Thailand | University Student Ministry
Opportunity Overview:
We are looking for young adults eager to share their faith with university students in the Isaan region of Thailand. This opportunity is especially geared towards college students or recent graduates. It is also helpful if you have experience in teaching conversational English. This opportunity is available for long-term, mid-term, and short-term workers with a minimum commitment of 2 months. We invite you to speak with one of our mission coaches if you want to learn more!
Countries: Thailand
Terms: Long-Term (3+ years), Mid-Term (1 - 3 years), Short-Term (4-6 months), Short-Term (7-12 months)
Responsibilities:
- Develop relationships with university students, often through teaching conversational English.
- Teach illustrated chronological Bible stories to help Buddhists understand the Christian worldview.
- Disciple new and pre-believers while modeling what it looks like to be a Jesus-follower.
- Assist in the formation of contextualized church plants for new believers coming out of Buddhism.
- Study the Thai language in university or Thai language school depending on the length of your commitment.
Qualifications:
- Fluent English speaker
- Able to teach chronological Bible stories to small groups
- Able to teach conversational English
- Willing to serve on a multi-cultural and multi-agency team
- A deep love for university students
- A teachable and humble spirit willing to learn Thai language and culture
Additional Information:
Church-planting in Thailand needs to be done in a contextualized and reproducible way. Our goal is to see an indigenously led and sustained church-planting movement. The Isaan people are 99% Buddhist, though many of the youth are driven more by the secular draw of money, sex, and power. The Isaan region is 1/3 of the land mass of Thailand where 18 million people have little access to the gospel. Thailand is hot and humid much of the year.
Our Local Vision
Our local vision is to build loving relationships with university students as a bridge to share with them the transforming gospel of Jesus Christ. Through conversational English, good food, sports, and music we build friendships with students that lead to chronological Bible storytelling. As students come to faith, we disciple them in small groups and welcome them into a Christian community. Our vision is to equip them to bring the gospel to the unreached villages throughout Isaan.
Community Transformation Impact:
Our Local Vision
Our local vision is to build loving relationships with university students as a bridge to share with them the transforming gospel of Jesus Christ. Through conversational English, good food, sports, and music we build friendships with students that lead to chronological Bible storytelling. As students come to faith, we disciple them in small groups and welcome them into a Christian community. Our vision is to equip them to bring the gospel to the unreached villages throughout Isaan.
Community Transformation Impact:
- Educate to Elevate
- Lift Up Women & Girls
- Generate Decent Jobs
