobilising for Missions

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Any duration considered

Come and join our international and multi-cultural team as we serve in a rural community in South Sudan.

Eleventh Hour Network

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2 years plus

Several regions in Kenya desperately need cross-cultural ministry workers.

Mobilization

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Any duration considered

We mobilize and equip churches, groups, and individuals of all ages to play their role as senders and goers for local and global missions.

KIBIR

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Any duration considered

KIBIR is collaborating with the church to equip Christian business owners, graduates-professionals, university students and faith leaders for marketplace ministry.

Engaging the Church in global missions

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2 years plus

We look to work with churches in Ethiopia at the national and local level, instilling in them a passion and understanding of global missions.

Life Challenge Africa

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2 years plus

Life Challenge is a ministry that is uniquely focused and passionately committed to mobilize, train and equip the Body of Christ to meaningfully present the Gospel to Muslims and make disciples among them.

Engaging the East African Church in Mission

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2 years plus

We help churches in East Africa develop sending structures, allowing them to send workers through the East African sending office to SIM entities around the world.

Barnabas

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2 years plus

We trains and equip local churches in Muslim areas of Ethiopia to reach out in love to their neighbours.

Theological Education – Thailand

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2 years plus

As a theological educator and gifted Bible teacher, help equip the Thai church to evangelise, make disciples, teach, plant churches and engage in mission.

Youth and Student Ministry

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2 years plus

Equip churches to invest in young people, offering training and mentoring for youth leaders, and equipping young people for mission. Work in schools and universities and support local churches in their youth and student work.

Outreach and discipleship – Dagomba, Sisaala and Fulani

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2 years plus

Engage with these three focus peoples to share the good news of God in both word and deed, in the language of the peoples and in culturally relevant ways.

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