Discipleship and Training Missionary

This role is based in the largest town of a remote jungle county where a To Every Tribe family has labored to establish the first gospel-proclaiming church. Your focus as a Discipleship and Training Missionary will be to help strengthen this local church, discipling and equipping local believers so that the church becomes a self-sustaining base for regional church planting efforts.

 

You will teach, preach, train leaders, and mobilize the congregation to support the planting of churches throughout the 30 unreached towns and communities in this county.

• Language & Culture Acquisition: Follow an individualized language-learning plan and engage in cultural immersion, working toward advanced proficiency for teaching, discipleship, and ministry in Spanish.
• Community Engagement: Establish a godly presence in the county seat town, seeking ways to engage and serve through meaningful interactions that build relationships and open doors for gospel-centered conversations.
• Leadership Development: Disciple local men who display biblical leadership qualifications, preparing them for roles as elders and deacons.
• Church Edification: Provide biblical teaching and expositional preaching to foster maturity and unity within the congregation.
• Strategic Mobilization: Impart a vision within the local body for seeing churches planted across the entire county.
• Evangelistic Outreach: Help oversee evangelistic children’s Bible clubs, Sunday School, and English language classes as ministries of the church, always pointing all people to Christ.
• Implement the 8 Phases: Build trust, learn the culture, and preach the gospel. Nurture new believers through discipleship in the context of the local church, helping them to discover and use their spiritual gifts to serve one another in the body.
• Short-Term Trips: Support visiting mission teams and volunteers, helping them adapt to the local context and ensuring their contributions align with the needs of the local church.
• Partnership: Communicate regularly with donors and supporting churches, providing updates on ministry activities and sharing prayer needs to strengthen partnerships.
• Team Collaboration: Attend and contribute meaningfully to team meetings, coming prepared to discuss ministry progress, challenges, and insights, and actively participate in prayer and planning.

• Meet the biblical qualifications for elders/deacons listed in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
• Proven teaching, preaching, and evangelism experience.
• Completion of the preparation plan agreed with To Every Tribe, your sending church, and field leadership.
• Ability to thrive in all areas of life while living in a remote location.
• Committed to live within the community of service to fully engage in the life of the local church and society.
• Completed college education is very useful for obtaining a visa.
• Commissioned by a local church as a missionary, and in agreement with To Every Tribe’s mission and statement of faith.
• Able to work well in a team-based environment.

This position is full-time and fully support-based. Missionaries build a team of financial and prayer partners. An individualized support budget covers salary, taxes, insurance, travel, housing, and ministry expenses. A fundraising coach helps after acceptance.