ETEAM is a life-changing, short-term summer missions experience for students, sponsored by Free Will Baptist International Missions. These opportunities open student’s eyes to cross-cultural ministry and give them a heart for reaching the nations with the gospel. Students will experience the life of an IM missionary and what it’s like to serve internationally.
ETEAM consists of three segments: Training, field experience, and debriefing. Students will travel to Welch College for a week of intense training to prepare them for their mission. They will learn to work well with their team members, working together for maximum effectiveness.
Once on the field, the students will participate in a variety of ministries: music, mime, sharing testimonies, teaching, manual labor, and other tasks needed by the IM Ministries on the ground. They may visit schools, teach English, participate in VBS, and other forms of community outreach.
During debriefing, students will share, respond, and analyze their experience, as the IM staff helps them process what they have experienced.
This Summer, Bethel has three students participating in ETEAM Missions:
Michelle Gupton (left) is going to Ecuador, where she and her team will be working with Jungle Kids for Christ in a small jungle town. They will share the gospel through education, sports, and at a boarding home.
Give to support Michelle’s trip. (Be sure to select her name from the dropdown menu.)
Lillie Mae Gupton will travel to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She and her team will help a Free Will Baptist church with Vacation Bible School, participate in neighborhood evangelism, and help with cleaning projects around the Free Will Baptist school.
Give to support Lillie Mae’s Trip. (Be sure to select her name from the dropdown menu.)
Chloe Stevanus will travel to Tokyo, Japan, where she will serve with the Hope Alive Church.
Give to support Chloe’s trip. (Be sure to select her name from the dropdown menu.)
This weekend