Cambodia-Discipler and Church Planter

About the role

The Discipler and Church Planter will work with a holistic church-planting team to create and maintain gospel-driven relationships with the unreached people group they serve by living among them and learning their language and culture. This will lead to opportunities to evangelize, disciple new believers, and train church leaders.

Responsibilities

• Serve, evangelize, and disciple an unreached people group with little or no knowledge of the gospel
• Disciple new believers toward Christian maturity, faithfully teaching the Bible in the indigenous language and training them so that they, in turn, can reach out to others
• Identify and equip leaders from among the discipled believers and assist them as they lead their own people in healthy, self-sustaining, and multiplying churches that they will establish within their individual communities
• Collaborate with a church-planting team, preparing indigenous servant-leaders to establish and lead healthy, self-sustaining, and multiplying churches
• Live among the unreached people group, learning their language and culture before beginning formal ministry
• Teach the Bible in formal and informal settings
• Evangelize and disciple the people, making disciples who make disciples
• Identify and equip native leaders to evangelize and disciple their people in a life-on-life manner
• Develop current and future church leaders with Biblical and practical leadership skills
• Other field or agency duties as assigned

Requirements

• A Biblical Studies BA or equivalent experience
• Five (5) years of church leadership experience (preferred but not mandatory)
• Experience with evangelism and discipleship
• A solid commitment to the spiritual disciplines (i.e., Bible reading, prayer, etc.)
• Proficiency in the assigned unreached people group’s language

Qualifications

• Vibrant and dedicated spiritual life characterized by consistent practice of spiritual disciplines
• Solid understanding of the Scriptures, ability to teach and clearly communicate the gospel
• Willingness to commit at least ten years to the project