Train for Missions by Doing Missions
Would you like to work with Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, who don't know Jesus?
Would you like to care for immigrants, refugees, and international students who are adjusting to life in America?
Come serve with us in America's most diverse metro area, Houston, Texas.
See what it's all about. Watch Train for Missions by Doing Missions
WHAT DO WE DO IN THE CITY?
- Make friends with refugees
- Give health screening and lifestyle coaching
- Study the Bible with Muslims and Buddhists
- Provide children's programs to reach entire families
WHAT DO WE DO ON CAMPUS?
- Study mission methods and apologetics
- Deepen our walk with God through Bible study and retreats
- Grow a garden while learning to empower the poor
- Be mentored in order to disciple cross-culturally
- Prepare to be self-reliant anywhere in the world through vocational skills
WHO IS TEACHING?
The staff are missionaries who have worked with Buddhists, Hindus, Native Americans, and various cultures overseas and in America. They live, serve, work, and pray alongside the students.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We want highly committed individuals who love God with all their hearts and want to grow and work hard to share His love with people of other religions.
WHY HOUSTON, TEXAS?
- Thousands of unreached from Thailand and Vietnam, Pakistan and India, Somalia and Afghanistan
- Enormous numbers of international students
- Almost 1 in 2 speaks another language besides English
- If iit were its own country it would be the fourth largest refugee resettlement nation in the world
WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?
"We should be able to see in the multiplying opportunities to reach many foreigners in America a divinely appointed means of rapidly extending the third angel's message into all the nations of earth. God in His providence has brought men to our very doors and thrust them, as it were, into our arms, that they might learn the truth, and be qualified to do a work we could not do in getting the light before men of other tongues" (Evangelism 570).
WHEN IS THE PROGRAM?
August 23, 2018-May 26, 2019. A further one-year internship can be applied for after completion.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Tuition, room and board is $7,000 for 9 months. This is about $777/month. Students are encouraged to work as literature evangelists the summer before coming to raise their funds and gain an excellent experience in personal relationships and witnessing. Students may also raise monthly donations to cover this expense since it is really a mission they are accomplishing, not just their own training.
Some scholarships are also available based on need and first-come, first-served basis.
HOW DO I APPLY?
WHO CAN I CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION?
Call Pastor Scott Griswold at 707-380-9554
WHO IS BEHIND THIS PROGRAM?
Reach the World Next Door is operated by ASAP Ministries with support from individual donors and the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists along with other Seventh-day Adventist denominational entities.
WHAT IF I WANT TO HELP FINANCIALLY?
Give here to directly help the training and evangelism among refugees, immigrants, and international students.
HOW CAN I LEARN MORE?
Watch 3ABN's Urban Report about Reach the World Next Door
Enjoy reading some of the miracles behind the new property at Cedar Shade
Watch the video where Scott and Julie Griswold share God's Miracle Property
Watch the 2017 promo video