Trip Description

GO INDIA

This team will come alongside our partners at Mid-India Church Partners (MICP) and focus on the children of New Hope – a home for children from Christian families who have experienced severe persecution and either lost parents or cannot stay in their homes for safety reasons. The team will teach basic English and Bible lessons and love these children and the incredible teachers and guardians who care for them. Jesus Christ is moving in the heart of India – you could be a part of it!

Most people who visit India will tell you it is like no other place in the world. It’s sometimes described as an ‘assault on the senses’ – the sites, sounds, smells and people are rich with history and vibrant life. It is a fascinating place with a heart breaking story, still stuck in a caste system that tells people their life’s value is dependent on the social station they are born into. There are 2,033 unreached people groups in India, which equates to 1.2 billion people living without ever having heard the Gospel. It is one of the most populated countries in the world, located in the 10/40 window (meaning least reached with the Gospel), and only 2.2% of the population are Christian.

Since their beginning in 1969, Mid India Church Partners has planted over 450 churches and baptized over 17,000 people! MICP has established medical clinics, schools, orphanages and small businesses as a means to share the heart of the Gospel and their bold evangelists have endured the kind of hardships many of us have only read about in Scripture. In the midst of darkness, there is a great light shining!

For more information about this trip please email the team leader, Kelli Mahany, at kmahany15@comcast.net.

All applications must be submitted no later than 120 days before departure for international trips and 90 days before domestic trips.  Please note, applying for a GO Team does not confirm your spot on the team. Once applications are reviewed, you may be requested to participate in an informal interview with a Team Leader. Following review, you will be notified of your acceptance or status on a waiting list. If a team is full you can still apply and be put on a waiting list should a spot become available. If you are applying for a Campus-Specific Team with a campus you do not attend you will be added to the waiting list and notified of any open spots no later than 120 days prior to departure for international teams and 90 days prior to departure for domestic teams. Once your application is accepted for any team you will be asked to complete a registration for through Managed Missions which will include a deposit ($100 for international and $25 for domestic teams). Submission of your registration and deposit will confirm your spot on the team.

We will continue to monitor any restrictions to travel due to COVID protocol in the U.S. as well as the host countries for our International Teams. Because restrictions are likely to fluctuate, all locations, dates of travel and costs listed are tentative and subject to change. Please note, depending on the requirements of the destination, you may be required to have a COVID vaccine to travel. You will be notified of these requirements at your first GO Team Formation meeting. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility! You can check out current country-specific requirements on the State Department Website HERE.