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Partnerships are designed to pioneer new campus ministries on strategic universities around the world, with a vision to see an ongoing movement led by national staff and students.

The commitment is between a US campus (or several campuses from the same region) and a specific international university agreed upon by the receiving country. It is an agreement to work in cooperation toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission on that campus.

The Key Components are International Summer Projects (1-4 years), STINT Teams (1-5) years, and International Campus Staff (a resident team for a minimum of 5 years).

International Summer Project teams and STINT teams are strategic in launching the ministry and in giving vision to potential American staff who may become a part of the resident team. The US part of accomplishing the purpose of a partnership is fulfilled when a resident team is established. From there we will encourage and support the resident team as they build national leaders who will carry the vision to reach their own nation and the world.

International Campus Staff are staff members from the US who choose to commit to 3-5 years on one of our partnership campuses. These staff are crucial in helping a young ministry become self sufficient by training local students and new staff in the basics of evangelism and discipleship. The goal of each partnership is to establish an ongoing movement led by national staff and students and International Campus Staff are the key to making that happen. Establishing a resident team of International Campus Staff is the foremost goal of an international partnership.

STINT is short for Short Term International.

You will be on a team that is responsible for beginning or continuing to build a movement of evangelism and discipleship at your location. Your main activities will involve sharing your faith, doing basic follow up, possibly leading a small group, planning retreats and weekly meetings, and training students to be leading the ministry after you have gone. You will spend time praying for these goals as a team and working together to make it happen.

You and your team will work at building a weekly schedule that focuses on fulfilling your goals in ministry. An average day will involve meeting new friends and sharing your faith, or meeting with old friends and sharing your faith. Evangelism is the mainstay of your year on STINT and most activities revolve around it. During the course of the week you will also have team meetings, team prayer, team socials, outreaches (socials for the students you meet) and possibly language classes (in East Asia for sure). A typical day might look like this:

8 Breakfast & QT
9-12 Language Class
12-1 Lunch with team leader
1-2 Read / work on training / a break
2-5 On campus meeting new people
7 Dinner with Mahmet and Omar
8 Outreach Social with friends from English Department

Or it may look like this:
8 QT
9 Team prayer at our place
12 Lunch as a team
1 Meet Natasha for follow up
6 Dinner with Yulya
7 In Dorms meeting new people

Of course many STINTers say that there is no typical day, so mileage may vary depending on where you are, how developed the movement is, and even security.

You will have the opportunity to complete much of the same training that you would receive as a first year staff member. Much of the training centers around being able to clearly communicate your faith and do basic follow up.

In most cases you are part of a team starting a very new ministry. You will spend a lot of your time meeting new people, sharing your faith and doing basic follow up. In most cases it is very relational. You are making friends and talking about Jesus. You are building relationships and bringing people to a point of decision. After you see people trust Christ you begin to do basic follow up with them and begin to help them develop the skills they will need to walk with God.

We are big believer in teams, and no intern will be placed in a location without a team. Many times this team will consist of students from particular schools who have planned on being overseas together (in other words, start recruiting some friends to go with you). A typical team will be somewhere between 5-8 people with a team leader (man) and an associate team leader (woman). Together they will give leadership and direction to the whole team.

In most cases you will live in apartments near campus. In some cases you may actually live in a dorm setting on campus.

STINT typically runs from August to August. We ask that each STINTer would stay at least one year to complete the internship. Argentina is considered an 14 month STINT.

Email has changed the world and in most locations you can get good reliable email services, and with services such as dialpad.com, voice communication over the internet is also reliable. There are also phone cards that enable you to communicate substantially cheaper that the normal national rates. In other words, it is fairly easy to stay in touch.

The partnerships of our region (The MidSouth consisting of Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, North and South Carolina) are Argentina, Sweden, Slovakia, Russia, Central Asia, Lebanon and East Asia. There are also many other opportunities for you to go to other partnership locations with other regions in the US.

Go to www.apply4stint.com. The application process involves completing information regarding:
· Personal Information
· Ministry Experience
· Church & Spiritual Background
· Financial Information
· Moral Convictions
· Recommendations

After completing and submitting the application (and with all your references completed and returned) you should hear back from us with a decision or follow up questions within 2-3 weeks.

Our WSN team will set appropriate support goals for each STINTer based on the location of their placement and the needs in that part of the world. The amount to raise varies greatly from location to location. You will raise support to cover your salary, health insurance, travel, conferences, etc. In April, all accepted applicants will attend the Intern Kick Off Weekend to discuss the specific breakdown of support goals and strategies that we feel will help you to move towards seeing God provide the needed funds.

Most of your support will come from individuals you ask to be part of your support team. We call them ministry partners and we will provide extensive training on how to gather a team of ministry partners. Be encouraged, every staff member in the world is responsible for raising their support and God has done it over and over again. He continues to prove himself faithful and gives abundantly beyond what you can imagine.

In April we will host a conference in the mountains of NC/TN that all Interns (STINT and US) are required to attend. At this time we will give you extensive training on how to develop a ministry partner team, a biblical basis for support raising and strategy for getting started.

There are three basic things covered in the money you raise
1. Salary (money for the basics of life)
2. Benefits (health insurance)
3. Reimbursable expenses (money for ministry related expenses)

Out of the money your raise will come your salary, your benefits and money you need to reimburse ministry expenses. Your salary will be directly deposited in your bank account and you will draw money from this account using a Debit Card from any ATM in the city you are located. You will use your salary to pay your rent, eat, have fun and do the basic stuff of life. However, you will also be able to reimburse certain ministry expenses so that ministry related activities will not have to come out of your personal salary.

You will use your salary to pay your rent, eat, have fun and do the basic stuff of life. Basically, your salary is yours to do with as you please (but obviously you must take care of the basic necessities).

As an intern you are covered by Campus Crusade for Christ health care insurance. Coverage will begin 1 month after your hire date. So, if you finish your support August 1 and are hired, your coverage will begin September 1. More detailed information will be given to you at the Intern Kick Off Weekend in April. It is important to note that you are not covered until after you are hired and you are usually not covered by your parents insurance after you graduate college. It is your responsibility to get coverage during this period even if you are accepted to the internship program at this point.

It varies from location to location, but it most countries you go and get treatment, pay out of your own pocket, file a claim and then get reimbursed. Most locations have adequate if not good medical facilities. If it is an emergency or a serious issue, you will leave the country to get adequate treatment in the best place possible. If it is an extreme emergency you will be air lifted out by our emergency evacuation service (a company called SOS).

In all locations we follow the instructions of the US State Department (for their information of a specific location check out http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html). If they say don't go, we don't go. If they say get out, we get out. In addition, each country has a specific evacuation plan for the teams associated with that country.

In the case of medical emergencies we have contracted with an emergency evacuation company (SOS) to be able to airlift anyone out of any location.