Career Missions
Find Your Place in the World
You can help share the gospel with people who don’t know Jesus Christ as their Saviour. That opportunity is still out of reach for many people around the world. If you’re willing to make a long-term commitment to change that, we’re here to help you.
Ethnos Canada will work in partnership with you and your church. We will provide the specialized training you need and help you find the role God has prepared for you in the network of missionaries who make cross-cultural ministries possible.
“Jesus said to His disciples, ‘As the Father has sent me, so send I you…’.
Martin Lamb
We are to be His hands and His feet, His eyes and His tears; His very life to this lost and dying world, because if we’re not, nobody is. The incarnation that God began in Jesus He now wants to continue through you and through me – the body of Christ!”
Qualifications
for church planting with Ethnos
Career Missionaries must have a minimum of 60 credit hours at a Bible college or university (typically two years of Bible training or the equivalent) and successfully complete Ethnos’ specialized training program.
Additionally, all personnel must:
- Agree with Ethnos Canada’s Statement of Faith
- Have personal assurance of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ
- Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be involved in a local church
- Be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ by maintaining a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Ethnos Canada
- Desire to be part of a team effort to evangelize least reached people groups
- Have high moral character with positive references and not have been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted
- Understand that most Ethnos Canada ministry opportunities are physically, emotionally, and mentally challenging and that appropriate health in these areas is required
- Be willing to trust God for financial and material needs
- Have no preexisting school, auto or credit card debts without a repayment plan (some exceptions apply)
- Not have a history of divorce, or divorce and remarriage, after salvation
Becoming a Missionary
With more than 6,000 people groups still unreached, the task is bigger than just us. God is calling out workers from the ethnos to go.
Our role in mobilizing, equipping and coordinating missionaries extends beyond our own culture. From all around to the world, God is calling out workers to be a part of reaching the ethnos!
Thousands of believers from more than three dozen countries are actively working together in Africa, Latin America, Northern Canada and the Asia-Pacific Region.
Are you ready to join?
Why Choose Ethnos?
what makes ethnos distinct?
Most missionaries serve through sending organizations. How can you and your church choose the one that’s right for you? Find some of the reasons you might choose Ethnos.
Training
Ethnos Canada’s Specialized Training
Your role as a career missionary and previous Bible education determine the training you’ll need, which can take from one to four years. Learn more about Ethnos Canadas specialized training.
Available Positions
Church Planter/Development
Location: Village
Purpose: The goal of a church planting/development team is to present a clear understanding of the message of the Bible and to see New Testament churches established and brought to spiritual maturity through continued teaching, discipleship, and Bible translation.
Responsibilities:
After arriving in Asia Pacific church planters/developers will begin and become highly proficient in the language and culture of Asia Pacific. After team formation the church planters/developers will move into villages and begin an intense time of culture and language acquisition of the local language while building relationships among the people. After reaching proficiency in the culture and language, the church planters/developers will write Bible lessons and translate Old Testament portions and the New Testament into the local language. This takes place while systematically teaching Bible lessons in order to build an understanding of God’s Word. In most cases the church planting team is involved in literacy training. The ongoing work of the church planter/developer is to see new believers discipled and develop local church leadership.
In some cases, a national church presence has previously been established in a village setting and we are being requested to come alongside these ministries to assist in the maturation process. Literacy, lesson development, Bible translation, teaching and other typical church planting/developing ministries still apply to these situations.
Requirements
- Education Requirement
Ethnos Training
National Missionary Trainer
Location: Missionary Training Center
Purpose: To prepare missionaries for reaching their own people with the Gospel
Responsibilities: After arriving in Asia Pacific missionary trainers will begin and become highly proficient in the language and culture of Asia Pacific. Upon completion of culture and language study, the candidate will join a team at one of the training centers with the goal of teaching preparing missionary candidates for future ministry.
Requirements
- Education Requirement
Ethnos Training
Bible Translator
Location: Village
Purpose: To expand the reach of the Gospel by translating the Scriptures into the heart language of a select people group.
Responsibilities: Translate Scripture as part of a church development team.
Requirements
- Education Requirement
Ethnos Training