DESCRIPTION

The team will spend a significant amount of their time in frontline engagement (prayer & evangelism) engaging college students throughout Yogyakarta. In our province, the total population is 3.7 million people with only 2.4% of them identifying as Evangelical Christian. Furthermore, at any given time, there are between 500,000-600,000 college students studying at the over 100 universities in the province, providing many opportunities for college students from the States to engage Indonesian college students. However, evangelism engagement will not only be limited to college students as the city affords many other opportunities to engage people on the streets. The team will primarily look for opportunities to evangelize English-speaking nationals on campuses, in local coffee shops and cafes, in roadside food stalls, parks, and other public places where students tend to gather and hang out. Additionally, team members may also have opportunities to share testimonies and/or short devotional teachings in local churches and/or at campus ministry gatherings located throughout the province. We are not looking for “experts” but rather people who are humbly willing to serve, willing to be learn, willing to faithfully proclaim the gospel, and willing to intercede on behalf of those who are desperately lost in our province. Outside of evangelism and prayer walking, the team will have other opportunities to partner with other local ministries, explore the province, learn about local history and culture, and see many historical sites. First stop will be a joint orientation with other Nehemiah Teams. These initial days will be filled with training to prepare you for the summer as well as team building. Following the Summer, you will return for a joint debrief, sharing all that God has done in and through you. It is expected that team members participate in the entire program from orientation through debrief.