Mobilizing the Next Generation is Key to Reaching the Nations
By the Year 2030 ...
... MTW is aiming to see 486 new churches planted; 212 new support or mercy ministries started; 29 new ministries started on college campuses; and 63 new countries, 192 cities, and 38 unreached people groups engaged by MTW missionaries. To reach these kingdom goals, we will need to add more than 985 new missionaries between 2020–2030. That’s a big, ambitious target. But we serve a powerful God, and we believe that He can do it.
For us to reach those numbers, mobilizing the next generation is key. Internships serve as a funnel, channeling young people through experiences, training, and mentorship that grow them as believers and push them one step closer to a lifetime of global missionary service. And even for those who do not ultimately choose to become career missionaries, internships can be life-changing experiences that forge better, stronger Christians.
“Investing in MTW internships means investing in people at a huge turning point in their lives,” Kirk said. “Maybe only a quarter of them end up coming to the mission field long term, but nearly 100% of them will be more equipped to understand God’s global mission wherever they are. Those people are going to be future church elders and deacons; people in Bible studies in local churches promoting, understanding, and supporting God’s global mission in a way they weren’t before.”
MTW already has some incredible mentored internship programs, and we send dozens of young people around the world as interns every year. But we can, we must, do more. Your gifts to our Next Gen fund will enable us, among other things, to build and improve our mentored internship programs and send more young people from the American church across the globe to join God’s story.