Language Teacher: Near East

Position: Language teacher (English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Italian and possibly others).
Function: Part of a focused church-planting ministry team sharing the gospel with and discipling Arab Muslims.
Description: The focus is on adjusting culturally, developing good ministry skills, being a good witness in the work place, and sharing Jesus through relationships that are developed in the classroom, neighbourhood and elsewhere. Indeed, developing relationships and seeking to share the gospel is expected from day 1.
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Commitment Length: as long as possible (full time)
- to be committed to fulltime Arabic learning for a recommended time of 2 years (but a minimum of 1 year).
- a passion for making Jesus known
- love for people
- not afraid of challenges
- self-motivated
- attitude of willingness to learn
- short-term overseas mission experience
- an openness to stay in the region long-term
- native speaker of the language they wish to teach
- for some job opportunities – e.g. teaching English – formal teaching qualifications are not always required (although they would be useful), for others – such as German – recognized qualifications are usually a must

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Job opportunities in Near East

  • Hospitality Ministry
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    orientation and training to those coming, and other.
  • School Teacher, ages 5-12
    Primary school teachers (i.e for children ages 5-12 approx) are needed for several small schools run for Christian workers in the Near East, West & Central Asia. Most of these schools are small, so an individual teacher will teach children of different ages and 'grade' levels. The teaching medium in most cases is English, although teachers who can teach in German or Korean are also required.
  • Special Educational teacher for children with mental impairment
    Together with a project overseer, structure and set up a program to train and encourage development of children with mental impairment from a nomadic background.
  • Reach Bedouins with the gospel
    “Bedouin” is the Arabic word for “desert dweller”. Who will share the source of “living water” with the Bedouins in the Middle East? Do you have a passion to share your faith with this people group?
    You can live in a rural area, study Arabic and reach Bedouins for Christ. Developing relationships, visiting people and seeking to share the gospel is expected from day one.
  • Evangelist/Discipler/Church Planter
    Be part of a focused church-planting ministry team sharing the gospel with and discipling Arabs (or Kurds). The focus is on learning Arabic (or Kurdish) well, adjusting culturally and developing good ministry skills. This usually involves full-time language study for the first two years, although this can often be combined with other relevant interests (teaching, sport, music, etc.). Developing relationships and seeking to share the gospel is expected from day one. We have a number of ministry teams in both urban and rural locations.

Recent Stories from Near East

A small but mighty church
Jul 2008,
A small evangelic church in the Near East faces opposition from surrounding mosques, local authorities and the Muslim brotherhood. Please pray for the pastor and the congregation.

Yazidies, Student Ministries and Relief Projects
28 Feb, 2008
The growth of the Druze fellowship from 125 to 180 members is great encouragement. The perseverance of the Yazidies (Zoroastrian) believers in the face of persecution challenges us. Praise God for families opening their homes and for five who were baptised lately.

The starting of a student ministry in a main city of the Near East is a great encouragement as they access the campus and have a place for students to drop in for personal talks, sharing, watching Christian films and even an Alpha course.

Through relief projects we helped 437 families with food packages, kerosene stoves, mattresses, plastic carpets to cover dirt floors and roof repairs to mud houses in Kurdistan.

A ministry of Arabs reaching Arabs is quite effective between different religious groups (Druze among Shi’as) in neighbouring countries (Jordanians among Syrians).