Intensives

Available for individuals and groups, these trips focus on intense, hands-on introduction to church planting work among unreached people groups. Participants join a Live Dead team for a week-plus to participate in church planting among the unreached. This includes intercession, training, interaction with unreached peoples, and gospel outreach. Throughout the course of the trip, participants will get a sense of the beauty and challenges of following Jesus in areas where Live Dead teams serve.

2022 Opportunities:
March 5–13 (Launch Team Turkey, $425 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
March 12–20 (Launch Team Turkey, $425 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
March 17–26 (Launch Team North, $355 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
May 14–24 (Team Cultivate, $400 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
June 9–28 (Expedition, Launch Team North, $750 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
June 29–July 15 (Expedition, Launch Team North, $730 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
July 2–12 (Team Cultivate, $400 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
October 6–15 (Launch Team North, $355 + airfare + Stateside COVID test)
September/October: One Week Flexible (Launch Team Turkey, $425 + airfare + Stateside COVID test) (FULL)

2023 Opportunities:
March 11–19 (Launch Team Turkey, $425 + airfare) FULL
March 11- March 19 (Silk Road Izmir, Turkey, $470 + airfare) FULL
March 16–25 (Launch Team North, $335 + airfare) FULL
March 16-25 (Launch Team North, $355 + airfare)
March 18–26 (Launch Team Turkey, $475 + airfare) FULL
May 1 – May 16 (Silk Road Kapadokya, Turkey, $1370 + airfare) FULL
May 19 – June 17 (Launch Team North, $1240 + airfare)
June 10–18 (Launch Team Turkey, $475 + airfare) FULL
June 13 – July 1 (Silk Road Team Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan $1500 + airfare)
June 16 – July 4 (Silk Road Kapadokya, Turkey, $1370 + airfare)
June 16 – July 4 (Launch Team North, $750 + airfare)
June 17–25 (Launch Team Turkey, $475 + airfare) FULL
August 5 – August 26 (Silk Road Team Harvest, Turkey $1200 + airfare)
August 22 – September 7 (Silk Road Kapadokya, Turkey, $1370 + airfare)
Flexible Week September (Silk Road Afyon, Turkey, $825 + airfare) FULL
Flexible Week October (Silk Road Afyon, Turkey, $825 + airfare) FULL
October 6-13 (Launch Team North, $355 + airfare)
Oct 13-21 (Launch Team Turkey, $475 + airfare) (FULL)
Flexible Week November (Silk Road Afyon, Turkey, $825 + airfare)

Internships

Internships typically run for two months (May and June). The goal is to expose interns to missionary life on a Live Dead team, to develop basic skills for cross-cultural ministry, and to provide space for interns to explore a call to longer-term service. We focus on group and individual pursuit of God, team life, study of local religions, language and culture, and the proclamation of the gospel among the unreached. Participants get a closer look at the life and operation of a church planting team, and see the need for God to call more laborers to the harvest fields.

2022 Opportunities:
February – April: semester abroad (Silk Road Launch Team North, $3360 + airfare)
Feb. 1–April 30 (Team Cultivate, $800 + airfare + Stateside COVID test; agriculture experience/education requested)
May 12–June 11 (Launch Team North, $1,240 + airfare)
May 14–June 15 (Launch Team Southeast FULL)
May 14–July 15 (Launch Team Southeast, $2,200 + airfare)
May 14–July 12 (Team Cultivate, $800 + airfare + Stateside COVID test; agriculture experience/education requested)
Sept. 1–Nov. 30 (Team Cultivate, $800 + airfare + Stateside COVID test; agriculture experience/education requested)
September–November (Semester Abroad, Launch Team North, $3,500 + airfare)

2023 Opportunities:
May 6-July 2 (Silk Road Team Kafkaz, Azerbaijan Internship $2345 + airfare)
May 13–June 11 (Launch Team Southeast, $950 + airfare)
May 13–July 9 (Launch Team Southeast, $2200 + airfare)
June 3 – July 11 (Silk Road Izmir, Turkey, $470 + airfare) FULL
June 4-July 9 (Silk Road Launch Team Turkey, $1999 + airfare)
September–November (Semester Abroad, Launch Team North, $3,360 + airfare)
September – November: semester abroad (Silk Road Launch Team North, $3360 + airfare)
September – November: semester abroad (Silk Road Launch Team North, $3360 + airfare)
September – November: semester abroad (Launch Team North, $3360 + airfare)

Give One Year

Giving a year is a great way to invest a portion of your life in ministering among unreached people groups and gaining the knowledge and skills necessary for that ministry while investigating a long-term calling. During a year with a Live Dead training team, you will experience the value and practice of abiding as an individual and with your team; linguistic and cultural fluency; the practice of evangelism and gospel proclamation among the people around you; the study of missiology, local religions, Scripture, and church planting; an intentional process of discipleship; and the benefit of learning to live in community and to work as a team.

Go Two Years

Going for two years gives further depth in ministry experience and learning to the one-year option. After completing a first year, you will have the opportunity to continue growing in linguistic and cultural fluency while sharpening your thinking about mission and Scripture and sharing Jesus with the unreached daily. During the two years, you will experience the value and practice of abiding as an individual and with your team; linguistic and cultural fluency; the practice of evangelism and gospel proclamation among the people around you; the study of missiology, local religions, Scripture, and church planting; an intentional process of discipleship; and the benefit of learning to live in community and to work as a team.

Go Long

Interested in a career in missions? This option is for you. Missionaries with Live Dead start out on training teams to lay the same foundations listed under GO 2 YEARS before joining a church planting team for long-term ministry. During your time on a church planting training team, you will experience the value and practice of abiding as an individual and with your team; linguistic and cultural fluency; the practice of evangelism and gospel proclamation among the people around you; the study of missiology, local religions, Scripture, and church planting; an intentional process of discipleship; and the benefit of learning to live in community and to work as a team.