Long-Term Opportunities (10 months or longer)
Frequently Asked
Questions
What is Global Action?
What is Global Service?
What are the requirements before
joining OM?
What role does my church play?
How will I raise support?
What are the age requirements?
What Ministry Training will I receive?
Can I join OM if I have a school loan? |
| What
is Global Action?
Global
Action is Operation Mobilization's one and two year, hands-on
missions training and evangelism program. Global Action shares
OM's overall purpose:
"OM's role in the body of Christ is to motivate,
develop and equip people for world evangelism, and to
strengthen and help plant churches, especially among the unreached
in the Middle East, South and Central Asia and Europe."
This initiative by OM aims to mobilize
and train a new generation of Christian workers who
will take the Gospel to the unreached peoples of the world.
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What
is Global Service?
Global
Service is OM's two-years (and longer) opportunity
for people with professional, technical, ministerial or clerical
skills. While Global Action provides missions
training, exposure, and experience, Global Service is primarily for those who want to invest the skills
they have to help accomplish the overall taskof global evangelization
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What are
the requirements before joining OM?
- Be at least 17 years of age, having completed high school.
 Have
been a Christian at least one year. - Be
recommended by your local church.
- Complete
the application process to join Global Action/Global Service.
- Attend an OutBound candidate training conference held 4 times a year at our office in Atlanta. OutBound is a 5 night dynamic experience designed to further assess your readiness to serve and allow you a chance to experience the people and passion of OM in a personal way.
- Confirm
field placement. This takes place through the OM USA Personnel
Office in conjunction with the OM Field Leader and applicant.
- Raise
the required amount of support for your field. See GA Financial Support Requirements for specific amounts. The figures include medical
and life insurance.
- Airfare
is additional, as are passports, inoculations, and visas.
Some fields have separate start-up costs. One month's support
needs to be sent to our office before departure to the field.
Full support must be committed before departure.
- Attend
a New Recruits Conference in Europe before joining your
field.
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| What Role Does
My Church Play?
A very significant one! Every person joining GLOBAL ACTION
does so as a representative of his or her home church. Your
home church sends you out, supports you in prayer and through
giving, and continues in partnership withyou throughout your
time with GLOBAL ACTION.
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| How
Will I Raise Support?
Everyone serving in OM with GLOBAL ACTION raises their own
personal support from their home church, family and friends.
The amount of support you will need depends on the field you
choose to go to. (See GA Financial Support Requirements for specific figures.) Training and materials will be provided.
Note: Support figures include medical and life
insurance. Air fare is addtional, as are passports,
inoculations, and visas. Some fields have separate start-up
costs, as listed below. One month's support needs to
be sent to OM USA before departure to the field. Full support
must be committed before departure.
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| What Are
The Age Requirements?
People 17 and older may apply! Couples and families are welcome,
too.
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| What Ministry
Training will I receive?
Each of the 3 tracks ('Training and Evangelism Teams', 'Special
Ministry Team's, and 'Support Teams') include training that
will provide a biblical foundation for personal growth and
effective service. The training is made up of three parts:
- Orientation - before you get to your field and immediately
after you arrive.
- Study
program - based on 8 core study modules used by OM teams
around the world.
- Field-based
training - to equip you for effective service through language
study and ministry training.
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| Can
I join OM if I have a school loan?
Following are three basic options for students who have school
loans.
- Work to pay off loans before joining.
- Make
arrangements for someone to cover your loan payments. (OM
cannot do this for you.)
- Defer
payment if going for 1-2 years only.
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