Long-term Service

A: CMF is a global missions team that works to create and grow Christ-centered communities around the world. Our home office is in Indianapolis, but our team members work in 25 different countries. We have been a major force in missions for more than 70 years. We know how to prepare you to do the work God has called you to do and provide support as you get ready, as well as while you are on the field.

A: We provide comprehensive services before, during and after your cross-cultural service. These include the following:

• Assessment of your best fit for the field
• Training and personal coaching for raising support
• Medical benefits
• Retirement benefits (four-year commitment)
• Assistance with visas, work permits and other documents
• Personalized print and digital media resources
• Financial accounting services
• Team support and accountability on the field
• Assistance with maintaining partnerships with supporters
• Extensive member care assistance
• Continuing education
• Crisis intervention
• Counseling
• Retreats
• Personal development training

A: Long-term service at CMF is considered to be a commitment to serve at least one term of one to four years on the field.

A: Specific job descriptions vary by field, but many long-term CMF team members initially concentrate on language and culture and work as part of an experienced CMF field team. Each team member uses his or her skills and passions for a specific role in the ministry, focusing on accomplishing team goals.

A: Working with a team provides a community of people who hold one another accountable and encourage each other to stay active in ministry. Our personnel also have a team in the home office in Indianapolis who offer professional assistance with a variety of needs.

A: CMF has teams in 25 countries doing a wide variety of ministries, including these:

• Serve with the urban poor in Ethiopia, helping to meet the physical and spiritual needs of at-risk children and people infected with HIV/AIDS. 
• Live in a large city in Asia, where you will meet with groups of college students and young adults, teaching conversational English and finding opportunities to share the gospel through relationships.
• Train nationals in Mexico, Tanzania or Ukraine, empowering them to spread the Word of God among their own people and plant new churches among unreached peoples.
• Build relationships with college students in Thailand, Germany or Chile, surrounding these young people with a community that loves them no matter what they believe.
• Work in a variety of roles with our partners at Missions of Hope International (MOHI) in Nairobi, Kenya, to provide educational, medical, and spiritual resources for urban poor children and their families.

The variety of places to go and share in God’s work, and the diversity of people He is using to do that, gets broader every day. Let’s connect to see if the skills God has given you can be put to work on the mission field.