The WIM train­ing pro­gram for mis­sion­ary can­di­dates flows from our core val­ues of com­mit­ted rela­tion­ships and min­istry through men­tor­ing and dis­ci­ple­ship. A vari­ety of oppor­tu­ni­ties are avail­able to you through WIM. To sim­ply get a taste for mis­sions, you can join us for a brief inter­na­tional expe­ri­ence with our short-term depart­ment, WIM Expeditions (WIM X). If you are look­ing more seri­ously into long-term min­istry, con­sider attend­ing WIM Orientation and Training, a week packed with classes designed to help you con­firm and ful­fill your call­ing. Once com­plete, you may be con­sid­ered for our advanced intern­ship and appren­tice­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties.

Orientation

If you sense a call from God but are unsure where to begin, con­sider tak­ing the first step with World Indigenous Missions. Jump into a solid week of ori­en­ta­tion and pre-field train­ing that includes engag­ing instruc­tors, life-shaping moments and rela­tion­ship build­ing. During this time you’ll learn prac­ti­cal skills that will empower you to serve God in what­ever capac­ity you are called.

Internship

After ori­en­ta­tion, set your sights on an intern­ship with WIM. There are a vari­ety of pro­grams to fit your desires, needs, and call­ing. An intern­ship is real-life expe­ri­ence in cross-cultural min­istry rang­ing from ten weeks to six months. Culture shock becomes a real­ity as your whole world changes, com­mu­ni­ca­tions become tan­gled in mis­un­der­stand­ings, and the food isn’t exactly your grandmother’s cook­ing. Because of the cul­tural chal­lenges, an intern­ship is a valu­able oppor­tu­nity to see God trans­form and refine you.

Apprenticeship

Once your sup­port team and com­mis­sion­ing church are behind you, then you are ready for your appren­tice­ship. The best learn­ing com­bines per­sonal study with prac­ti­cal expe­ri­ence under a “master­­”—in this case a senior mis­sion­ary. This is a true mentor/disciple model. Apprenticeships nor­mally last two years, dur­ing which you begin to grasp the lan­guage, cul­ture and min­istry for­mat of a given region. Upon com­ple­tion, you will be rec­og­nized as a full-time mis­sion­ary of WIM and qual­i­fied to min­is­ter as God leads you.