BALKANS | Youth and Community Influencer
Job Title: Youth and Community Influencer
Length of Service: 1 - 2+ years
Length of Service: 1 - 2+ years
Ministry Vision / Purpose: In partnership with the Public Youth Center, engage youth in community development and educational activities that will build connections and relationships for the purposes of seeing youth empowered for their future and to share the Hope of Christ. We creatively engage the unreached community and foster discovery of His word so they will help others discover the Hope of Christ.
General job description: Teammates are expected to engage people in both formal (community engagement) and informal (personal engagement) ways to share with them through discovery conversations the hope of Christ. Formal engagements may take the form of youth programs/activities or other areas that serve the community depending on the candidate’s giftings and abilities. Informal engagement is through hobbies and interests of both the candidate and the local people groups.
Requirements:- Intentional at being a disciple and desiring to make other disciples
- Gifted in engaging youth with creative social and educational programs
- Desire to be an immersed influencer by engaging in language and culture learning
- Passionate for developing intentional relationships and being a question-asker
- Open to learn contextualized and sustainable ways of building His church
- Show initiative and follow-through
Field Background: The local context is nearly 100% secular Muslim therefore, large formal evangelical activities are not permitted. There are currently no believers in this region, therefore it is a pioneer field requiring creative ways to engage the community and share. The purpose is to see a movement of disciples making disciples throughout this region of the Balkans. A major element of engagement is a partnership with the local Public Youth Center, serving youth from the ages 14 and up. This gives a very public venue to offer courses and activities in the areas of Technology, English, the Arts, Leadership, Community Development, etc. Although it is a completely Muslim context, the people have great respect for workers from the West and are extremely hospitable and caring. The USA (along with other UN countries) is seen as the reason Kosovo as a country currently exists, otherwise it would have been overrun with ethnic cleansing and would be part of the Serbian country. This area was extremely traumatized by the war, thus, there is a need for traumatic counseling also. This minorly impacts the youth, but more severely impacts the other generations.
