International Projects

In partnership with national Baptist believers, be a part of outreach to youth and children. Help with youth ministry, small group discipleship, VBS, general evangelism and other church activities. Use your interest in music, sports, and children & youth ministry to open doors to homes and hearts with the goal of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. You will make life long friends with the friendly & hospitable Samoan people.

Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams at the Nehemiah Teams Training Center in Mentone, Alabama. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will then travel to your field destination for the summer. At the end of the summer, you’ll return for some final days of debrief.  Participants must commit to the entire program from orientation through the end of debrief.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be passionate about children and youth ministry and willing to use their music, sports, etc. skills to engage children with the Gospel.

Come alongside the IMB team ministering to refugees and others in Athens! This team of students will engage with and help host and coordinate short term volunteer teams; and assist in running a community center. Students will also engage the community through street conversations, mapping and prayer walking.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be passionate and willing to engage refugees coming from hard situations. There will also be a lot of walking in potentially extreme heat conditions.

Journey across the stunning landscapes of Botswana and partner with local churches to make a real impact. Each week will offer a new adventure, from evangelism and kids ministry to meaningful church work and building lasting relationships. Share your faith. Immerse yourself in a vibrant community. Make disciples and forge connections that will last a lifetime.

We are working with unreached indigenous peoples that live in the rural mountains of Southern Mexico. The Zoque desire to live a more simple life and believe their good works will earn them eternity. Our team shares Bible stories, visits people in their homes, and hosts special events with youth, children, and adults. We pursue entry points to share the gospel, disciple new believers, bridge the cultural gap, and earn trust in the community. We invite you to join us this summer! Your daily activities might include prayer walking, visiting homes to tell Bible stories, and sharing meals. If you have experience with music, sports or crafts, there may be opportunities to use those skills in outreach activities. Additionally, you can expect to be trained and mentored by IMB missionaries.        

Special requirements: You must be bold and a self-starter. This project is in a rural setting – meaning not only will life be slow, but you many Western conveniences will be unavailable.  Spanish is helpful, but not required.  

We partner with Colombian Baptists to serve the most vulnerable peoples in Cucuta, Colombia, including Venezuelan refugees. The people are in desperate need. We are able to help some of them physically, while offering spiritual nourishment and an opportunity to know Christ.

Your daily work might include serving children, youth, or adults at one of several church plants or humanitarian houses alongside local ministry partners. An intermediate level of Spanish is required to listen to hurting people, share the gospel compassionately, and strengthen local ministry partners.

Your interest and experience would be matched with the ministry needs. And while serving you can expect to be trained and mentored in church planting and compassion ministries by an IMB missionary.

Special requirements: You must be bold and a self-starter. Many that will be served by students on this project will have difficult backgrounds. A heart of compassion and desire to serve the ‘least of these’ is necessary. An intermediate level of Spanish is required.      

Are you part of your campus ministry’s leadership team? Do you speak Spanish? We need your help! We are working with Mexican Baptists to reach university students for Christ in Guadalajara, Mexico. We want to invest in local leaders through leadership training and practical ministry experience. Your daily work might include mapping and prayer walking a university campus, or connecting with students in coffee shops and hosting an English conversation club. You will do all these things alongside local believers as you model discipleship and passion for evangelism with the college students of Guadalajara churches. Also, you can expect a multicultural team experience with mentoring and leadership development by an IMB missionary.

Special requirements: This project is designed for students that want to engage the university campus. You must be bold and a self-starter. Spanish is required.

Meet the lost where they are—on their phones. Many Africans spend 4 1/2 hours PER DAY on their phones. As missionaries, we go where the people are to share the gospel.

We need you! You will create media together with a veteran missionary to share the gospel with Africans across Sub-Saharan Africa, teach them the Word of God, and equip them as missionaries. Projects may include evangelism tools, discipleship materials, social media content, and training curricula. Skills needed: videography is a must, but photography, graphic design, or digital animation are helpful, too. While media work is your main focus, you’ll also build relationships with and minister to Kenyans.

What’s the goal? To use digital media to reach Africans online and connect them with African churches and believers for face-to-face discipleship.

Make disciples through church planting in a major global city: Lima, Peru! Yes, there is still major lostness in the Americas. Millions of people have never heard the good news or been presented with the opportunity to follow Jesus. Our team enjoys making disciples by doing things we already love such as sports, surfing, arts, and music. What do you love? Could you do it here with us to tell people about Jesus? Let’s find out! As a Summer Sojourner in Lima, Peru you will partner with a missionary team to fight back against lostness using the unique skills and interests the Lord has given you. And, you can expect to be trained and mentored in cross-cultural church planting.    

Special requirements: You must be bold and a self-starter. Students must be willing to use their gifts and interests to engage those they interact with in Lima. Students need to be willing to learn more about what church planting looks like in an international context. Spanish is helpful, but not required.  

Are you ready to help us reach London with the Gospel?

Join IMB church planters, journeymen, and local partners in meeting, sharing the Gospel, and discipling university students from around the world. As an integral member of our growing team, you will join us in gathering and grouping new student contacts for events, leading discovery Bible studies, and building intentional discipleship relationships.

But that’s not all. Our local churches need your partnership to serve alongside them as they connect with their local university students to share the Gospel and disciple this next generation.

So why give up your summer for London? According to The Standard newspaper, London is a modern-day Babel. Home to over 270 nations, this global city breaks records with over 300 spoken languages. On one bus ride alone, you’ll be overwhelmed with the sounds of English, Polish, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Arabic, and French. London is a melting pot of nations in desperate need of the Gospel, and we need your help. Far too many of our communities are filled with people unaware and unconcerned with their spiritual bankruptcy.

Will you join us in sharing the Gospel in London?

Special requirements: This will be a pioneer work. You must be bold and a self-starter. Students should come expecting to engage with university students and others that call London home.

Come serve at a Community and English Language Center in North Africa/Middle East (NAME). Use what the Father has gifted you with to serve the community and create opportunities to boldly share the Truth of Christ. This unique platform gives you the opportunity to meet your neighbors where they are. Whether it is community development through sports, art, business/trade seminars, or through teaching English, come and use your gifts and hobbies to help serve and share Truth in NAME.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to know that you will be serving among unreached and unengaged peoples in North Africa/Middle East. This will be a pioneer work. You must be bold and a self-starter. Students should have some ability or desire to English to non-English speakers.

Share Truth on the front lines of North Africa/Middle East (NAME) through our cultural exchange program. Build friendships with English-speaking Arab college students, study Arabic, volunteering your time to serve locals, and immerse yourself in the culture of one of NAME’s largest cities. You’ll be a learner, a partner, a sower, and a friend. The harvest is plentiful – come and work the field!

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to know that you will be serving among unreached and unengaged peoples in North Africa/Middle East. This will be a pioneer work. You must be bold and a self-starter. Students must be willing to use their gifts and interests to engage university students. Students must also be willing to study Arabic.

Come help support a new work in an unengaged sector of an exciting North African megacity! Help lay the foundation for this work that we pray will bear fruit for years to come! Assist as an ESL teacher in a community development center and utilize the gifts God has given you to engage with the young adults in our city. As a teacher, you will not only help these people, many of whom are refugees, improve their lives, but will also have abundant opportunity to communicate the truth of God’s love to the next generation. The position will offer some natural fluidity. We want you to effectively use your talents and gifts! Yes, you will teach English, but you will also have the opportunity to use your talents, passions, hobbies, etc. for the sake of the Kingdom. Come expecting to work side by side with a field team that is committed to and passionate about the Gospel! Our primary goal for you is that you abide abundantly in Christ while you are with us. We want you sharing your faith out of an overflow of what Jesus is doing in you. We will also need some help running our newly established community center. Bring a hard-working attitude, a selfless heart for service, and all your fresh ideas.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to know that you will be serving among unreached and unengaged peoples in North Africa/Middle East. This will be a pioneer work. You must be bold and a self-starter. Students should have some ability or desire to English to non-English speakers.

Work hard to produce a harvest! This is a motto of many farmers. As a “mission farmer” this summer, you’ll be planting more than just physical seeds! Spend your days working on a research/demonstration farm in the tribal areas of the Philippines. While working alongside national and tribal partners, you’ll learn practical ways to help develop the countryside through simple yet practical farming techniques. Your weekends will be spent in local communities, sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ, working alongside the local church and tribal missionaries through training in evangelism & missions.

Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams at the Nehemiah Teams Training Center in Mentone, Alabama. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will then travel to your field destination for the summer. At the end of the summer, you’ll return for some final days of debrief.  Participants must commit to the entire program from orientation through the end of debrief.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be interested in serving in agricultural settings.

You bring a unique set of skills and abilities, and we’re looking forward to seeing how God uses you this summer. Just as you come from a variety of places, you will most likely be serving in a variety of places as well. We have a number of partnerships on the Eastern side of the country and will be exploring some opportunities to engage along the Moldovan border. We will work to break your team up into smaller teams to serve in a variety of ministry settings across the country. We will work with you to determine what your gifts and skills are and how they can best be used to serve the people across our country.

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.

We would love to have you join our team!  We will connect you as volunteers in local schools near our church plants, where you will develop friendships with Chilean youth for the purpose of making disciples. Your daily activities might include teaching English or sports and recreation in the local school or spending time with new friends for evangelism and discipleship.

Chile has a large Roman Catholic majority, especially among business & professional families where there is 0% Evangelical Christians. You will serve alongside the IMB team in Santiago or its suburbs in a church planting opportunity.  

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project will need to have some skills/interest in English as a Second Language, sports and/or recreation.

Come participate in a practical missions internship to learn alongside some of the best practitioners in the world. You will begin this journey with practical orientation and training and as well as reading assignments to grow your practical knowledge of the task and sharpen the tools in your tool belt as you engage in this work. You will have on the ground opportunities to see what church planting looks like, taking an area from zero believers or understanding of who Jesus is, towards belief, baptism, church formation, church planting and discipleship all the way through to sending and multiplying disciples and churches. You won’t be alone in this journey, as you will be mentored along the way and have the regular and valuable input of leadership who will challenge you in your own understanding of missiology. You will leave South Asia with practical on the ground experience in each part of the core missionary task. Come join us in engaging lostness and reaching those who have never heard before!

Special requirements: This project is designed for students with some missions experience. If you are looking for next steps in missions service and an intentional discipleship and hands-on education experience with missions personnel, this is the right project for you.

South Asia is home to some of the most populated cities in the world. Here you will enter into a collision of culture and diversity right here in the urban centers of South Asia! Sift through the masses to find those who God has been preparing to hear the good news. Work alongside of the local church here in South Asia to reach the city. Share the gospel broadly, disciple, equip believers, and train the next generation of disciples. Be a light in the darkness!

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to know that you will be serving among unreached and unengaged peoples in South Asia. This will be a pioneer work. You must be bold and a self-starter.

Working alongside national Baptist believers, be a part of strengthening existing churches and new church starts across this vast region. Be a learner and a partner in what God is already doing in these beautiful islands. Approved students will be divided into ministry teams to go to Fiji and Guam. You will make lifelong friends with the friendly and hospitable people on these tropical islands. Use your interest in music, sports, and children and youth ministry to open doors to homes & hearts with the goal of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams at the Nehemiah Teams Training Center in Mentone, Alabama. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will then travel to your field destination for the summer. At the end of the summer, you’ll return for some final days of debrief.  Participants must commit to the entire program from orientation through the end of debrief.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be passionate about children and youth ministry and willing to use their music, sports, etc. skills to engage others with the Gospel.

Alert! Please do not consider this job if you are not willing to be challenged deeply. For those of you who are willing to let the Lord shake & shape you… Welcome, this may be the place for you this summer. The great missionary C.T Studd said ”Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell.” Come to our tropical nation, sit on the floor in one room homes, and be the first to share the Good News of the kingdom of God. Or light a fire in someone’s heart to share the love of Christ on university campuses that will keep burning when you return home, as we seek Him to powerfully work among university students. Lastly, you may be more wired to disciple those who have believed and help them further understand how to live as a World Christian. Every day here, another hundred enter into a Christless eternity, consider joining us and witnessing the Father work in and through you here.

Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams at the Nehemiah Teams Training Center in Mentone, Alabama. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will then travel to your field destination for the summer. At the end of the summer, you’ll return for some final days of debrief.  Participants must commit to the entire program from orientation through the end of debrief.

Special requirements: Students will need to be bold and self-starters. Expect to engage in university work, pioneer work among unreached peoples, serving in rural villages and mega cities.

Join us in our city of 3.5 million people, from all walks of life, who are trapped in darkness. We need students who are ready, able, and eager to be creative and look for ways to engage our city with the Gospel. Using your gifts and skills, you can impact our city by engaging the English language community, doing outreach to victims of human trafficking, involvement in small business development, and exploring the streets looking for open doors.

Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams at the Nehemiah Teams Training Center in Mentone, Alabama. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will then travel to your field destination for the summer. At the end of the summer, you’ll return for some final days of debrief.  Participants must commit to the entire program from orientation through the end of debrief.

Special requirements: Due to the nature of some of the potential ministry engagement opportunities, students that serve on this project will need to be mature and understand they will be working among peoples in very difficult situations.

This team will be focusing on Catalan speakers in Catalunya within Spain. Participants will use their gifts and interests to connect with local people while engaging in prayer and missional conversations. Art, music, and sport are all great ways to connect with people and appreciate their culture and way of life. This act of listening and appreciation can be a good first step to a missional conversation about life with Jesus and our Creator. Our desire is to see new work open among European minority language groups – your participation in this project is part of our strategy to see that work begin!

As the trade language in Andorra is Spanish, it would be very helpful and advisable if interested students (1) already possessed some good proficiency in Spanish before arrival (level A2 or higher), or (2) would be willing to commit to go through our “crash-course” (free and by distance learning) in Spanish before arrival on field. No knowledge of Catalan is required or expected before arrival, as an intensive introduction to Catalan will be offered as part of the initial, on-field orientation.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be prepared to learn Spanish/Catalan language. This is a pioneer project – students will need to be bold and self-starters.

As a student intern, you will be encouraged to serve according to your gifting with a special focus on children and youth.  You will have the opportunity to teach scripture in both public and private schools.  In addition, you will be assisting in the children and youth outreach at The Refuge Baptist Church as well as in the nearby skate park.  You will also help prepare for a holiday club community outreach in early July.

Special requirements: This project is designed for students interested in children and youth ministry through a local church in Sydney.

Our ministry focuses on disciple-making movements among Hindus in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) of Canada. We do this by establishing care cells in various cities in the GTA where Hindus experience Jesus in a meaningful way through connecting with Christians as part of our groups. The student working with our ministry would help with designing prayer cards, preparing a ministry video/presentation, and other communication needs. Students will experience cultural immersion, witness strategies for working among Hindus, and gain experience in cross-cultural missions in a North American setting.

Our ministry setting is Toronto and its suburbs and focuses on international students and immigrants from India. There are over 100,000 international students from India in this area and 1M+ Indian immigrants. Most Indians are devout Hindus and have established over 100 Hindu temples and learning centers in the Toronto area. Toronto and its suburbs are culturally diverse with a thriving and growing immigrant population from all over the globe.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to know that you will be serving among unreached and unengaged peoples from West Africa. This will be a pioneer work. You must be bold and a self-starter.

Linguæ Christi has embraced the calling of engaging with Celtic language and minority language peoples in Europe, seeking creative ways to engage these peoples. This team would be staying in Caernarfon, which is a specifically Welsh-speaking area, and seeking to develop friendships with Welsh speakers. Through common interests in skateboarding and/or similar recreation, students will build relationships and foster spiritual conversations with Welsh speakers of similar interests.

This team is ideal for people with a background and/or interest in skating/sport/recreation, who can use these interests/talents as a natural connection point with Welsh speakers. Students will be given an intensive course in Welsh language learning upon arrival.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be prepared to learn the Welsh language. This is a pioneer project – students will need to be bold and self-starters. Students should also have some ability/interest in skateboarding and other sports.

Linguæ Christi has embraced the calling of engaging with Celtic language and minority language peoples in Europe, seeking creative ways to engage these peoples. This team would be staying in northwest Wales, which is a specifically Welsh-speaking area, and seeking to develop friendships with Welsh speakers. Through common interests in surfing and/or sea/water-based recreation, students will build relationships and foster spiritual conversations with Welsh speakers of similar interests.

This team is ideal for people with a background and/or interest in surfing and/or sea/water-based recreation, who can use these interests/talents as a natural connection point with Welsh speakers. Students will be given an intensive course in Welsh language learning upon arrival.

Special requirements: Students that serve on this project need to be prepared to learn the Welsh language. This is a pioneer project – students will need to be bold and self-starters. Students should also have some ability/interest in surfing and other water sports.