London, UK (Southall) Internship

London is perhaps one of the most diverse cities in the world and especially in the Southall community. Many people from South Asia, especially from the Punjab region call this community home. For over 20 years, Serge has been establishing church plants in several communities in London that seek to celebrate, share, and enjoy the gospel of Jesus in culturally understandable ways.

Serge partners with British South Asian leadership in Southall to establish a service (seva)-orientated, culturally-understandable group (Sangat, ‘ekklesia’) of Jesus-followers (Isu bhaktas) in the British South Asian context of North West London. Immerse yourself in the Hindu and Jain culture while seeing and being part of the shifting dynamic of first and second-generation South Asian immigrants creating a home in London.   

As an intern in Southall, you will have the opportunity to…

• Support the work of local church, New Life Masih Ghar Church (NLMG)
• Work in a local thrift store (Asha Shop) that seeks to share the gospel in word and deed
• Help with parent- toddler groups 
• Serve in various mercy ministries

London interns may also:

• Assist with the week-long London Evangelism and Prayer Conference (LEAP) 
• Be involved with community-based youth work
• Share the love of Jesus through street outreach

London, UK (Harrow) Internship

“Bhale Phatharia London MAA!” “Welcome to London!” in Gujurati – one of the many languages you might hear spoken in this global city. London is perhaps one of the most diverse cities in the world. For over 20 years, Serge has been establishing church plants in several communities in London that seek to celebrate, share, and enjoy the gospel of Jesus in culturally understandable ways.

Serge partners with British South Asian leadership in Harrow to establish a service (seva)-orientated, culturally-understandable group (Sangat, ‘ekklesia’) of Jesus-followers (Isu bhaktas) in the British South Asian context of North West London. Immerse yourself in the Hindu and Jain culture while seeing and being part of the shifting dynamic of first and second-generation South Asian immigrants creating a home in London.   

As an intern in Harrow, you will have the opportunity to…

• Support the work of a local church, New Life Suwarta Sangat 
• Take a part in Bible studies/small groups
• Participate in a homestay with a South Asian family and visit other local families 
• Hear amazing stories of how God draws people to Himself out of the most unlikely situations
• Help with parent-toddler groups

London interns may also:

• Assist with the week-long London Evangelism and Prayer Conference (LEAP) 
• Be involved with community-based youth work
• Share the love of Jesus through street outreach

South Asia (Rural) Internship

Come experience life in a rural village nestled in a Himalayan valley as we seek to see God’s Kingdom come here on Earth by bringing healthcare to a medically underserved region. The team is currently made up of 3 families; a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and his wife and children, a Family Medicine Doctor (MD) and his wife who is a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), and a Physician Associate (PA-C) and his wife and 2 children, as well as a single man running a trekking company.

Founded in 2010, the clinic has had a significant impact, not only on the village but also on the community at large through health camps and through the power of the Good News going out through local believers and evangelism efforts. 

As an intern in South Asia (Rural), you will have the opportunity to:

• Shadow clinic health staff and see rural medicine missions and advocacy in action
• Study the local language to develop friendships with fellow interns and locals
• Learn from local followers what outreach looks like in this context
• See how the Good News is transforming this area
• Help plan and participate in a children’s English camp
• Support the workers on the ground in their relational and medical work

South Asia (Hill Station) Internship

This team is a husband/wife/family team working in a Himalayan hill station in South Asia. They are a psychiatrist with an Mdiv in Biblical Counseling, and an OB nurse with a heart for community transformation through healthcare, education, advocacy, counseling, and job creation.  This looks like hospital work, village clinic/medical camps, a local cafe/shop to provide jobs and a refuge to seekers and fellow workers, mental health care accessibility in unique ways, and training lay people in the community in mental health, women’s health, and the value of the girl child. Ultimately, it is all a desire to see Light pollute shadows and mankind walk from darkness to Light. 

The team’s hope is that this summer can enrich, clarify, and strengthen your vision for your future, calling to serve in such areas, and ultimately in how you are loved by the Father as you see Him at work in yourself and in this community despite limited resources, challenging cultural differences, and spiritual darkness. 

As an intern in South Asia (Hill Station), you will have the opportunity to:

• Shadow nurses, doctors, therapists, etc in the community hospital
• Shadow a psychiatrist with a passion for incorporating biblical counseling into his practice
• Travel to rural village medical camps and see rural medicine, counseling, and advocacy in action
• Shadow, prayer walk, and work alongside local fellowship leaders/shepherds as they guide the local fellowships
• Participate in the ‘Invisible Girl Project,’* (an NGO that the team works with.)
• Be a part of the team’s cafe/shop/women’s empowerment group
• Help develop and host a VBS camp, set up for local TCK’s, children of local believers, and other local children in the area
• Shadow, prayer walk, and work alongside local fellowships (including the opportunity to teach Sunday school on Sunday mornings).

*The ‘Invisible Girl Project desires to shift cultural perspective on the value of the girl child through advocating against female abortion, feticide, child marriage, trafficking, and neglect. This is done alongside women’s health/menstrual hygiene education. 

Kibuye, Burundi

Burundi is a geographically small nation of 11 million people in east-central Africa’s Great Lakes region. Recovering from decades of unrest, Burundi consistently ranks among the lowest in the world in economic development, hunger, and infant and maternal mortality rates.

In rural areas like Kibuye, access to medical care is extremely limited – far from the hospitals and specialists located in the nation’s largest cities.

Since 2013, the Serge team in Kibuye has partnered with Hope Africa University and Kibuye Hope Hospital to bring compassionate medical care in the name of Jesus to the poor in rural Burundi. The team also serves as medical school faculty, equipping the next generation of Burundian physicians.

As an intern in Burundi, you will have the opportunity to:

• Childcare for a young missionary family with 3 young children (K-5) in the mornings
• Support in summer school – particularly specials / Extracurriculars – PE, Art, music…etc
• Several dedicated hours per day to shadowing Serge’s medical missionaries at the hospital in the afternoons (Surgery, Peds, OB-GYN, etc.)
• Connect with Burundian med students and learn about the medical education program at Hope Hospital
• Learn from local followers what outreach looks like in this context

Adventure Business Internship

In this country that is less than 2% Christian, many who come to faith face persecution and rejection from the local community. The Serge team’s goal is to remove these barriers by developing an adventure tourism business that will provide jobs for new believers through a trekking and homestay business.

This enterprise allows local workers to be employed by the trekking business and gives them a reason to visit remote villages to witness to and disciple people without scrutiny from local authorities. This business also works in collaboration with an established medical team that uses medicine as a platform to minister to those who have not heard of Jesus in rural mountainous environments.

As an Adventure Business Internship, you will have the opportunity to:

• Work alongside local believers as we seek to develop new adventure packages for domestic and international clients
• Help develop new trekking routes in some of the highest mountains on the planet
• Cross rivers, valleys, mountains, and glaciers to fine-tune different adventure packages
• Travel to rural villages and participate in house fellowships, while teaching and leading Bible studies for local youth
• Help lead games covering a multitude of sports (soccer, ultimate frisbee, badminton, and cricket)

** Potential for a trip to London, U.K. for an Evangelism trip to prayer walk, and work alongside local South Asian fellowships.

Southern Spain

Spain is a beautiful country with a complicated history. After centuries of religious oppression,  the younger generation has been left with a deep cynicism toward the church and religion. 

The Serge team in Southern Spain is working to bring about a movement of grace-centered gospel communities.  Through a church plant, Bible studies, outreach, activities for kids and teens, and opportunities to learn English, a Christ-focused community is taking root. 

As an intern in Spain, you will have the opportunity to:

• Serve and demonstrate love to children, teens, and families through summer English camps
• Get to know Spanish locals and leaders through acts of service, time, and volunteering
• Worship together and get to know the members of our multicultural church plant
• Participate in prayer ministry
• Engage in Spanish language classes in the city alongside a group of people from all over the world
• Travel to another city in Spain to serve and learn more about how the Lord is working there

Ireland Internship

After the trauma of the institutional abuses of the Church and then the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger, Ireland has become a more inclusive country across historically sectarian lines. Views on faith among the Irish are becoming less cultural and more authentic and opportunities for conversations around issues of faith are more inviting than ever.

Serge has multiple teams in Ireland (Cork and Dublin) and one team in Northern Ireland (Belfast) working as catalytic encouragers to see the Irish Church grow in the gospel of grace through facilitating church plants, encouraging Irish leaders, and fostering gospel renewal.

Interns in Ireland will join together with Irish and Northern Irish students in a summer program called “Encounter,” as they dig into what it means to be what it means to be “freed to love” by the gospel and then contribute to the team vision by encouraging and engaging in various ministry contexts across the island. The team seeks interns who are relational, enthusiastic, and willing to cross multiple cultural divides with humility.

All interns in Ireland will experience…

• Collective fundraising as a team
• Cross-cultural training and cultural immersion among Irish university students and Irish church congregations 
• Working side-by-side as a team with Irish interns, pastors, and ministry leaders
• Serving in an Irish church or mission context in the Republic of Ireland and/or Northern Ireland
• A guided retreat where you will learn and practice several spiritual disciplines of the Christian life
• Living in community with an emphasis on:
  • Exploring the Word of God through a manuscript Bible study in the book of Galatians
  • The transforming power of the gospel in the believer’s ongoing journey with Christ through the Serge Ireland  Free to Love: Beloved Sent One’s Sonship course
  • One-on-one spiritual mentoring
  • Great food, great fun, and great friendships in one of the most beautiful settings on earth

Check out our Instagram at: www.instagram.com/encounterirl

North Africa Internship

North Africa remains one of the world’s least-reached regions, with less than one-tenth of one percent of the population following Jesus. Despite an environment of spiritual oppression, Christian workers have entered into local communities through entrepreneurial activities, teaching English as a second language, and teaching children in a variety of contexts.

Within the urban context of the capital city, the Serge team in North Africa is committed to mentoring and developing future Christian workers for North Africa.

Interns will walk alongside apprentices and long-term team members as they serve the community in a variety of ways. Interns will develop cross-cultural relationships through homestays, camps, teaching English to university students, and meeting in cafes with friends in this warm North African context.

As an intern in North Africa, you will have the opportunity to:

• Learn Arabic in a classroom setting as well as through local relationships
• Grow in your knowledge and understanding of the region’s dominant religion
• Join other interns to run English conversation clubs for local university students
• Observe and participate in the development of local transformational businesses
• Engage with other local North Africa interns in the computer science field with the opportunity of assisting with programming, if qualified
• Have a homestay with a local family and help build relationships within the community to gain a deeper understanding of the Father’s work in the Arabic-speaking world

Nairobi, Kenya

The Serge team in Nairobi, Kenya exists to equip, minister, and engage with the local church through soccer-based discipleship, racial reconciliation ministry, and bible storying training. Our hope is to encourage local leaders and cultivate a deeper understanding of the gospel of grace and its implications for all aspects of life.

The ultimate goal is to see the Kenyan church, both corporately and individually, grow in their understanding of the gospel, living a life reflecting those truths in unity amongst believers and reaching out to the lost.

For summer 2024, the team seeks Interns to work with either the Ambassadors Football (soccer) ministry (a background in soccer is preferred) or the Chronological Bible Storying.

As an intern in Nairobi, you will have the opportunity to:

• Learn how to utilize Chronological Bible Storying as a means of evangelism
• Study cross-cultural living and specifically Kenyan culture by spending time with and ministering alongside nationals
• Get to know and worship with the body of Christ in another culture
• Acquire critical words in a new language
• Spend time with missionaries, getting to know their families and daily lives
• Engage in local churches

Soccer Interns will:

• Learn how to utilize soccer as a ministry tool
• Work alongside Kenyans, coaching, learning, playing, and fellowshipping
• Engage with ongoing Ambassadors ministries such as Prison and Children’s home outreach
• Coach at International kids camp alongside Ambassador’s staff at the end of the summer.

Chronological Bible Storying Interns will:

• Have more extensive training in chronological Bible storying
• Work with and learn from national pastors, locally and across Kenya using Chronological Bible Storying

Prague, Czech Republic

The Serge teams in Prague seek to reach the international (expatriate) community and emerging generations through local churches, various team ministries, as well as refugee populations who find themselves living in Prague.

The team seeks to build a community that is founded on the gospel, and then invite people to become part of that community. It’s their hope that when people from this community return to their home cultures or move on to their next location (or stay in Prague), they will take the gospel of grace with them into greater Europe and the world. 

As an intern in Prague, you will have the opportunity to:

•  Engage in relational ministry with Czechs, international residents of Prague, and refugees
• Participate in the life of the local church, outreach events, and interact with long-term missionaries
• Participate in Bible study and one-on-one mentoring
• Participate in regular times of team prayer and prayer walks around Prague
• Practice language learning

Other opportunities for ministry include:

• Vacation Bible School
• Children’s and youth ministry
• English camps
• Homeless ministry

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Málaga, Spain

Tapas, laughter, siestas, fiestas, and a “go-with-the flow” outlook on life – all trademarks of the culture in Málaga, Spain.

Since 2016, the Serge team in Málaga has worked to bring about a movement of grace in their local church, their community and the surrounding cities. Through preaching, Bible studies, seminars, discipleship of pastors and leaders, and hospitality, a Christ-focused community is taking root. The team is also serving the local community in tangible ways through opportunities to learn English.

Watch this video of the Serge Málaga team to learn more!

As an intern in Málaga, you will have the opportunity to:

• Serve and demonstrate love to children, teens, and families in Málaga through our summer English camps. Help the teams prepare crafts, skits, etc for the camps.
• Get to know and befriend Spanish locals and leaders through acts of service, time, and volunteering.
• Worship together and get to know the members of a multi-cultural church plant.
• Participate in prayer ministry.
• Engage in Spanish language classes in the city (1-2 weeks) alongside a group of people from all over the world.
• Possibly travel to another city in Spain and visit one of our teams and learn more about how the Lord is working there.
• Study the “Gospel-Centered Life” curriculum in a small group setting.

Thailand Internship

A very common idea in Thailand is, “To be Thai is to be Buddhist.” In this worldview, Christianity is the religion of foreigners and to follow the foreigner’s Jesus is to disown your own people. The Serge team in Thailand seeks to help Thai people see that Jesus is the Savior and King of every nation, tribe, people, and tongue.

The heart of the Serge Thailand team’s ministry is empowering Thai pastors to plant Thai churches that reach Thai people. They work alongside Thai pastors and ministry leaders, supporting them in the work they are doing to plant churches and reach Thai people. By doing so, they are helping Thai people see that they can be Thai and be followers of Jesus.

One of the ways they do this is by building an online Business for Transformation (B4T). This will provide opportunities for Thai church leaders to support their families and ministries. Interns will assist in creating, publishing, and marketing information products necessary to grow this B4T.

The team needs people who have some experience in the following areas:

• Video Editing
• Social Media Content Creation
• Own a laptop capable of editing videos and creating social media content.

As an intern in Thailand, you will have the opportunity to:

• Learn what it’s like to be a missionary by interacting and working with long-term missionaries
• Grow deeper in your relationship with Jesus by being mentored one-on-one by a missionary
• Develop your technical skills by creating, publishing, and marketing information products necessary to grow the team’s B4T
• Maximize your skills by learning to work in a hybrid virtual/in-person team environment
• Serve Thai people by joining local churches in their worship and outreach efforts
• Experience different church ministries in different locations/contexts
• Learn some basic Thai language by studying with a local language tutor
• Connect with Thai brothers and sisters by worshipping at a local Thai church
• Expand your horizons by diving into the wonderful-mysterious world of Thai culture and cuisine!
• Pray more deeply by visiting the ministries you are helping firsthand

Bundibugyo, Uganda Internship

In the local language, Bundibugyo literally means “the end of the road”.  And it is just that.  Nestled on the western edge of Uganda, past the Rwenzori Mountains, it sits just 5km from the Democratic Republic of Congo.  For the many people living in extreme poverty here, hope for more than a few dollars a day is difficult to come by.

Interns in Uganda contribute to the team’s purpose of testifying–by word and deed—to the gospel of God’s grace to Ugandans in the Bundibugyo district of Western Uganda. We do this through discipleship and training in the local church and community. We are engaged in health outreach, medical care, clean water initiatives, nutrition programs, education, and mobilizing laborers for the harvest.

We look for interns who are flexible, enthusiastic, and willing to be uncomfortable. Interns that thrive in our context have a team mentality, relational focus, heart to share Jesus in word and deed, sense of humor, adventurous spirit, and don’t mind a few creepy crawlies and outside bathrooms!

All interns in Uganda will experience…

• Relational ministry through interaction with Ugandans and long-term missionaries
• Fellowship with Jesus as you serve Him among the poor
• Sharing the love of Jesus in story and action
• “Real” football with students
• Learning to greet in Lubwisi
• Praying with the team, the sick, and the struggling
• Discipling youth
• Long church services filled with dancing and singing
• Learning about Ugandan health and nutritional needs
• Growing and being discipled through the “Gospel-Centered Life” curriculum
• A new level of growth in your relationship with the Lord
• Going on safari for a time of reflection and fun

And serve in one or more of the following areas…

• Youth discipleship, environmental education, sports outreach, and Bible clubs with community children
• Serving long term missionary families with pre-school and childcare activities
• Medicine/healthcare professions