Christmas Application Deadline is September 21, 2026.
Financial Assistance
Applying to serve through One Mission Students qualifies you for financial assistance, which is already factored into the trip costs listed for each project. To receive this assistance, you must complete all the specific requirements listed below. We are committed to helping you fund your mission so you can focus on the work God has called you to do.
One Mission Students must be:
- Maturing Christians
- Active in an Alabama BCM or Alabama Baptist Church
- Be of good physical and emotional health
- Participate in personal evangelism on your college campus
- Students must refrain from any use of alcohol, tobacco, pornography, sexual contact outside of marriage, and/or any other activity that will call into question your integrity or hinder one’s witness for Christ.
- Completed one semester of college
- Have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher
- Complete a local interview with your BCM campus minister or local church collegiate minister
- Each applicant will complete a zoom or in person interview with the OMS State Leadership Team. After we receive your application, we will work with you to set up the interview.
- Once appointed, students will meet with their team leaders virtually to plan and prepare for the project. You are expected to be present for all team meetings.
If you’re considering service internationally over the Christmas break – get your passport today! All students serving internationally must have submitted an application for a passport before September 21, 2026.
If you have any questions about the opportunities listed below, please contact Chris Mills at cmills@alsbom.org.
P3K Missions Lab
The Missions Lab is a one-week immersive experience designed to give students a firsthand look at what it means to live on mission while serving alongside IMB P3000 Explorers during their pre-field training in a major U.S. city. Throughout the week, students will learn from these P3000 explorers, gaining insight into the rhythms of missionary life, cross-cultural ministry, and faithful gospel witness. Together, they will engage diverse people groups from around the world, as we have many opportunities right here in our cities to engage the nations in our backyard. Through practical training, intentional relationships, and hands-on ministry, students will not only serve alongside the Explorers but also begin discerning how God may be calling them to participate in His global mission—including the possibility of serving as a P3000 Explorer in the future.
Christmas Outreach in NYC
Make the most of your Christmas break by joining Swerve Church in Brooklyn for an unforgettable week of serving the community and sharing the hope of Jesus. You’ll partner with local schools, throw festive block parties, serve meals to people experiencing homelessness, volunteer at a neighborhood food pantry, spread Christmas cheer by singing carols in public spaces, and so much more. Step out of your comfort zone, make a real impact, and celebrate the season by showing God’s love in practical ways.
Make the most of your Christmas break by joining Swerve Church in Brooklyn for an unforgettable week of serving the community and sharing the hope of Jesus. You’ll partner with local schools, throw festive block parties, serve meals to people experiencing homelessness, volunteer at a neighborhood food pantry, spread Christmas cheer by singing carols in public spaces, and so much more. Step out of your comfort zone, make a real impact, and celebrate the season by showing God’s love in practical ways.
Deliver Hope
Serve in Luxembourg, one of Europe’s smallest yet most diverse countries, where many native Luxembourgish speakers have never had access to Scripture in their own language. Partner with local believers to distribute the newly translated portions of Scripture, opening doors for conversations about Jesus and the hope found in His Word. Be part of an opportunity to help make God’s truth accessible in Luxembourg.
Christmas Store
Spend your Christmas break making a meaningful difference with The Root Cellar’s Christmas Store! This unique outreach gives parents the opportunity to shop for brand-new jackets, boots, and toys for their children at affordable prices, helping them create a memorable Christmas for their families. Last year, the store served more than 100 families and 300 children.
As part of the team, you’ll help bring the Christmas Store to life by welcoming families, assisting parents as they shop, serving as a cashier, wrapping gifts, and creating a warm, encouraging experience for every guest. Throughout the week, you’ll have opportunities to build relationships, share the hope of Jesus through practical acts of love, and participate in additional local service projects. Come be part of a week that brings joy, hope, and the love of Christ to families during the Christmas season.
Share with University Students
Spend your Christmas break on mission in one of the least-reached places in North America. Join ministry partners in Quebec as they build relationships with university students and share the life-changing hope of Jesus.
Quebec has a unique spiritual landscape. Generations of religious tension have left many people disconnected from faith, creating a culture that is largely post-Christian. Yet across university campuses, many young adults are asking big questions and searching for something real, authentic, and lasting.
This Christmas, you’ll have the opportunity to use your unique gifts, interests, and personality to connect with students, serve alongside local ministries, and have meaningful Gospel conversations. Whether through campus outreach, community events, or everyday interactions, you’ll experience what it’s like to live on mission while encouraging others with the only hope that truly satisfies.
If you’re looking for a Christmas break that will challenge your faith, expand your perspective, and make an eternal impact, this is it.
Christmas Backpack Project
Spend your Christmas break serving alongside Revolution Revived Christian Church as they share the love of Jesus with families in the Mobile community. One of the highlights of the week will be helping distribute backpacks collected by Baptist Campus Ministries (BCMs) from across the state to local children, providing practical support and encouragement during the Christmas season.
In addition to the backpack outreach, you’ll partner with local churches and ministries throughout Mobile County in a variety of community service projects, building relationships and sharing the hope of Christ in tangible ways.
Bring your willingness to serve, your heart for people, and your own transportation to Mobile. Join a team that’s making a real difference and discover how God can use your Christmas break to impact lives for eternity. Spend your Christmas break serving alongside Revolution Revived Christian Church as they share the love of Jesus with families in the Mobile community. One of the highlights of the week will be helping distribute backpacks collected by Baptist Campus Ministries (BCMs) from across the state to local children, providing practical support and encouragement during the Christmas season.
In addition to the backpack outreach, you’ll partner with local churches and ministries throughout Mobile County in a variety of community service projects, building relationships and sharing the hope of Christ in tangible ways.
Bring your willingness to serve, your heart for people, and your own transportation to Mobile. Join a team that’s making a real difference and discover how God can use your Christmas break to impact lives for eternity.
Engage with Muslims
What if this Christmas, instead of simply celebrating the story of Christ’s birth, you helped someone hear it for the very first time? Join us in a nation where 88% of the population is Muslim. Spend your days being trained, equipped, and sent to share the Gospel with those who may have never met a follower of Jesus. Christmas opens unique doors for conversations about hope, peace, and the Savior of the world. Will you answer the call to go where so few are willing?
PAST MISSIONS
Refugee Ministry
Clarkston is one of the most diverse communities in America. Known as the “Ellis Island of the South,” nearly 70% of the population is foreign-born, representing more than 50 countries with more than 100 distinct ethnic groups—all living within 1.4 square miles. This provides tremendous opportunities for churches and individuals to invest in the residents of this unique community. This team will be a part of an immersive experience at the Send Relief Ministry Center, engaging in refugee ministry as well as various ministry outreach projects throughout the Atlanta metro area. This team will be participating in a variety of compassion opportunities that may include apartment outreach, food pantry ministry, after-school programs, sports ministry, canvassing, prayer walking, homeless ministry, physical labor, and serving at-risk families. Aspects of training and equipping to learn how to better serve the international and refugee communities will be woven in, so that you can go back and apply this in your city.
Share with University Students
Use your Christmas break to come alongside ministry partners engaging university students with the Gospel. Quebec is the most unreached place in North America with a long history of religious tension with the Catholic church that’s led to post-Catholic and post-modern culture. The exciting thing is that young adults are seeking and desiring to find something authentic and true. Are you ready to come and share the only true hope of the world with them? Use your gifts, passions, interest, and this special season to look for opportunities to share Jesus!
Christmas Backpack Project
This team of students would join First Baptist Church, LaCenter, KY, in a Christmas outreach event where the backpacks BCMs from across Alabama will be distributed to children in their community. Students will also serve in outreach opportunities in local schools and alongside other ministries in the area.
Christmas Backpack Project
This team of students would join Revolution Revived Christian Church in a Christmas outreach event where the backpacks BCMs across the state have gathered will be distributed to children in their community. Students will also serve in other outreach opportunities alongside other churches/ministries in Mobile County. Students will be responsible for transportation to Mobile.
Share Hope with International Students
Many international students studying in Hungary do not get to go home for Christmas…but all of them speak English! Engage with them by taking someone for coffee, sitting down for board game, providing a study break in the student lounge, or taking someone to the park to shoot fireworks for New Year’s Eve. Each occasion provides an opportunity to show God’s love for the nations through actions and opens doors to also share the Good News. Use your gifts and passions to share the hope of Christmas with international students!