Mid-Term Mission
Why are we doing Mid-Term Missions?
Often after participating in short-term missions, individuals and families sense the Lord leading them to serve for longer than a week or two. Our prayer is that The Church at Brook Hills will strategically send out people from this faith family to serve globally for up to two years. Our hope is that mid-term will serve as a foundational link between short-term and long-term work. Mid-term is beneficial for those who are seeking to discern the calling that God has placed on their lives. We believe that at the conclusion of a mid-term assignment that individuals and families will be prepared and equipped for long-term service or for life at home as global Christians.
Our goal is to strengthen the church through Short-Term Trips and establish the church with Long-Term sending and church planting. Mid-term serves as the middle tier to better expose, equip and encourage those that are being called out after Short-Term exposure to plant their lives Long-term. Most Long-Term missionaries had Mid-Term experience before committing to Long-Term service.
What is Mid-Term Missions?
Mid-Term is an assignment of 2 months - 2 years. Mid-Term is for people who want to give up a summer, a semester, a year or two and serve the Lord in a cross-cultural context.
The Mid-Term Process
So, how exactly does one go on mid-term mission? Well, we're glad you asked. Below you'll find a step-by-step process that walks you through exactly how all this works. After you have looked everything over, please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have.
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Step 1 - Prayer
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Step 2 - Opportunities
Check out the different Mid-Term Opportunities by visiting the Global kiosk in the lobby or by examining the list below.
The trip costs listed are a current estimate. Due to changes in airline prices, we reserve the right to adjust the cost of the trip upon securing reservations.2011 Mid-Term Opportunities
2012 Dates Location Trip Code Cost Trip Capacity Registration Deadline Apply May 05/31-08/04 Central Asia SCA01 $4,500 2 Guys 01/20/2012 CLOSED Central Asia
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Description: If you are ready to truly live on the edge this summer then this is the right fit for you. In a short time of only two months you will plant yourself in 2 different contexts and work with some of the most unreached peoples in the world. You will first travel to an urban center and work among Central Asian refugees. Following that you will then spend 7 weeks in one of the most remote and hard to reach places on the planet. This will be challenging, but will allow you the opportunity to be a light for Christ in some dark places.
05/31-08/04 Middle East SME01 $4,500 3-4 01/20/2012 CLOSED Middle East
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Description: Do you want to make an impact in the Muslim world? This summer come and invest your skills in getting the Gospel to the very heart of the Muslim world. You will be living and working in a large cultural center. This is a great opportunity to learn one of the most spoken languages in the world. There is a great need for teachers, medical workers, business students, and anyone who is interested in assisting our field partners by researching unreached people groups. Use your summer to experience life in the Middle East.
05/31-08/04 Middle East SME02 $4,500 2-4 01/20/2012 CLOSED Middle East
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Description: Come and be mentored by local missionaries and help in sharing the good news to an unreached Muslim people group. You will be able to use your English skills to participate in face-to-face evangelism, while also using a new technique of incorporating facebook to reach the unreached. You also be able to take a crash course in the local language.
05/31-08/04 New York SNY01 $3,500 4 01/20/2012 CLOSED New York
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Description: Come to New York City and help reach out to the millions of unreached immigrants with the Gospel. Live, serve, and get involved in what God is doing among West African, South Asian, and Middle Eastern Muslims in the heart of NYC. Teach English, build relationships, and share the love of Christ with these unreached peoples. You will live in the city, travel around by subway, and have the privilege of laboring alongside brothers and sisters attempting to share Christ with Muslims in NYC.
05/31-08/04 Southeast Asia SSEA01 $4,500 4 01/20/2012 CLOSED Southeast Asia
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Description: Join us to reach students as the nations are gathering on university campuses in this particular Southeast Asian country. We have students have travel from Africa, Central Asia, East Asia, and other places to pursue education in this context. There are almost a million college students alone in this city of 7 million. You will join an existing team on the ground that is focused on reaching college students from all nations with the Gospel. This particular country is over 60% Muslim, but there are many different religions represented here. Your hobbies, education, skills, and talents can be utilized to connect with a variety of students for the sake of the Gospel.
05/31-08/04 Thailand ST01 $4,500 3-4 01/20/2012 CLOSED Thailand
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Description: There is a great need for college students who have technical skills and experience. Come work with a Brook Hills field missionary and assist him and others in their ministry. They are looking for software programmers, network engineers, graphic designers, accountants, and marketing specialists. You can be a tremendous asset to the team on the ground using your God given gifts and talents. There may be a possibility to use this as a college internship and receive college credit! I encourage you to prayerfully consider how you can serve the Lord in Thailand this summer.
05/31-08/04 West Africa SWA01 $4,500 4 01/20/2012 CLOSED West Africa
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Description: Come serve the Lord in one of the poorest countries in the world. This task is not for the faint at heart. There is no running water, no electricity, and the temperature often reaches over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. But there is a great need for people to come and share the Gospel with a predominately Muslim people group. You and another team member will live together and minister in a local village. You will have the opportunity to share the Gospel with people who have never heard before.
05/31-08/04 South Asia SSA01 $4,500 2-4 (Ages 30+) 01/20/2012 CLOSED South Asia
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Description: Come work within emerging church planting movements to help new churches develop into maturity. Partner with these effective churches to help see them multiply to the fourth generation and beyond. Teach basic discipleship and a biblical overview to leaders and members who have never understood the complete story of God before. Don’t worry…you’ll work alongside men and women in the field who will help teach you what to teach and how to teach it. You will be instrumental in helping multiply pastors and teachers in these emerging movements.
05/31-08/04 South Asia SSA03 $4,500 2-4 01/20/2012 CLOSED South Asia
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Description: Come walk alongside believers, modeling evangelism, discipleship, and church formation to them in an untouched harvest field. Train believers how they can do what the Lord is calling them for. Watch as people groups with few believers multiply and as God forms the first churches.
05/31-08/04 South Asia SSA04 $4,500 2-4 Guys 01/20/2012 CLOSED South Asia
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Description: Come and take part in some intense trekking that is at such a high altitude that it feels like you are face to face with the sun. You will be trained in the principles of church planting and will then take off in some of remotest places on the earth to obey the command of making disciples. You will be without access to the outside world for weeks at a time and you must be in excellent physical condition.
05/31-08/04 Central Asia SCA02 $4,500 4 01/20/2012 CLOSED Central Asia
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Description: Learn what it’s like to serve in a Muslim city by joining a team engaged in church planting. Experience participating in a house church environment, be mentored by local missionaries, develop relationships by practicing English with locals, and join a team that is engaging people in gospel conversation and learning how to share cross-culturally with Muslims. Expect also to visit with families and scout out new cities where no work exists, walking the streets and praying for those who have never met a follower of Christ before.
05/31-08/04 East Asia SEA01 $4,500 3-4 01/20/2012 CLOSED East Asia
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Description: Invest in the one of the hubs of East Asia, The Green City of Lights, who’s urban core of 3 million hosts over 35 different speaking people groups and dozens of nations. With over 25 university and college campuses, the city has a strong student population needing to know The One who is infinitely satisfying. Engage these unreached peoples with the extravagant love of Christ through playing sports, drinking tea, music and art endeavors, singing karaoke, teaching English, window shopping, touring historical sites or celebrating traditional festivals. Don’t waste your unique God-given skill set and gifting, but be ignited by the simple mission to share the Gospel and make disciples of all nations.
05/31-08/04 East Asia SEA02 $4,500 2-3 Girls 01/20/2012 CLOSED East Asia
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Description: Come to East Asia and hang out with some students, help them with their English, maybe even learn a little of the local language! Wonder through the side streets and back alleys of the city and see the places that most people never have a chance to see. Eat some food, meet the people, be a part of a culture whose history and tradition is deeper than you could ever imagine. Come and be the one to bring them the Good News they don't even know they're missing.
05/31-08/04 Ecuador SE01 $4,500 2 01/20/2012 CLOSED Ecuador
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Description: You will be serving alongside Brook Hills missionaries to impact the lost in this South American country. You will serve the poor, love on orphans, preach the gospel, disciple the saved, and make an impact on the local church.
05/31-08/04 South Asia SSA02 $4,500 2-4 01/20/2012 CLOSED South Asia
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Description: Come and explore a land that has 0.03% Christian and 23 large people groups who have few believers and no one trying to help them multiply. Walk alongside local missionaries and nationals who are seeing the nations reached. Be taught cutting edge mission strategy and then be mentored to see the Lord’s plan become reality.
*All costs for trips are estimated and can change at later dates.**All teams must have a minimum of 2 persons, excluding 2-Year Journeyman Mid-Term assignments.
***All dates are subject to change based on cheaper airfare and field partner schedules.
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Step 3 - Contact
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Step 4 - Application
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Step 5 - Notification
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Step 6 - Support
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Step 7 - Partners
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Step 8 - Payments
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Step 9 - Training
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Step 10 - Departure
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Step 11 - Report
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Step 12 - Debrief
Financial Assistance
Financial Assistance may be available for members of Brook Hills who are participating in Mid-Term Missions. Individuals applying for financial support should meet the following requirements:
- Term of 2 months - 2 years
- Christ-follower
- Member of The Church at Brook Hills for at least 6 months
- Meets deacon expectations
- Recommended by small group leader
- Recommended by Global Disciple-Making Team
Applications will be reviewed by an independent committee for approval. The committee meets on a quarterly basis. In order for your application to be reviewed at the quarterly meeting, please submit your application to Noah W. by February 20 (for Summer), April 1 (for Fall), or September 1 (for Spring).