Deadline to Apply for Projects is January 31, 2025!
IMPACT = to have a direct effect
That’s what we want to do.
Make an impact.
Use our influence.
For the Kingdom.
Each year we put together teams in strategic partnerships with field personnel, to give students an opportunity to be a part of a missions experience for one to three weeks on a team led by a campus minister, church college minister, or designated collegiate leader. Will you join us to use your influence to make an impact for the Kingdom?!
Applying to serve through One Mission Students qualifies you for up to 30% in financial assistance of your total field costs and transportation, if you complete the requirements listed below. The funding provided by One Mission Students is factored into the trip cost listed for each project. Financial assistance is also based on the amount of fundraising assistance you provide in your local BCM or church. If you’re considering service internationally – get your passport today! All students serving internationally must have submitted an application for a passport before Feb. 10, 2025.
If you have any questions about opportunities listed below, please contact Chris Mills at [email protected].
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
- Attend One Day on February 8 at Alberta Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa. This will be a time where students are interviewed and talk through next steps of serving through One Mission Students. You will receive more information about this day when you apply.
- You must also attend One Mission Students Weekend, April 11-12 at WorldSong Missions Place in Cook Springs, Alabama. You will receive more information about this when you are appointed. This weekend will provide you with information about your service opportunity this summer and training in evangelism, safety, and security.
- Commitment to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, US State Department
- You must also complete two report forms as you serve throughout the summer.
- If you are applying internationally, you should either already have a passport with an expiration date of more than 6 months from the end date of the project you are applying for OR have already submitted an application for your passport!
- You must be willing to be vaccinated with any vaccines required by a country for travel to or through that country. The One Mission Students team will discuss this further with you on a case-by-case basis.
Dallas, Texas :: Crossover and Southern Baptist Convention Volunteer :: June 5-12
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $700 (includes field costs, travel, and travel insurance)
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $400
Students will participate in evangelistic events alongside others from across the US leading up to the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting. During the meeting, students will assist with registration, serve as ushers, etc.
Special requirements: Students must be willing to engage in door-to-door evangelism and assist with registration or usher opportunities at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting.
Mobile, Alabama :: Super Summer Alabama Discipleship Camp :: July 13-18
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $225 (includes field costs, travel, and travel insurance)
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $150
Super Summer Alabama is not your typical summer camp — students spend hours in their schools learning about things such as theology, spiritual disciplines, missiology, apologetics, and more. Students spend more time in their schools learning than they spend doing other activities, unlike many other summer camps. Students come expecting to see God move and work in their lives. When like-minded Christian brothers and sisters come together to learn, study, and grow in their faith, the Lord is sure to move!
Will you join us at Super Summer Alabama serving as a TL (Team Leader)? A Team Leader is a college aged person who leads a small group of around 8 students throughout the week. It is a TL’s job to lead small group discussion, get to know their group on a deeper level, encourage and disciple students throughout the week and so much more!
In addition to leading small group discussion during the day, small group leaders will be responsible for having “hall time” with students staying in the same dorm as them. This is a time to invite students to share what they’ve learned, how God is speaking to them, and what is heavy on their hearts.
TL’s have one of the most important jobs at Super Summer. TL’s get to spend more personal time with their students than anyone else on campus. This means that they have the unique ability to minister to, encourage, challenge, and teach students in a way that their deans and youth pastors may not.
Special requirements: Students must be able to lead small groups and invest in junior high and high school students.
**Students can apply to serve at both Mix/Remix and Super Summer camps.
Romania :: Use Your Gifts to Engage Romania :: June 27-July 5
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $3132 (includes field costs, travel, and travel insurance)
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $2150
This team of students will be made up of students from students from across Alabama. It is designed to be an opportunity for a student that is looking for an entry point to overseas service or a student that has some time constraints for longer service over the summer. As the team comes together the specifics of the project will be adapted to make the best use of the gifts and skills of the students. There will be a focus on sharing with children and the least of these (refugees, those living in poverty, etc.) Come ready to smile, laugh, WALK, and share the good news of Jesus with children that are yet to hear the gospel!
Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be willing to use whatever gifts they have (sports, art, music, ESL, etc.) to further Gospel impact in Romania.
Talladega, Alabama :: Mix/Remix Music Camp :: July 7 – 12
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $18 (includes field costs, travel, and travel insurance)
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $0
If you have a strong desire to lead students (grades 2nd – 12th) in discipleship through the arts (singing, tech, dance, art, creative writing, drama, etc.), then this is the camp for you! Your leadership skills will shine as you lead in small group devotions and quiet times, recreation, break out groups with worship arts being the focus. We have 3 camps in one location with elementary, junior high and high school schools are divided into different camps. Sharing your story and sharing how to know the Lord with these students is a vital part of your experience during the week.
Musical ability is not a “must” but it is extremely helpful! Ability to worship and lead in worship (even from the congregation) is a must. This camp focuses on teaching the now generation to be worshippers and worship leaders. We also focus on strengthening skills to allow confidence to shine through their leadership skills.
Special requirements: Students must be able to lead in recreation, confident in leading small group devotionals, for older age groups – leading or assisting in a worship arts breakout session.
**Students can apply to serve at both Mix/Remix and Super Summer camps.
South Asia :: City Outreach :: July 18-30
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $2500 (includes housing, most meals, transportation, and travel insurance)
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $1850
Come reach lost South Asian peoples in a city filled with darkness. Your days will be filled exploring the city to find people to share the gospel with. You will engage with people in a coffee shop, at the park, in the mall, at the beach, in their home, or riding public transportation. While in country you will have the opportunity to work alongside local believers as you go with them into their city to share the love of Christ. The possibilities are endless, and the impact is eternal.
Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be bold, self-starters with a willingness to learn. They also need to be able to walk several kilometers each day.
East Africa :: Cultural Exchange :: May 19-May 28, 2025
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $2200 (includes housing, most meals, transportation, and travel insurance)
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $1550
Come and learn a variety of new cultures as you help with teaching English as a second language, prayer walking multicultural neighborhoods and spending time with college aged students in Nairobi. You will be working in diverse neighborhoods with Somali, Ethiopian and Kenyan youth.
Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be bold, self-starters with a willingness to learn and engage people from a variety of backgrounds. They also need to be able to walk several kilometers each day.
