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

• Community Development Project Liaison
  Person would consult with existing NGO partners in program development and capacity building
  Posted: 2/1/2008 | Needed: Immediately

• Seminary/Bible School Professor
  Short-term teaching possibilities with West African Mennonite Churches and Bible institutes
  Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: October-May

• Ministry of Presence/Logistics Coordinator
  Relate to existing Mennonite churches in the region, providing a link between Congolese and American Mennonites
  Posted: 2/1/2008 | Needed: as available

• 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

• English Teachers
  Teach English at a Chinese university under Mennonite Partners in China.
  China
  
  Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: August annually

• 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

• English Teacher
  Teach English for Connexus, which is an agency of the Korea Anabaptist Center that seeks to provide opportunities for holistic education and cross-cultural understanding through English language instruction.
  South Korea
  
  Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: Flexible

• Economic Community Development Worker
  Help the Isaan people in their physical needs so they can have better lives and experience the love of God; build relationships and share the gospel, lead the Isaan people to know Christ and join the church.
  Thailand
  
  Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: immediately

• Evangelism/Church Planting
  Join the expanding church-planting ministry among the Isaan people in Mahasarakham Province of northeastern Thailand. Help establish a ministry center in Phisai Kosum with outreach into surrounding villages.
  Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: Immediately

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Accompaniment and Anabaptist Resource Facilitator
  A growing number of Chilean congregations are rediscovering/discovering Anabaptist roots. They have requested accompaniment that ideally would involve some direct Anabaptist teaching and also networking with resource people throughout the Latin American context.
  Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Flexible

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Bible and Theology Instructors
  Bible and theology instructors are needed at Union Biblical Seminary and in Mennonite churches.
  Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: October-December and/or January-March each year

• Medical Doctors
  Teach and serve in Mennonite-related hospitals.
  Posted: 2/5/2008 | Needed: Immediately

• 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

• 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

• English Teacher
  Tutoring and English instruction are needed at Mar Elias Educational Institution. Mar Elias is a Christian Arab Israeli institution located in the village of Ibillin. Students study in English but are still in need of upgrading their language ability. Teachers are needed throughout the year but particulary during spring and summer.
  Posted: 2/13/2008 | Needed: Flexible

• 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

• 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