Grant Supported Opportunities
Students may apply directly to the International Mission Board to serve in one of the Send Me Now Opportunities. Students who are approved to serve may apply for a Send Me Now grant. Grants cover all field costs up to $1200 and paid directly to the International Mission Board.
The opportunities listed below are recommended opportunities. If you find another opportunity on imb.org/students that interests you, please contact Warren Skinner at sendmenow@gabaptist.org to learn if it is eligible for a Send Me Now grant.
Americas
Making Disciples among Youth in Lima
May 22 – Jun 22
Project #26509 | 2 Students
Field Cost – $1500 + airfare per student
Partner with national believers and missionaries to reach out to youth in the capital city of Lima, Peru.
Make Disciples in Costa Rica
May 22 – Jun 22
Project #26232 | 2 Male Students
Field Cost – $1850 + airfare per student
Students will work as part of the Americas Connect team as we train U.S. churches to work cross-culturally in healthy ways and help Costa Rican churches reach the lost and grow in health.
Mega City, Argentina
May 22 – June 22
Project # 26041 | 2 Students
Field Cost – $2,000 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
While here you will help with creating content and getting images for our digital outreach. You will also be involved with prayer walking and mapping around the city which will help with our church planting and mobilization of national partners, University outreach, and English club activities.
Europe
North Germany Summer Internship
May 29 – July 7
Project # 27367 | 2 Students (same gender)
Field Cost – $3,000 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
As a summer intern, you would be trained and taught by IMB missionaries on how to effectively meet new people and enter into spiritual conversations.
Church Planting in Madrid, Spain
May 15 – July 15
Project # 26755 | 2 Students (same gender)
Field Cost – $3,000 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
Join us in ESL classes, a variety of student outreach activities, one on one personal evangelism, discipleship, and seeker Bible study groups for the purpose of contributing to an ongoing church planting effort in the heart of Madrid.
Sub-Sahara
Urban Impactors: ESL in East Africa
May 17 – June 19
Project #27041 | 4 Female Students
Field Cost – $TBD + airfare
Come join us as we use ESL to build relationships with refugees with the hopes to share the gospel and make disciples in our large city.
Serve Refugees in Uganda
May 17 – June 19
Project #27042 | 4 Students (males and females)
Field Cost – $TBD + airfare
Help us engage 1.4 Million Sudanese and South Sudanese Refugees who are fleeing from war and famine by providing Humanitarian Aid and Spiritual Aid.
Urban Muslim Outreach in Johannesburg, South Africa
May 17 – June 19
Project #27071 | 4 Students (males and females)
Field Cost – $ TBD + airfare
Your main task will be as an English as a Second Language teacher among adults. In this role you will meet many, build relationships & have opportunity to share the Gospel.
South Asia
Jesus and Business Internship, South Asia
May 9 – July 28
Project #26094 | 4 Students (males and females)
Field Cost – $2,899+ airfare
Share Jesus and sharpen your business management skills in concentrated lostness! Serve in a business entity stewarding time in operations and the core task.
Hiking to the Max, South Asia
May 30 – July 28
Project #26092 | 4 Students (males and females)
Field Cost – $2,399+ airfare
Take the extreme path for the gospel! Focus on entry, evangelism, and discipleship strategies that lead to churches starting among target populations. Count the cost of physical exertion by going to the hard to reach places so name of Jesus may be made known.
Nehemiah Teams
Coffee & Conversation, Southeast Asia
June 1 – July 30
Project #27213 | 10 Students (males and females)
Field Cost – $2,805+ airfare
Join us this summer to test out a new coffee cart ministry. You will spend time building relationships, helping university students practice their English, and of course drink plenty of coffee with new friends!
Lonely Planet Evangelism, Southeast Asia
June 1 – July 30
Project #26891 | 6 Students (males and females)
Field Cost – $2,200 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
As a tourist with a purpose, you will take the light of Jesus to the darkest parts of the island. Prayer walking, looking for persons of peace, and sharing the gospel will be your main goals.
Philippine Agriculture
June 1 – July 30
Project #26436 | 10 Students (males and females)
Field Cost – $1,511 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
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 Southern Philippines.
Explorer & Evangelist, Southeast Asian Island
June 1 – July 30
Project #26438 | 4 Students (males and females)
Field Cost -$1,968 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
These islands have had little or no Christian witness. You’ll meet lots of friendly people. Beautiful waterfalls, beaches, & jungles to explore as well as the chance to share the Gospel with those that have never heard.
Grant Applications
Deadline for Grant Applications is March 1, 2023.
Fully Funded Opportunities
This year, Send Me Now is offering two short-term international teams, which are fully funded. Teams are comprised of a limited number of students. To apply and be approved for one of these teams, students must meet the following qualifications and complete the application and appointment process. Each of these teams will be led by a Georgia BCM campus minister or Georgia Baptist church minister.
Patate, Ecuador
Dates: July 28-August 4
6 Students
Vacation Bible School, a youth retreat and university outreach. Walk alongside local church planters, utilizing your evangelism and discipleship skills. Share the Gospel in a cross-cultural setting and see how God is at work in Ecuador!
Church Planting, Guatemala Mountains, Tacana
June 3-July 15
2 Male Students (Minimum 2 years completed college)
Participants will work alongside a local Guatemalan Pastor and church planter of Iglesia Bautista El Refugio in Tacana, Guatemala.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dates: May 26-June 6
5 Students (Male and Female)
This team of college students will encourage Argentine university students who are believers and accompany them in evangelism/outreach activities among their peers. This team will also help local congregations to disciple young adults in their outreach to universities.
Lima, Peru
10 days in late May-early June
6 students
Partner with a local church reaching out and loving their community through evangelism and discipleship opportunities working with kids, youth, and young adults.
Oslo, Norway
May 23-June 3
4 Students
Our church has an electric coffee bike that we use to go to different places in the neighborhood and serve espresso drinks, filter coffee and even serve waffles. Our intent is to have conversations around the coffee bike that lead to follow up spiritual conversations and then in turn to Bible discussion groups.
Application and Appointment Process
For Fully Funded Opportunities
Application deadline for fully funded opportunities was November 30, 2022.
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