Fully-Funded Personnel
Fully-funded field personnel are Christians who sense the leadership of God to share their faith cross-culturally. These are long-term cross-cultural assignments fully funded by the Offering for Global Missions. The Fellowship operates in a world without borders . . . global missions rather than home and foreign missions. We seek not to compete with nor duplicate the efforts of others.
The Global Missions Office can utilize a wide variety of training and experience on teams ministering with the “most neglected.” Ministers, theological educators, ESL teachers, physicians, et al. can bring their individual gifts to the task and strengthen the overall team.
The Fellowship appoints couples (each must have a call to missions), single men, and single women as fully-funded field personnel. After appointment, if marital status changes (other than the death of a spouse) the field personnel would resign. Divorce does not automatically exclude one from consideration.
Timing is a key factor in Gods calling. Over the past years, Fellowship Global Missions has grown from infancy, focusing on developing strategy, team structure and process. This has allowed us to build a healthy level of fully-funded field personnel congruent to the size and budget for our organization. For the time being, we will not use available funding for new fully-funded appointments. Our hope is to allow our present fully-funded personnel to continue to become more catalytic working with self-funded personnel, volunteers, GSC, indigenous workers, churches and other resources to advance the kingdom of Christ.
Learn more about the candidate process.
Basic Guidelines
The basic guidelines for becoming fully-funded field personnel include the following:
Active faith, baptism by immersion, and current membership in a Baptist church;
- A call from God to mission service;
- Good moral character and reputation;
- Physical capability to meet the demands of a vigorous assignment;
- A lifestyle of actively sharing one’s faith with non-Christians;
- Professional training in keeping with interests and gifting;
- Demonstrated sense of identity with CBF;
- Experience adequate for assignment;
- U.S. citizenship;
- Free of heavy, financial commitments.
- Married candidates need to have been married at least 2 years
FULLY-FUNDED FIELD PERSONNEL JOB REQUESTS
CHINA TEAM
Partnership Advocate, Western Province of People’s Republic of China
The Partnership Advocate (PA) is responsible for developing appropriate ways of ministering to the most neglected; working with appropriate Christian Councils and local churches to develop indigenous ministry among people most neglected in terms of the Gospel. This position requires self starters capable of designing plans and strategies in the absence of existing ministry structure. Patience, flexibility and creativity are vital as well as the ability to deal with everything associated with living in a developing nation.
INTERNATIONALS-US
Strategic Catalyzer for Internationals, New England area
The Strategic Catalyzer(s) will strive to uncover and address unmet needs of most neglected internationals in the New England area. While seeking to be the Presence of Christ among internationals personally through building relationships, the unit will also catalyze others to do the same so that as many internationals as possible can experience and hear the Gospel message. Through partnerships, advocacy and mobilization, the SC will seek to bring all resources to bear upon holistically meeting the needs of most neglected internationals.
International Coordinator or Strategic Catalyzer, Northern New Jersey
This couple or single person will seek to develop ministries among internationals in the northern New Jersey area. Albanians represent a sizable immigrant population in northern New Jersey and should be considered one of the primary people groups this unit will engage. This unit will maintain a researching posture to locate, identify, and engage other segments of the most neglected internationals in addition to Albanians and Persians.
MIDDLE EAST TEAM
Church Planter, Middle East
To plant new churches utilizing appropriate techniques. To encourage and support existing churches. To evangelize and disciple new believers.
SUB-SAHARA AFRICA TEAM
West Africa Field Personnel West Africa (preferably French speaking West Africa, including Togo, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali, etc.)
This unit would minister to the poor and marginalized in a West Africa setting, serving as advocates for people and area with few resources and little community organization aimed at problem solving. Flexibility, team player(s), self-starters and initiators, networking and good relational skills, cultural sensitivity, good understanding of the West African Muslim context and worldview are vital for this position.