One Missions Students wants to help you as you are seeking to be obedient to God’s call to serve the nations this Christmas! Applying to serve in any opportunities listed below through One Mission Students qualifies you for financial assistance (included in the price) if you complete all requirements listed below. If you’re considering service internationally – you must already have a passport application in process before you apply!
The deadline to apply for Christmas projects is September 30, 2025.
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
- You must also attend a training for your place of service, information will be given after you are appointed.
- Complete zoom or in person interview with One Mission Students leadership. You will receive an email after your application has been submitted to schedule your interview.
- Commitment to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and US State Department
- You must be willing to be vaccinated with any vaccines required by a country/city to travel to or through that country. The One Mission Students team will discuss this further with you on a case by case basis.
Please contact Chris Mills if you have any questions about the opportunities listed below!
Applications are now open!
Ballard County, Kentucky :: Christmas Backpack Project
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $282
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $175 (includes travel, meals, lodging, insurance, and ministry expenses)
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.
Clarkston, Georgia :: Refugee Ministry
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $456
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $300 (includes transportation, meals, lodging, insurance, and ministry expenses)
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.
Eight Mile/Mobile County, AL :: Christmas Backpack Project
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $132
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $40 (includes meals, lodging, insurance, and ministry expenses. Travel is NOT included.)
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.
Hungary :: Share Hope with International Students
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $2195
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $1500 (includes travel, meals, lodging, insurance, and ministry expenses)
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!
Quebec :: Share with University Students
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: $1574
WHAT YOU PAY (includes OMS Contribution): $1150 (includes travel, meals, lodging, insurance, and ministry expenses)
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!
