Missionary Application
Read all questions carefully. All information will be kept confidential.
Personal
Full Name REQUIRED
Date of Birth REQUIRED
Place of Birth REQUIRED
Phone REQUIRED
Permanent Address REQUIRED
Email Addresss REQUIREDNot A Valid Email Address
Name, address and phone number of nearest relative REQUIRED
Marriage & Family
Are you married? REQUIRED
Date of Marriage REQUIRED
Number of Children REQUIRED
List names and dates of birth REQUIRED
Were you ever married before? REQUIRED
If so, is your former spouse still living? REQUIRED
Were you ever divorced? REQUIRED
If so, state date and grounds for the divorce. REQUIRED
Do you have any physical condition which might hinder you from engaging in missionary work? REQUIRED
Are you in debt? REQUIRED
For what amount? REQUIRED
For how long? REQUIRED
Can you adapt to new living conditions easily?REQUIRED
Education
Name of School
Major/Minor - Degrees received
Dates Attended
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List any other educational experience REQUIRED
What experience do you have in any special line of work? REQUIRED
What foreign languages have you studied? REQUIRED
How long? REQUIRED
What foreign languages can you speak? REQUIRED
How much Bible training have you had? REQUIRED
What is your current career or business?REQUIRED
List the books that you have read on missionary methods, history of missions, comparative religions, cross-cultural ministry, etc. REQUIRED
Are you willing to take additional education or missionary training that the board decides is necessary for you? REQUIRED
Christian Experience
When were you saved? REQUIRED
Where? REQUIRED
When were you filled with the Spirit according to Acts 2:4? REQUIRED
When and under whom have you been licensed or ordained to be a minister of the Gospel? REQUIRED
Where do you attend church? REQUIRED
What ministries are you involved in? REQUIRED
Have you read and do you agree with the Articles of Faith as set forth in the Open Bible Ministers' Manual?
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Missionary Vision and Call
When and where did you first sense God's call to be a missionary? REQUIRED
Do you have a burden or call to any certain people group, continent or field? Which group and why? REQUIRED
Does your home church endorse your call? REQUIRED
What groups have promised to help support you? REQUIRED
To what extent? REQUIRED
Give names of your pastor and Regional Executive Director REQUIRED
How long do you intend to be a missionary? REQUIRED
Have you corresponded with missionaries? REQUIRED
Who and Where? REQUIRED
What missionaries (if any) have encouraged you toward missions?
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If accepted, when would you be ready to leave? REQUIRED
Could you raise your support before you start? REQUIRED
Are you willing to spend time in language study if necessary? REQUIRED
Because of their responsibility before the Lord, will you recognize the authority of the
Board of Global Missions (including an order to return home if needed)? REQUIRED
References
Give the names and addresses of six people as references to whom we may write for information. Include pastors, employers, religious associates and intimate friends.
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Additional comments
Recent photo of you and spouse REQUIRED
Date (xx/xx/xxxx)REQUIRED
Signature REQUIRED
No prospective missionaries should presume that they have been accepted as candidates until they have been officially notified by the Board of Global Missions.