Go With Us
Whether you’re exploring missions or ready for long-term service, we’ll walk with you and your church as you discern your next faithful step, prepare well, and find your place in the work.
Four ways to begin
Learn from home, experience the field, or pursue a longer commitment. Begin with the opportunity that fits your readiness and circumstances.
Learn
3 months · Online training
“I want to learn about missions and begin discerning from home.”
Build foundations for cross-cultural church planting through live learning, community, and guidance from experienced missionaries. Take the cohort independently or as part of an internship or apprenticeship.
Explore the CohortExplore
~6 weeks on field · 3-month cohort
“I want to experience missionary life firsthand.”
Prepare through online training before going to the field. Learn language and culture, contribute to meaningful ministry, and serve alongside an experienced team, with coaching and debriefing throughout your internship.
Explore InternshipsDevelop
1–2 years · Preparation and service
“I’m ready for sustained learning and service with a missionary team.”
Grow through intentional training, language and culture learning, supervised ministry, and mentorship. The one-to-two-year pathway includes preparation, an initial field experience, time at home, and extended service.
Explore ApprenticeshipCommit
Long-term service · Personalized preparation
“I’m ready to pursue long-term missionary service.”
Pursue a long-term commitment with your church and To Every Tribe. Discern a preparation plan suited to your experience and circumstances. Field apprenticeship offers new missionaries a supported first term under experienced missionaries.
Explore Career PreparationYour experience, preparation needs, household circumstances, and the field’s needs help shape your journey. You can pursue career missionary service without first completing a separate internship or apprenticeship. Together, you, your sending church, To Every Tribe, and the receiving field team discern appropriate preparation and placement.
After an internship, One-Year Missionary Training or a field apprenticeship may be an appropriate next step. The three-month Mission Blueprint Cohort is also available as a standalone learning opportunity.
Explore One-Year Missionary Training →Explore a field
An exploratory field visit gives you time to meet the missionary team, understand the ministry and local context, and prayerfully consider whether the field could be a good fit for you or your family. Visits typically range from one to six weeks, depending on your availability—including time you can take off work—and arrangements with the receiving team.
Explore this option as an individual, couple, or family. Your availability and the receiving team’s capacity shape the arrangements. An exploratory visit is distinct from an internship or the apprenticeship program’s six-week field experience.
Talk to a MobilizerDiscern · Prepare · Be sent · Keep growing
The shared process below makes room for different starting points and preparation needs. Your church, To Every Tribe, and your prospective field team discern the next steps with you. Some stages overlap; timing depends on readiness, support development, household circumstances, and the assignment.
Share your story, experience, questions, and household circumstances with To Every Tribe. Pray and discern with your local church leadership from the beginning.
Consider potential fields and assignments with a mobilizer and the receiving team. An exploratory field visit or internship may help you discern a fit. Exploratory visits typically range from one to six weeks, depending on your availability, time off work, and arrangements with the field team.
Work through application, assessment, and mutual discernment with your church, To Every Tribe, and your prospective field team. Together, consider character, theological convictions, experience, readiness, and fit for the assignment.
Develop an appropriate training and practical preparation plan. This may include the cohort, an internship, an apprenticeship, or the one-year training.
Develop prayer and financial partnerships with support from your church and To Every Tribe. Complete the agreed preparation, approvals, household arrangements, and practical requirements for joining your team.
Field apprenticeship is a recommended first-term arrangement for new missionaries of any age: learn the language and culture, contribute to meaningful ministry, and serve under experienced missionaries with supervision, mentorship, and ongoing training. Continue evaluating your growth and next steps with your church and team throughout your service.
Sent by a church. Serving with a team.
Your local church belongs in this journey from the beginning. Together, your church, To Every Tribe, and your field team help you discern, prepare, and serve faithfully.
Prayer, discipleship, counsel, affirmation, commissioning, and ongoing sending partnership.
Guidance through mobilization, assessment, training, support development, and ongoing care.
Mutual discernment, contextual preparation, supervision, mentorship, and integration into ministry.
Take your next faithful step
Take the five-minute readiness assessment. Find out how you can change the world in a way that leaves a lasting long-term impact for the kingdom of God.
The assessment helps you begin discernment; it is not formal missionary approval.