Career
Career 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 career service 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 career field personnel congruent to the size and budget for our organization. For the time being, we will not use available funding for new career appointments. Our hope is to allow our present career personnel to continue to become more catalytic working with affiliates, 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 career 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
Service Assignments
ALBANIAN-BALKAN/UKRAINE
Student Minister in Tetevo, Macedonia (Eastern Europe) —“Being the Presence of Christ” by engaging in a holistic, relational and catalytic ministry among university students and their families. Primary focus would be on the campuses and in the larger community of Tetevo, the second largest city in Macedonia. The ideal candidate should be capable of working in a team process; have a capacity for working in multi –cultural, -ethnic, -lingual, -religious and non Christian context; and the ability to work with computers for the purposes of communication and processing financial transactions.
CAD/ADE
Project Coordinator, SE Asia — A couple or single person would be responsible for organizing, promoting and managing existing projects primarily located in a province in SE Asia. The person or persons filling this role would also develop new projects to improve the lives of the people there. The vision would be holistic—meeting physical needs, while looking for opportunities to meet spiritual needs as well.
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.
Development/Aid Relief, Middle East —The couple (without children) or individual would manage an NGO, establishing and developing projects related to humanitarian and development aid for the people of this area of the Middle East. Partnering and working with other NGOs located in the area should be a vital part of this effort. OR the couple or individual can act as International Business Owner/Operator—defined by their gifts, talents, interest and background.