Candidate Application – Applicant Dashboard

Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Birthdate

Children’s Names (if applicable)

Phone Number

Email Address

Present Address

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Country

Permanent Address

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Country

Introductory Information

Please explain how God has led you to apply with PIONEERS

Briefly describe the circumstances that led you to Christ

Briefly describe your vision for future ministry

What country/people group are you desiring to serve, if any? How have you sensed God’s leading in this matter?

Part 1: Personal and Spiritual Health

Please share with us your personal practice and fruitfulness in the following spiritual disciplines:

Bible reading, study, and meditation

Prayer and worship

Sharing your faith

Making disciples

Giving

Mercy/service

How might your childhood and family relationship shape your life and ministry today?

If married, assess the overall health of your relationship and any challenges that you face.

If single, assess your overall health as a single person and any challenges that you face.

Do you have a history of mental or physical health issues that we should be aware of? If yes, please explain.

Do you have any children with special educational, emotional, or medical needs? If yes, please explain.

Have you experienced any significant challenges in the last two years (e.g., death in the family, divorce or relationship break-up, accident, victim of a crime, medical crisis)? Where are you in the healing process? Please answer below.

Significant challenges in the last two years?

What do you do for relaxation/rest?

Describe, if applicable, your history and/or current usage of:

Alcohol

Tobacco

Drugs

Part 2: Expectations

If married, what role will each person take in ministry?

What are your initial thoughts about your children’s education on the field (e.g., homeschooling, local school,international school, boarding school)

What does serving on the field look like for you on a day-to-day basis?

Have you considered how you might secure a visa in your country of service?

Describe your ideal team situation on the field, including how often you meet and how closely you hope to worktogether (e.g. on the same project, or different projects):

What do you feel so strongly about that it would be hard to work on a team with someone who does not shareyour convictions? Explain.

What is your understanding of the church-planting process?

What do you think your best contribution to a church-planting team would be?

PI International Handbook

Is there anything in the PI International Handbook (click and read entire handbook via the link above) that you are not fully comfortable with? Please explain.

PI Core Values

Rank the top three PI Core Values (click the link above) that you resonate with and explain why:

As you consider serving with PIONEERS, what do you feel will be your biggest sacrifice?

What spiritual, physical, emotional or relational issues do you expect to struggle with as you prepare for ministry?

What circumstances, if any, might negatively affect your service with PIONEERS (e.g., debts, school loans, family, church, employment, commitments, etc.)?

How do your parents feel about your plans to enter cross-cultural ministry?

If you have children, how does each child feel about the possibility of moving overseas?

What is your target date for departure to the field?

What are your spiritual gifts?

Part 3: Training & Experience

Education

School Information (College/Grad/Post Grad)

School Name:

Major/Minor

Graduation Date

Please list any additional education, training, certificates completed

Ministry Experience

List your ministry experience for the past 5 years ( Ministry Type | Where | Dates | Degree of Satisfaction)

Cross-Cultural Experience

Countries traveled to or lived in (Country | Dates | Nature of Travel):

Apart from travel, what other experiences and/or activities have you had that exposed you to other cultures, ethnic groups, or languages?

What experience have you had living and working with people of other cultures? What was that adjustment like?

Foreign Languages? (Language | Reading Level | Speaking Level)

What formal or informal Bible training have you had?

What further education, experience, and/or personal growth do you perceive as necessary to prepare yourself for cross-cultural living and ministry?

Have you ever applied and/or worked short- or long-term with any other mission agency? If yes, provide the name of the mission, dates of service, and nature of your relationship:

Church Life

What is your understanding of the role your sending church will have in your future ministry on the field?

How are you currently serving in your church?

Share your experience serving under your local church leadership, including some of the harder aspects likeconflict and correction:

What requirements, if any, does your sending church have of you before you depart for the field?

What are your plans to accomplish the above?

Church name | address | phone | email | year you started attending:

Child Safety

Our organization takes the issue of child safety seriously and includes several questions on your interactions with minors on the reference forms. Please know if you have had inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature as an adult (18 or older) with a minor, you cannot be considered for PIONEERS membership and your application process will be halted immediately.

Consequently, we feel it is important to ask the following:

Have you ever been accused of or had any form of inappropriate behavior with a minor? If so, please explain:

Part 4: Statement of Faith

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Please indicate your belief in and acceptance of the following doctrines:

1) We believe that the Holy Scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, were originally given by God, divinely inspired, without error, infallible, and are entirely trustworthy and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice.

Agree

Disagree

2) We believe in one God, Creator of all things, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Agree

Disagree

3) We believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, sinless life, divine miracles, vicarious and atoning death on the cross, bodily resurrection, ascension and exaltation, mediatorial work, and personal, imminent, and visible return in power and glory.

Agree

Disagree

4) We believe that Adam and Eve, created in the image of God, were tempted by Satan, the god of this world, and fell; that their sin has passed to all people, who as a result are lost, are unable to save themselves from the wrath of God, and need to be saved.

Agree

Disagree

5) We believe that salvation is a gift of God to those who repent and personally believe in Jesus Christ; that it is accomplished by God’s grace through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

Agree

Disagree

6) We believe in God the Holy Spirit who indwells all believers, enabling them to live holy lives and to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ despite opposition from the world, the flesh and Satan.

Agree

Disagree

7) We believe in the spiritual unity of all true believers, the universal Church, the Body of Christ.

Agree

Disagree

8) We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of eternal life with God, they that are lost unto the resurrection of eternal condemnation separated from God.

Agree

Disagree

9) We believe that Christ commanded the Church to go into all the world and make disciples of all peoples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and teaching those who believe to obey all that Christ commanded.

Agree

Disagree

Guiding Grace Principles on Secondary Issues:

PIONEERS is an international fellowship comprised of evangelicals drawn from many different churches and backgrounds. Our desire is to work in harmony with our national church partners and Christian colleagues on the basis of essential doctrines as found in our Statement of Faith. These are doctrines on which, historically, there has been general agreement among all true followers of Christ. In matters not addressed by our Statement of Faith, PIONEERS acknowledges differing points of view provided they are based on the Bible as the supreme authority, and that no interpretation or practice will undermine the work of the gospel or the unity among those with whom we serve. We seek to live, work, and relate to one another in a spirit of love and humility, as outlined in Romans 14, I Corinthians 13, and other passages.

If you have any reservations concerning the above statements, please explain your position.

If you have any additional doctrinal convictions that you consider to be primary and essential to your faith, please list and explain.

Questions for us:

Do you have any comments or questions regarding PIONEERS?

Part 5: Employment History

Please list most recent employer first.

Employer 1

Name – Employer 1

Job Title – Employer 1

Address – Employer 1

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Phone – Employer 1

Email – Employer 1

Date Began – Employer 1

Date Ended – Employer 1

Type of Work – Employer 1

Reason for Leaving – Employer 1

Direct Supervisor – Employer 1

First Name

Last Name

Employer 2

Name – Employer 2

Job Title – Employer 2

Address – Employer 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Phone – Employer 2

Email – Employer 2

Date Began – Employer 2

Date Ended – Employer 2

Type of Work – Employer 2

Reason for Leaving – Employer 2

Direct Supervisor – Employer 2

First Name

Last Name

Part 6: Your Personal References

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Reference #1 Name (Spiritual leader or mentor):

First Name

Last Name

Email – Ref 1

Reference #2 Name (Job manager or associate):

First Name

Last Name

Email – Ref 2

Reference #3 Name (PIONEERS staff (if any) or friend):

First Name

Last Name

Email – Ref 3

7 / 8 Reference #3 Name (PIONEERS staff (if any) or friend): * Email address: * Reference #4 Name (Mission leader (if any) or friend):

First Name

Last Name

Email – Ref 4

Reference #5 Name (Friend):

First Name

Last Name

Email – Ref 5

Reference #6 Name (Pastor or other sending church leader):

First Name

Last Name

Email – Ref 6

Part 7: Application Submission

I hereby declare that all the filled information is correct. I understand that submitting this form electronically isthe same as signing electronically.

Agree

Application Submission Date: