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Healthcare Missions

Healthcare opens doors to the unreached. Whether you’re a medical professional or student, you can be part of God’s mission to bring physical and spiritual healing to the nations. Explore trips, events, and tools to help you serve, give, and pray.

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Medical volunteer Anna Leigh Breedlove examines a patient in the surgical ward at the Baptist Medical Centre of Nalerigu, Ghana, during a Global Health Initiative mission.

Go on a medical mission trip

Use your medical skills on mission. Explore upcoming opportunities to serve around the world through short-term trips focused on healing and hope.

South Asia

Healthcare – South Asia Hospital Needs Volunteers to Assist in Teaching and Training (Jan-Mar 2026)

This trip has a minimum of 10 days although 14-28 days is optimal. More is encouraged (up to 60 days). Exact dates for trip will be set by Field Volunteer…

$300 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
West Africa

Healthcare: Togo South Hospital (thru Jan 2026)

General surgeon to work in a mission hospital for approximately 2-4 weeks.

$1,000 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
West Africa

Healthcare – West Africa – Hospital of Hope (Jan-Jun 2026)

Healthcare workers including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and PAs are needed to help care for the physical and spiritual needs of patients in a West African mission hospital. Volunteers may…

$1,500 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
Himalayas

Medical trip in the Himalayas (Feb 2026)

We need some medical volunteers to help us in the Himalayas! The dates in country are February 14-21. We will travel domestically to a central village and host a medical…

$900 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
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Explore what’s possible in healthcare missions

Not finding what you want? Interested in a specific region or ready to serve? Contact our team to explore opportunities and get your questions answered.

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Prayers & Praises

We all have a vital role in healthcare missions. Join us in praying and praising God as He moves through healing and hope around the world.

Global

The Lord is opening doors through CPR training! We find that many places around the world – especially in schools, businesses, hotels, etc. – people… The Lord is opening doors through CPR training! We find that many places around the world – especially in schools, businesses, hotels, etc. – people are beginning to see the value of good first aid and CPR training. This has created an opportunity for our healthcare providers to offer training in CPR to connect with people, enabling nationals to care for others and setting the stage for gospel sharing. Pray for field healthcare workers as they teach CPR and reach the lost in many contexts. Posted October 2025

Northern Africa & Middle Eastern

Field workers spend most of their time on the field, serving in their roles on church planting teams. Sometimes, though, they need to be back… Field workers spend most of their time on the field, serving in their roles on church planting teams. Sometimes, though, they need to be back in the US to more easily tell the story of how the Lord is working where they serve. When everyone at a field hospital is in the US for such speaking at the same time, it makes it hard to keep things going. We have an urgent need for a surgeon in Togo to help cover while field workers are away from their hospital. Pray the Lord will call out qualified volunteers that can help cover this time at this critical field hospital. Posted October 2025

Global

We are seeking several speech and language pathologists with a heart for children for various roles – engagement roles to reach the lost as well… We are seeking several speech and language pathologists with a heart for children for various roles – engagement roles to reach the lost as well as support roles to care for the children of field personnel. Ask that the Lord will call out those with this background to these roles, that He will sustain them in their preparation and prepare the field to receive them well to allow for a long and fruitful ministry. Posted October 2025

Central Asia

In Central Asia local authorities often prevent our field workers from doing the compassion ministries that were previously approved. This prevents not only our caring… In Central Asia local authorities often prevent our field workers from doing the compassion ministries that were previously approved. This prevents not only our caring for needs of local people but also our access to the lost and our gospel seed sowing. Pray that the Father will open doors in closed countries, facilitate contact with the lost and open hearts to His truth. Posted October 2025

Global

Children of field workers have educational and healthcare needs just like their parents. We currently have a need for several occupational therapists (OTs) with specialities… Children of field workers have educational and healthcare needs just like their parents. We currently have a need for several occupational therapists (OTs) with specialities in pediatrics to serve our field worker children in long-term service roles. Ask the Lord of the harvest to call out His OTs to fill these positions! Posted May 29, 2025

Global

In the United States, there are wonderful medical education institutions. After your healthcare provider completes their education, they must participate in continuing medical education courses… In the United States, there are wonderful medical education institutions. After your healthcare provider completes their education, they must participate in continuing medical education courses to stay current and not fall behind. Not every country has such rules, but healthcare providers worldwide hunger for continuing education. Offering medical education courses is an opportunity to engage an otherwise challenging healthcare community. Ask the Lord of the harvest to call out His workers into the field to connect with this community, provide educational opportunities, and share Christ broadly. Posted May 29, 2025

Asia

The traditional way of thinking about a healthcare mission is clinical medicine: hospitals with doctors and nurses serving the underserved. While that is still important,… The traditional way of thinking about a healthcare mission is clinical medicine: hospitals with doctors and nurses serving the underserved. While that is still important, there are so many opportunities to reach the lost through community health and hygiene education. Pray for one community health project in Asia that is seeking to get food and hygiene materials to people living on the edges of society. Bringing warm clothing, nutritious food, as well as first aid and hygiene kits allows access to otherwise inaccessible people, mobilizing the local churches to meet real needs of the people and share the gospel. Posted February 2025

Global

The Lord is calling out His future workers! Pray for those healthcare workers in whose hearts the Lord is working as they navigate long years… The Lord is calling out His future workers! Pray for those healthcare workers in whose hearts the Lord is working as they navigate long years in educational preparation to join Him in His great task to reach the lost. Ask the Great Physician to bring encouragement and focus to undergraduate students, graduate students, and residents as they prepare for a lifetime of cross-cultural service in God’s kingdom. Posted February 2025

Asia-Pacific Rim

The Asia-Pacific Rim has a mix of countries, both those that are open to a traditional gospel witness and those requiring more creative access. In… The Asia-Pacific Rim has a mix of countries, both those that are open to a traditional gospel witness and those requiring more creative access. In one country needing creative access, we have an opportunity to place a healthcare worker to connect with local clinics that serve a segment of the society that is unreached. Pray that God will send the right person to take this mid- or long-term position, whether that be someone from our organization or a Global Missionary Partner. Ask the Father to prepare the way for this person and to develop fertile soil in this hard-to-reach place. Posted November 2024

Dr. Gift Norman fills out paperwork while seeing a patient at a community health clinic in Bangalore, India, hosted by Bangalore Baptist Hospital.

Dr. Naylor Preach & Heal Through Medicine Fund

Help us make medical missions possible through the Preach & Heal Fund

Give to the Dr. Naylor Preach & Heal through Medicine Fund to support mobile medical clinics and missionaries who provide care and share the gospel worldwide. Your gift equips teams, trains local healthcare workers, and brings healing and hope to those in need.

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MedAdvance 2026

Mark your calendar for MedAdvance 2026!

MedAdvance 2026 will be August 13-15, 2026 at Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, FL. MedAdvance is a conference for healthcare professionals and anyone interested in healthcare missions, offering training, worship, and networking.

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Dr. Tom Hicks, IMB director of global healthcare strategies, greets healthcare professionals at the MedAdvance conference at Houston’s First Baptist Church.

Resources

Short, Mid, & Long Term Pathways Flyer

Discover all the ways that you can get involved with the IMB!

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Physician

Learn how your medical training can meet physical needs and point people to Jesus through missions.

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Allied Health Professional

Use your health career to serve others and share the gospel through global missions.

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Nursing

Discover how your nursing career can be a pathway to serve and share Christ around the world.

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