Church Planter - Small Villages

Job Description

The north of Buriram province has several districts (average 70,000 people) where people are without opportunity to know the Lord Jesus. The same is true of an area crossing the border of Chaiyaphum and Khorat provinces. Almost all people in these areas live in small villages and are rice farmers. Poor rainfall means pressure on livelihood. Missionaries are needed to reach out to people in these areas and to see churches being born in each district. The vision is to plant self-multiplying house churches.

Responsibilities

- Incarnational evangelism

- Discipleship

- Lay leader development

Qualifications

- Desire to share Christ with the unreached

- Able to live and work independently

- Takes initiative

- Creative thinker

Formal Bible training resulting in one or more of the following:

- Certificate in Christian Ministry and Bible Training

- Bachelor or Masters degree in Bible or Theology

- Masters or higher in Divinity, or related field

For English as second language applicants, these levels of English assessment are required:

IELTS - 5.0

TOEFL - 500 (173 in TOEFL computer version)

TOEIC - 675

OPE - 3.0

Living Situations

- Six people needed

- Singles, couples, families

- Commit to at least four years of service

- Complete member application process including: application forms, interview, medical and psychological review

- Raise full financial support

- Attend Orientation Course in Singapore before coming to the field

- 1st year in full-time Thai language, culture and worldview study, located in Central Thailand

- 2nd year move to a ministry location, begin transition from full-time to half-time language study until the completion of full language and culture program

- Conform to a lifestyle that matches that of your ministry context. Some locations will present living challenges, for instance, a simple rural living situation where there may be no running water and access to supplies and services is distant. Others can be located in an urban setting, with standard Thai housing where population density is high and lifestyle is busy, with people and activity all around. Lifestyle in Thailand can range from the most simple and challenging, to very comfortable.