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Group experiences
Mission fellowship visits
Mission fellowship visits take interested supporters to ministry
locations for a defined period of time to encourage workers, learn
about Mennonite Mission Network ministries first hand, experience
expanded cross-cultural awareness and broaden interest in mission.
(No mission visits are scheduled at this time.)
Work Teams
Work teams support the vision of international church partners
by providing physical and financial resources to help them construct
needed facilities. More importantly, work team participants walk
alongside international partners, building relationships that can
serve as the beginning of future mission partnerships. Read
more...
Individual assignments
Thank you for your interest in our individual assignments. Please review our General Qualifications and Lifestyle Expectations before applying for any of the following positions.
Africa
Benin
Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana
Congo
East Asia
China
Educational Assistant - Counseling Center English language training, website editing, and hospitality coordination at Nanjing Institute of Zhi-Mian Psychotherapy (eastern China) Posted: 2/26/2008 | Needed: August 1, 2008
Mongolia
Journalist/Copy Editor Write stories for Joint Christian Services (JCS), a Christian interdenominational service agency working in Mongolia. JCS needs a person to promote them by writing stories for the Mongolian people, the web site, for potential donors, and for prayer supporters.
Mongolia
Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: Flexible
Medical Advisor The Medical Advisor needs to be available to examine and give medical advice to Joint Christian Services staff and employees and to others in the broader missions/Christian community in Mongolia, and either treat or refer them to others for treatment. Investigating medical opportunities for other volunteers, keeping records and medical supplies up to date and coordinating with medical services, institutions and personnel in Mongolia are other responsibilities attached to the position.
Mongolia
Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: Flexible
Team Leader for Services and Finance To manage and work with members of the Services and Finance functions, and to interface with members of the Leadership Team, JCS’s Relief, Development and Social Work operations and with funding agencies, foundations and government agencies as appropriate.
Mongolia
Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: Immediately
South Korea
Thailand
Latin America
Argentina
Bi-vocational church-planting intern Patagonia Missionary Project sends interns into a community where relationships have been established. Specific roles are negotiated based on the gifts and experiences the person would bring. Possibilities may include discipleship work with new believers, activities with children, teaching Sunday School, English, music or literacy. Skills in mechanics, carpentry and repair could be helpful to the local church in work towards financial self-sufficiency. Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: ASAP
English Teacher Teach English to children, youth and adults in Patagonia as a part of the Choele Choel Mennonite Church ministries. This may include assisting students with school English assignments or forming classes for people who just want to learn English. (A previous intern had about 40 students who met in small groups or individually.) Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: flexible (school term is Feb.-Nov.)
Pastoral Accompaniment Facilitators with the Pilagá The Mennonite Team in the Chaco working with indigenous churches would like to place workers with a strong personal commitment to sharing Christ and who are looking for a career in intercultural missionary presence. In-service training will be essential throughout long-term ministry, so this assignment may be seen as a "tenure track" internship. A sense of "call" is important, but the specific content may be defined along the way, and largely by the "host" partner. Due to the cultural context, the team is searching for a married couple (with or without children). Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: ASAP
Regional Mission Intern VEMZO (Visión Evangelistica y Misionera de la Zona Oeste) was affirmed as a regional mission program by the Argentina Mennonite Church in 2002. A formal partnership now includes four ACC churches. Groups from ACC and Argentina visit each other in alternationg years to deepen relationships between partners through firsthand experiences of one another's contexts, review and learn from one another's practices and stimulate deeper spiritual bonds and prayer for one another. A Mission Network couple from Penn. has served in the region and the Argentine churches would like have an ongoing personnel presence to strengthen relatioships and participate in their holistic ministries. Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Flexible
Regional Mission Intern PROMINOA (Programa Misionero al Norte Argentino), based in Buenos Aires, seeks interns to be a part of their Buenos Aires churches and participate in their youth ministries. Possibilities include informal English teaching and support for youth and young adults seeking freedom from addictions. (A partnership with North Central Conference is in an exploratory phase, and PROMINOA also mentioned this internship as a way to strengthen relationships if someone would come from that conference.) Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Flexible
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
Teachers of Bible, Theology, and Leadership Development The Latin American conferences which relate to Mission Network are working hard on leadership development and in general have ongoing interest in the participation of Anabaptist professors from other countries. Professors teach courses that help students study/read the Bible with Anabaptist understandings and prepare them for teaching and leadership responsibilities. Short courses may fill a specific need or a longer-term position may develop in conjunction with partner churches and institutions. When interest is expressed, specific possibilities will be explored wth partner churches and institutions. Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Flexible
Bolivia
Ministry Intern The Iglesia Evangélical Menonita Boliviana includes eight congregtions, three in Santa Cruz and five in rural areas. In 1989, IEMB together with Mennonite Central Committee formed Promoción Juvenil al Servicio (PROJUSE), a one-year voluntary service program for young adults 18-28. Ministry may include discipleship, evangelism, planning camps for children and youth, social work, handicrafts, teaching and writing. The IEMB is also interested in interns to work within their congregations. Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: PROJUSE begins each January; other placements are
Chile
Colombia
School and church outreach accompaniment workers The Mennonite church and school in La Mesa coordinate multiple ministries including a K-12 school, a youth group and Saturday theology school. Both the school and the church appreciate support in teaching English. The La Mesa Mennonite church also works with a group of displaced people in the nearby town of Anapoíma, responding to physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Posted: 2/12/2008 | Needed: Summer 2008
Paraguay
Social Service Volunteers Servicio Voluntario Menonita Christlicher Dienst is the voluntary service program of the Paraguayan Mennonites. Job assignments include a daycare center, a home for children who formerly lived on the streets and a mental hospital. For those who have higher language skills and development training, there are also community development possibilities. Living arrangements are in a multicultural dorm where German, Low German and Guarani are heard along with Spanish. Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Flexible
West Asia and Middle East
Central Asia
Primary Teacher for Expatriate Students A small school educates expatriate children whose parents are working as volunteers under an international Christian aid agency. Teachers work with a wide range of curricula from different countries, teaching all subjects. In some situations, teachers may work with multiple grades in one class room, or might teach one subject to a variety of grades. Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: August and January every year
Various Positions with an Interdenominational Service Organization Interdenominational service organization that has been present in Central Asia for more than 40 years has openings for Guest House Manager, Media Manager, Information Technology Manager, Personnel Development Officer, Community/Rural Development Specialist, Construction Supervisor, Donor Relations Manager, English Teacher, Accountant, Orthopedic Surgeon, Ophthalmologist, Psychiatrist, Ophthalmic Nurse, Psychiatric Nurse, Psychologist, Public Health Nurse and Speech Therapist. Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: Depends, but most are immediate needs
India
Middle School and High School Teachers Teaching positions are available at Woodstock Christian School. Woodstock is a Christian, residential school, K-12. See www.woodstock.ac.in for current openings. Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: July 2008
Israel
Conflict resolution professional/teacher Mar Elias Education Institutions is in the process of creating a university department of Peace and Conflict Transformation. Local teaching staff are in process of recruitment, but the university has indicated great interest in Mennnonite expertise in this field. Administrators may be needed as well as academic professors with practical experience. Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: August 2008
Tour Guide and Office Assistant Nazareth Village was built to give visitors an inside look at what a town of Jesus' time would be like. The village brings to life a farm and Galilean village, recreating Nazareth as it was 2000 years ago. A person assigned to this role will be available to village staff as needed, to help maintain the farm, participate in constructing new buildings, help guide international tour grops and help as needed with written communications in the office. Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Immediate
Nepal
Finance Director United Mission to Nepal, an interdenominational organization that exists to serve the poor and marginalized in the name and spirit of Christ, seeks a person to provide leadership for all financial work within UMN, including strategic input into financial resources and internal systems. This office will also coordinate corporate financial planning, budgeting and reporting.
Nepal
Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Immediately
Marketing/Communications Director United Mission to Nepal, an interdenominational organization that exists to serve the poor and marginialized in the name and spirit of Christ, needs a person experienced in all aspects of corporate news writing. Responsibilities include implemeting an integrated marketing strategy in order to attract resources and personnel, and to maintain a good working relationship with the government of Nepal and other major stakeholders.
Nepal
Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Immediately
Medical Workers United Mission to Nepal (UMN) is an interdenominational organization that exists to serve the poor and marginalized in the name and spirit of Christ. UMN places workers in a variety of positions. All the roles involve mentoring, coaching, and training Nepali professionals. Current openings include surgeons, pediatricians, general practitioners, specialists in obstetrics, internists, anesthetists, pathologists, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians. They are also looking for medical professionals who are interested in working with health issues of women and children, and those affected by HIV/AIDS.
Nepal
Posted: 2/9/2007 | Needed: Immediately
Technical advisors to local partner organizations United Mission to Nepal (UMN) is an interdenominational organization that exists to serve the poor and marginalized in the name and spirit of Christ. UMN works through local partner organizations throughout Nepal, often providing technical expertise to young organizations finding their way into maturity. Technical advisors will assist UMN staff and partners in capacity building, community development and partnership, usually with an emphasis on one of the following areas of work: HIV/AIDS, women and children, food security, peace and conflict transformation, enterprise development, disaster management, education, advocacy.
Nepal
Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Depends on the position
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