The college campus is a powerful arena for change! So we’re excited to invite you and your students to be a part of the movements of grace, reaching all people, renewing all believers, and transforming communities.
Thanks for joining us as we seek to lay down our lives together for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ!
1-2 Week Short-Term Trips – Dip your toes into cross-cultural ministry! Join a Short-term trip and offer tangible help to the people in communities where Serge works – forging lasting relationships among team members and with the local community.
Interested in a summer trip? Check out our other short-term trip offerings here.
Summer internship – Interested in spending your summer overseas, serving a local community, and being mentored in cross-cultural ministry by a missionary mentor? Are you desiring to gain language skills and be a part of God’s global church? Consider a Serge summer internship.
Want to do a semester-long internship? Do you need hours for your medical rotations, or to gain field hours in counseling or education? Maybe the Vocational internship is more what you’re looking for.
Apprenticeship (18 mo. – 2 years) – Are you graduating soon and wanting to be prepared for a career in cross-cultural missions? Apply for the Apprenticeship—a full-time, salaried, support-raising role, where you will also benefit from a foundation of theological and leadership training, geared to give you the tools to step into career missions.
Apprenticeship (18 mo. – 2 years) – Wrapping up your RUF internship and wanting to be prepared for a career in Cross-cultural missions? Apply for the Apprenticeship – a full-time, salaried, support-raising role, where you will also benefit from a foundation of theological and leadership training, geared to give you the tools to step into career missions.
Vocational internship (2 mo. – 11 mo.) – Unsure if you can commit to the Apprenticeship, or know that you’re going back to school after your internship? (medical school, business school, seminary… Gain experience and field hours by doing a Vocational internship with one of our teams overseas (think of this as service-learning / volunteer, not a salaried position). Many grad students have been able to complete their rotations or clinical hours with us (medical, preaching, counseling, teaching…).
Renewal – order book studies for small groups!
Influence – Have a Serge mobilizer join a large group meeting and speak to interested students about their calling to cross-cultural ministry. Connect with Mobilization Manager, Katie Guerrero.
RUF Global – RUF Global missionaries partner with mission teams from Mission to the World (MTW) and Serge, and with national denominations, to minister to college students on overseas campuses. Consider starting an RUF chapter overseas through Serge / RUF Global!
Renewal – order book studies for small groups!
Influence – Have a Serge mobilizer join a large group meeting and speak to interested students about their calling to cross-cultural ministry. Connect with Mobilization Manager, Katie Guerrero.
Fill out the form below to begin a conversation with a recruiter!
Dates: Feb-March, 2027 (specific dates TBD – two LEAP trips on back-to-back weeks. Exact dates based on interest and schools’ Spring Break dates.)
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Looking to do something different with your spring break? Take a LEAP across the pond to London—a global hub where cultures and religions from all over the world intersect every day. You’ll serve alongside local church plants and Serge staff to learn about different world faiths and get directly involved in local prayer and outreach. It’s a practical opportunity to put your faith into action and gain real cross-cultural ministry experience!
Trip length: 7 days
Max team size: We can host a total of 30 people per week.
Who: RUF students and staff
Approx. trip cost: $1,000 per person + airfare. Includes: lodging, most meals & ministry-related transportation in London.
Dates: Feb-March, 2027 (specific dates TBD – two LEAP trips on back-to-back weeks. Exact dates based on interest and schools’ Spring Break dates.)
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Looking to do something different with your spring break? Take a LEAP across the pond to London—a global hub where cultures and religions from all over the world intersect every day. You’ll serve alongside local church plants and Serge staff to learn about different world faiths and get directly involved in local prayer and outreach. It’s a practical opportunity to put your faith into action and gain real cross-cultural ministry experience!
Trip length: 7 days
Max team size: We can host a total of 30 people per week.
Who: RUF students and staff
Approx. trip cost: $1,000 per person + airfare. Includes: lodging, most meals & ministry-related transportation in London.
Dates: Feb-March, 2027 (Exact dates based on interest and schools’ Spring Break dates.)
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Join this team to explore neighborhoods of cultural significance in this major European hub, while benefiting from roundtable discussions and seminars on the topics of “Shalom” and “Cultural Renewal” in a city of seekers and skeptics. Learn from Serge workers how to communicate the Gospel in a language that addresses the heart of the unreached, guides people into genuine discussion, while exposing our own need for the Good News.
Trip length: 7 days
Max team size: 12 people
Who: RUF students and staff
Approx. trip cost: $1,000 per person + airfare. Includes: lodging, most meals & ministry-related transportation in London.
Dates: June 2027 (exact dates determined by participants’ availability).
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Trek through Himalayan regions to learn from Serge workers, engage with local
believers, and pray for unreached communities.
Trip length: 9 days
Max team size: minimum 4, maximum 15
Who: Adults and college-age participants; good physical health required
Approx. trip cost: $2,000 + airfare
Dates: Feb 18 – 28, 2027
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This short-term mission trip to Spain will support a baseball camp for children and teens, where the team will help teach baseball skills while building meaningful relationships with campers and their families. Through these connections, the goal is to encourage families to become involved with the local church and create opportunities to share the hope of the gospel through authentic friendships.
Trip Length: 10 days
Max participants: People accepted on a case-by-case basis – spots are limited
Who: RUF Students and staff. Baseball skills preferred but not required
Approx. trip cost: $1,500 + airfare
Dates: July 5-12, 2027
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Partner with Serge’s church planting teams to share the gospel among London’s large South Asian population. Trip will consist of training and evangelism, as well as learning about Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism, as you experience other cultures and visit religious sites.
Trip length: 7 days in country
Max team size: 10 per church
Who: Mature high school students, college age, and adults
Approx. trip cost: $1,300 per person + airfare
Dates: Throughout year, 2027 (exact dates to be determined by team’s availability)
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Team will work with Project for Hope to support single mothers, their children, and older widows in the rural community of Magdalena Milpas Altas. Our activities will include making home repairs and visiting widows who need assistance, building relationships to encourage single mothers in their faith and working with them on initiatives such as the agriculture project, Huevos Jireh egg business, and Esperanza Handmade leather workshop, and organizing a VBS-style camp to share our faith and have fun with kids in the community.
Trip length: 1 week
Max team size: 12-22 people
Who: Teens, students, adults. Light construction skills are helpful but not necessary
Approx. trip cost: $880 per person + airfare.
Dates: Summer (dates TBD by team availability)
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Serve alongside local churches through community and youth outreach, including
camps, sports ministry, and relational engagement.
Trip length: 1 week
Max participants: 15
Who: Adults and youth
Approx. trip cost: $830 + airfare
Dates: Throughout year (dates TBD by team availability)
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During 2027 we will be constructing a small dormitory on our ministry property to host international teams and offer a place for retreat and refreshment for local church leaders and pastors. Short-term teams will help digging footers, placing cinderblocks, plastering walls, installing plumbing, etc.
Trip Length: 1 week
Max participants: 15
Who: Adults and youth
Approx. trip cost: $830 + airfare
