GenSend Summer

Through the North American Missions Board, students commit to live missionally in our strategic location in the PNW. Students will get the chance to explore their calling and serve alongside church planters in Southern Oregon. Learning objectives and responsibilities include:​

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• Training and growth in both internal and external ministry skills and spiritual development 

• Discipling youth students

• Developing and leading outreach initiatives

• Connecting with local families

• Leading visiting missions teams in sports camps and VBS

• Cultivating third spaces for relational evangelism

• Maintaining administrative database for contacts made

• Serving in various ministries (hospitality, worship, media, etc.)

• Canvassing and evangelism in church-planting focus areas

• Supporting church plants in various building projects, outreach, leader development, and life groups

• Creating and presenting a missional strategy for making disciples and church planting in Southern Oregon

• Attending team Bible studies, discipleship, and training meetings 

Summer & Semester Internships

Through this mission experience, students will learn to serve the community, share their faith in a different context, grow as a leader, and work alongside a team as they explore missions in the Pacific Northwest Region. Students receive a deeper look into local church ministry in an under-reached area of the country and are trained in making lasting disciple-making disciples. Learning objectives and responsibilities include:

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• Training and growth in both internal and external ministry skills and spiritual development 

• Following-up with new Sunday guests and families

• Preparing and delivering a sermon or lesson

• Discipling youth students and developing student leaders

• Preparing and leading youth Bible studies

• Maintaining administrative database for contacts made

• Serving in various ministries (hospitality, worship, media, etc.)

• Supporting church plants in various building projects, outreach, leader development, and life groups

• Attending team Bible studies, discipleship, and training meetings 

• Providing care, encouragement, and discipleship for lay leaders

Residency Program

Our residency program is designed to discover, develop, and deploy ministry leaders to plant churches, replant churches, and grow more ministry leaders in the context of the local church. We have various hands-on serving opportunities through NextGen ministries, local missions, creative media, worship, preaching, teaching, partnership development, and more! We seek to work alongside residents to help them gain a clarity of calling and become equipped for ministry leadership. Residents take on many of the responsibilities of the interns in a higher leadership level, with a strong emphasis on developing teams of volunteers to serve within our church, as well as shepherding and empowering a Grow Group of focused disciple-making disciples. Ministry tasks and scope are flexible depending on resident skillset and desired area of focus. Applying residents are expected to be team-players, teachable, missionally-driven, and servant-hearted.

Go2

We understand that not everyone is called to be in full-time vocational ministry. We don’t want to miss the opportunity to invest in those who are called to work in the secular workforce! Through our Go2 program, we seek to challenge graduates and young professionals to commit two years to serving and expanding the kingdom of God in a strategic, disciple-making context. This looks like working in the marketplace while dedicating yourself to the mission alongside the local church. Participants will receive training, equipping, and encouragement from Living Hope, as well as help in finding a local job and housing options.