SEND OUT GLOBAL WORKERS
Christ’s command to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19) was not given to missions-sending agencies or parachurch ministries, though these entities can serve the church in a variety of ways. This is the mission of the church, and it extends to the ends of the earth. Therefore, the church has the responsibility—and privilege!—to send out global workers.
Your Role
Going to the Unreached
As a pastor, your role is crucial. Therefore, we ask that you:
- Pray for God to raise up global workers from your church
- Identify members of your church who meet the criteria
- Encourage them to apply online
- Set up a meeting to meet with a Radical team member to discuss the details before applying
- Prepare / disciple members of your church who could be potential applicants in the future
- Provide ongoing prayer support and potentially financial support
FAQs
Who is the Training Center for?
The Training Center is for men and women who desire to be a part of a team that plants and supports healthy churches among some of the hardest-to-reach people and places on earth.
What’s a pastor’s role in this process?
We believe that God has given the church the responsibility (and privilege!) of preparing, sending, and supporting global workers. Churches are responsible for assessing whether an individual is qualified to serve as a global worker. For this reason, we require applicants to involve at least one of their church’s pastors in the application process. For applicants who are accepted into Radical Training, the ongoing involvement of a pastor (or someone approved by a pastor) is required throughout the duration of the program. Before a student applies, they should contact their local church to make them aware that they are considering Radical Training.
Here’s how pastors can be involved in a student’s training:
- Pray for God to raise up global workers from your church
- Identify members of your church who meet the criteria
- Encourage them to apply online
- Set up a meeting to meet with a Radical team member to discuss the details before applying
- Prepare / disciple members of your church who could be potential applicants in the future
- Provide ongoing prayer support and potentially financial support
What makes this program different from other global worker training?
- Eight months of training in an overseas context near / central to regions not yet permeated with the gospel. Few training programs of this length take place overseas.
- Actual language learning (not only linguistics, or how to learn a language).
- Training led by veteran global workers with years of field work experience.
- Full-time residential staff
- Mid-term adjunct (1–2 months), active field workers, mentor students
- Short-term adjunct (1–2 weeks), Bible scholars, missiologists, and experts in other fields
- Development of daily-life rhythms for a foreign context alongside veteran mentors
- Process that includes difficulties and pressures that form character necessary to serve long-term among the unreached.
- Involvement with a business team that will be active in consulting for cross-cultural business. Students can work as apprentices for businesses near the Training Center location.
Where is the Training Center?
The Training Center is located in Western Asia in a location strategically chosen for its centrality to unreached areas and people groups. Due to security reasons, we cannot publicly disclose more details about the exact location of the Training Center.
Does Radical Training administer placement assignments after training?
Students will receive opportunities at Radical Training to network with veteran global workers, sending organizations, and other potential future teammates that could help shape their plans regarding location assignments.
However, considering the church’s role in preparing and sending global workers, Training Center students and graduates will be referred ultimately to their pastors/churches for location assignments upon completion of the program.