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.
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: Spring Break 2026. Exact dates TBD by participating school’s spring break.
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Serge has been invited to partner with a new ministry in Chile that will be helping children with disabilities and their families. Started by a Chilean couple who are friends of Serge and who lost both of their children to severe disabilities, they have a heart for these children and know of the struggles that their families face. The team will help with the construction of a camp that will provide a place for the children to be loved and cared for, and their parents to be ministered to.
Trip length: 1 week
Number of participants: Minimum 4, maximum 15
Who: RUF students and staff
Approx. trip cost: $890 + airfare
Dates: February 28 – March 7, 2026 (Depart US on
February 27)
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This short-term team will spend one week learning about ministry in the Serge context, meeting other missionaries and hearing about their work there. They will participate in cultural learning excursions, prayer walks, and a smaller-scale service opportunity: possibly children’s ministry or other type of help to another local ministry we partner with.
Trip length: 1 week (arrive Saturday, return the following Saturday)
Number of participants: maximum 30
Who: RUF students and staff
Approx. trip cost: $1,900
Trip 1: Feb 28 – March 7, 2026 (depart US on Feb 27),
Trip 2: March 7 – March 14, 2026 (depart US on March 6)
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Max team size: 30
Who: RUF students and staff
Approximate Trip cost: $1000+ airfare
Dates: Spring Break 2026. Exact dates TBD by participating school’s Spring Break.
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The short-term team will trek with Serge missionaries in the Himalayas. You will learn about the culture and spiritual climate of a country entrenched in thousands of years of idolatry and pray alongside local believers that Jesus would reign as King & Lord in the hearts of those who have never heard His name. Times of teaching on culture, religion, mission, and mission-centered times of prayer in various locations.
Trip length: 7 days
Number of participants: minimum 4, maximum 25
Who: RUF students and staff
Approx. trip cost: $1,000- $1,500 + airfare. Cost dependent upon chosen itinerary.
Dates: March – May, 2026. Specific dates TBD and based on the availability of the team.
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The second business is an export business that works with local artisans in remote areas to connect them to the global market.
Trip length: 1 Week (arrive Saturday, return the following weekend)
Max team size: 10
Who: Youth (HS and older) and adults are encouraged to attend – church teams, family units, and individuals are welcome.
Approx. trip cost: $800 + airfare (includes room, meals, ground transportation,
and local skilled labor)
Dates: Spring Break 2026. Exact dates TBD by participating school’s spring break.
Deadline to apply is Nov. 30, 2026
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Team will help with one of 3 urgent construction projects
important to the work of Serge in the DR:
Trip length: 1 week
Max team size: 18
Who: RUF staff and students. Construction skills and Spanish helpful, but not necessary
Approx. trip cost: $930 + airfare + “day-off” costs such as sightseeing, shopping, and meals that day
Dates: Spring Break 2026. Exact dates TBD by participating school’s spring break.
Deadline to apply is Nov. 30, 2025
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Trip length: 1 Week (arrive Saturday, return the following weekend)
Max team size: 12
Who: RUF staff and students.
Approx. trip cost: $1000 + airfare (includes room, meals, ground transportation)
