New friends in the Philippines!

POP students making new friends in the community!

Pray for the team as they seek out young adults to form relationships with. As they develop relationships, pray for opportunity to share the Good News with their new friends.

-POP Student Center Team, Philippines

Basketball players needed!!

Basketball & Jesus

IMB job #:  21277
Location: Philippines
Team size: 10 guys
Field expense: $1267 plus roundtrip travel & required travel insurance

Job description: Go from village to village, playing basketball, showing the Jesus film and sharing Christ with hundreds. You will also disciple new believers. Live out of your bag, wash your clothes by hand, and sleep wherever a door is opened. Be a part of the next wave of Nehemiah Teams obeying the Great Commission. In partnership with IMB missionaries & national church planters, you will become a part of Filipino culture, make friends through sports, and make disciples in this very hard place. 

Your first stop will be a joint orientation in the US with other Nehemiah Teams. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Then your team will head overseas to your final destination. Following your ministry time you will return to the US for a joint debrief, sharing all God has done over the summer. It is expected that team members participate in the entire program from orientation through debrief

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Dates for summer 2022
May 30  Team leader training begins (Nehemiah Teams Training Center, Mentone, AL)
June 2  Team member training begins (Alabama)
June 7  Teams deploy for the field (via ATL)
July 29  Teams return to the US for debrief (Alabama)
August 1  Teams return home

COVID-19 in 2022
We continue to move forward in planning for summer 2022 teams. Decisions will be made by April 5, 2022 as to whether certain teams may need to be cancelled due to travel restrictions or local situations. Info will be posted on the website if teams are cancelled.

Summer 2021: Sports & Student Center Gospel Spreading Team

IMB job #: 18067

Location: Daet, Philippines

Team size: 3

Field expense: $1185 plus roundtrip airfare, passport costs, required travel insurance, etc. 

Job description: Come, work near a college campus & see what God can do through you! Students are open to hearing the Good News, especially if they can practice their English. Use your interest in sports (basketball, ping pong, etc) as ways to develop relationships. Make a difference in their lives this summer. Team will work near a college in Daet where less than 2% know Jesus Christ. The only public college in the area, many students come from outlying areas to study. The goal? For them to become Christ followers, taking the Gospel back to their hometown. Spend time with small groups of believers that you could disciple & mentor as they grow in their faith.

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Dates for Summer 2021

May 31  Team leader training begins (Nehemiah Teams Training Center, Mentone, Alabama)

June 3  Team member training begins (Alabama)

June 8  Teams deploy for the field (via ATL)

July 28  Teams return to US for debrief (Alabama)

July 31  Teams return home

COVID-19 in 2021
We continue to move forward in planning for summer 2021 teams. Decisions will be made as we get into 2021 as to whether or not certain teams may need to be cancelled due to travel restrictions or local situations. Info will be posted on the website if teams are cancelled. 

Summer 2021: Basketball & Jesus

IMB job #: 17996

Location: the Philippines

Team size: 5 (all male)

Field expense: $1235 plus roundtrip airfare, passport costs, immunizations, required travel insurance, etc. 

Job description: Be a part of the next wave of Nehemiah Teams obeying the Great Commission. Go from village to village, playing basketball, showing the Jesus film 7 sharing Christ with hundreds while discipling new believers. You will live out of your bag, wash your clothes by hand, and sleep where ever a door is opened. In partnership with a national church planter, you will become a part of Filipino culture, make friends through sports, and make disciples in this very hard place. 

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Dates for Summer 2021

May 31  Team leader training begins (Nehemiah Teams Training Center, Mentone, Alabama)

June 3  Team member training begins (Alabama)

June 8  Teams deploy for the field (via ATL)

July 28  Teams return to US for debrief (Alabama)

July 31  Teams return home

COVID-19 in 2021
We continue to move forward in planning for summer 2021 teams. Decisions will be made as we get into 2021 as to whether or not certain teams may need to be cancelled due to travel restrictions or local situations. Info will be posted on the website if teams are cancelled. 

Summer 2020: Basketball & Jesus

IMB Job #: 13303

Location:  Philippines
Team size:  Team of 5 guys
Field expense:  $1258 plus round trip airfare, immunizations, required travel insurance, passport & visa costs, etc.

Job Description: 
Go from village to village, playing basketball, showing the Jesus film and sharing Christ with hundreds. You will also disciple new believers. Live out of your bag, wash your clothes by hand, and sleep where ever a door is opened.

Students must commit to the entire program from orientation through debrief. Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will fly to your final destination for the summer. Following your ministry time you will return to the US for a joint debrief... sharing all God has done over the summer.

2020 Dates
March 15  Application deadline through www.imb.org/students
May 28  Member orientation begins
June 2  Teams travel to the field
July 27  Teams arrive at debrief
July 29 night/July 30 morning  Students return home

Summer 2020: Summer Sports

IMB Job #: 13443

Location: Romania
Team size:  4
Field expense:  $1654 plus round trip airfare, immunizations, required travel insurance, passport & visa costs, etc.

Job Description: Soccer, badminton & volleyball players needed to use their skills to develop relationships in local communities. Your 'goal'... use your personal testimony to communicate the Gospel through relationships.

Students must commit to the entire program from orientation through debrief. Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will fly to your final destination for the summer. Following your ministry time you will return to the US for a joint debrief... sharing all God has done over the summer.

2020 Dates
March 15  Application deadline through www.imb.org/students
May 28  Member orientation begins
June 2  Teams travel to the field
July 27  Teams arrive at debrief
July 29 night/July 30 morning  Students return home

Meet the Team: Sports Engagement

After 48 hours of traveling in unfamiliar countries, exchanging foreign currency, gesturing to explain ourselves, and missing the entirety of June 7th, we are here. We are settling in at our guesthouse, watching game 4 of the NBA finals with our supervisor, and enjoying lots of new foods. We have no upset stomachs so far, but it's only a matter of time.

Let me introduce you to our team. There are 3 of us. Colt, Chris, and David. We will be updating this blog every week, so it should help if you have an idea of who we are:

Colt: Doc Holliday
Our team leader. He reminds me of Doc Holliday from the movie "Tombstone". Why? Because he belongs in the background of a western. Colt is the guy wearing a 5 gallon cowboy hat and boots, sitting at the table, surrounded by 9 other hardened cowboys listening to him tell a story (hint: it's a long one) as they watch his fingers dance over a deck of cards. "Is this your card?" must be high on the list of his most common sayings, right behind "westexas" and "50's movies were the best." Reserved when he needs to be, open when he needs to be, I look forward to seeing him become even more of a servant for the Lord and a servant leader for us.

Chris: Laughtrack
Our sitcom audience. We're thankful to have Chris on our team. He is excited to take the role of our blind, forgetful otter who laughs at anything we do. Yes, it is a confidence boost. Yes, I feel like a professional comedian. Chris belongs in a Pixar movie. I picture him as a small otter, bobbing around with his glass bottle glasses and voiceless laugh. Genuine and passionate, I look forward to seeing Laughtrack open his heart wide and bearing much fruit.

David:(nickname in progress)(current options: Fasciitis)
Your's truly.

If you follow the blog, you will learn more about each of us. This was just my word picture of my other two teammates. I hope you will continue to follow our journey and keep us in your prayers.

We are praying for the people here. It is full of spiritual darkness. We see spirit houses outside of many homes. These people are hoping to appease the spirits that "own" their land. It is a sad picture. Those spirits hold no love for them, these people are worshipping a god that will send them to hell for eternity. We pray that these people will be led to the God who sent his son so that we could be with Him. Not because of sacrifices that we give, or righteous things we have done, but because of his mercy (Titus 3:5).

Please pray diligently for these things as we pray alongside you.

• Team unity: In order for the gospel to be spread, we must be of one mind. Pray that the spirit will give us Christ-like love for each other.
• Discipline: If this trip is to be fruitful at all, we must constantly be in prayer. This is not easy, and takes discipline. Ask the Lord to help us stay in desperate prayer for this summer and these people.
• Open hearts: Because of the country that we are in, and our proximity to government officials, we must be very cautious with sharing of the gospel. We pray that hearts will be softened to hearing the gospel either while we are here, or after we are gone. Our most important task is to assist our supervisor in his ministry here, and if that means we never get to share the gospel 1 on 1, then we are prepared to do that. Our prayer is our greatest asset. We need to be praying constantly.

Thank you for your prayers and support, stay tuned for the amazing stories that I'm sure will come.

-David

NEW TEAM: Zambia Sports Ministry

Have a lasting impact on the Kingdom this summer!  

While you are in your field of ministry you will conduct after school sports programs at secondary schools in Solwezi, Zambia. During these programs you will have opportunities to share the gospel with your new friends. You will also gather new believers and start new discipleship groups, teaching them using a set of specially developed lessons.

The relationships you build and ministry you conduct will have a lasting impact for the Kingdom because the youth of Zambia is the largest and most educated population segment. Hang out with them and lead them to follow Jesus.

Your first stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams. Learning the skills needed to carry out your assignment as well as team building will fill these first few days. Your team will fly to your final destination for the summer. Following your ministry time you will return to the US for a joint debrief... sharing all God has done over the summer!

IMB Job #112101
Location: Solwezi, Zambia
Team size:  4 guys
Field expense: $2085 plus roundtrip airfare, passport & visa costs, required travel insurance, immunizations, etc.

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Dates for Summer 2016

May 23:  Team leaders orientation begins

May 26:  Team members orientation begins

May 31:  Teams leave for the field

July 26:  Teams arrive back for debrief

July 29:  Students return home