FULL TIME
SOON Movement staff participate in a year-long training program designed to help them thrive in ministry. Upon acceptance, new staff are invited to attend New Staff Orientation (NSO)—a one-week intensive focused on Ministry Partner Development (MPD), our strategy for building a team of financial and prayer supporters.
After NSO, staff begin a one-year training program at the Great Commission Training Center (GCTC). While continuing with MPD, they receive in-depth training in biblical foundations, ministry philosophy, practical ministry skills, character and relationship development, and hands-on field training.
Upon completion of both GCTC and MPD, staff launch into their full-time ministry assignments.
SOON Movement, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, International, is a faith-based mission organization. This means that full-time staff members have the responsibility to mobilize a team of ministry partners to pray and give for their personal ministry. This is called “raising support” and is a common practice among many mission organizations. In Campus Crusade for Christ we call raising support MPD (Ministry Partner Development).
Raising support is rooted in the Old and New Testament. For example, the Philippians supported the Apostle Paul (Phil. 1:3-5, 4:10-19).
In our early history we learned that having each individual staff member raise his/her support would allow us to grow the missionary force needed to help fulfill the Great Commission. As a result God has allowed Cru to grow to become one of the largest mission agencies in the world.
Each staff member raises support to cover the following:
Salary (Living Cost)
Benefits (health plan, worker’s compensation, disability coverage, life insurance)
Retirement
Ministry related expenses (training, ministry materials, communication with ministry partners, etc.)
Once an applicant is accepted as a staff member, he/she is assigned an MPD coach who coaches them all the way through to the completion of raising their needed support. Each new staff member attends New Staff Orientation which includes some of the finest MPD training in missions.
SOON Movement’s compensation plan for full time Missionary Staff Members is based on need, not on one’s job role within the ministry, or the market value of that position among similar organizations. All US missionary staff members are provided similar compensation based on need.
Missionary staff members are required to develop a team of ministry partners to contribute funds to SOON Movement to cover their salaries, Social Security, benefits, training, and ministry expenses.
In order to keep our staff free from financial distractions and focused on our mission, our salary structure promotes a moderate lifestyle, longevity in ministry, and individual freedom and responsibility for staff.
We use the following list of qualifications in our process to select missionary staff for SOON Movement Global. Please note these criteria are not for the purpose of judging a person’s standing with the Lord or his/her worth in the body of Christ. Rather, they are for the purpose of evaluating a person’s readiness to serve in the midst of spiritual battle in ministry with SOON Movement Global.
The applicant need not fulfill the criteria perfectly in order to qualify, but must be able to present positively and convincingly why he/she can qualify.
Please read through the entire list carefully. Feel free to inquire should you come across anything unclear.
SOON Movement’s Statement of Faith expresses our basis of belief in the Bible and our faith in its major doctrinal teachings. All staff members affirm their agreement with this Statement
Read the Statement of Faith.
Applying to be a full time missionary with SOON Movement is a multi-step process. First you will need to identify the SOON ministry and position that you want to apply for. If you are interested, please contact LDHR (Leadership Development and Human Resources) personnel (ldhr@smglobal.org). They will connect with you to guide you with the details of the application process.