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Residency: Urban Explorer for the Deaf

  • Location: Southeast Asia
  • People Group: Deaf Peoples
  • Date: Aug 18, 2025 - Dec 14, 2025
  • Cost: $5,960 + airfare, insurance & visa costs
  • Trip Reference Number: 47968
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DESCRIPTION

Do you have a heart for the lost? Come join our team as we work to bring the gospel to the fourth largest unreached people group in the world: the Deaf! There are 80 million Deaf people around the world, and only 2% have ever seen the gospel in our language. You can play a crucial role in changing this reality. Come spend a semester learning the local sign language, seeking and finding the Deaf in this megacity, and sharing the hope of Jesus with them. Whether you are hearing or Deaf, know American Sign Language or not, you have a role to play in getting the gospel to the Deaf.

Other Requirements

  • Residency - An opportunity to serve on mission for one or two semesters while being mentored by an IMB field missionary. Active members of Southern Baptist churches receive a subsidy, which includes travel to/from Orientation/Debrief at ILC, room and board at Orientation/Debrief, travel to/from the field, immunizations, emergency insurance. There is no subsidy for applicants who are not members of a Southern Baptist Church. All monies raised or donated in excess of the stated cost of this particular Residency trip will be used to offset the additional, subsidized field cost expenditure for the student. These monies may also be used to supplement the broader cost of ministry related to the Residency program, in general.