Short-term mission means experiencing God and His power for yourself, meeting people from different cultures and letting these experiences affect you. You contribute to world mission and benefit from it. With God, you can go to the limits of your possibilities and experience how he uses your commitment to bring the most important message for this world to people. You will rediscover yourself in a missionary situation and gain a new vision.
Discover your
calling!
420 missionaries. In more than 60 countries around the world.
What a huge network we can use for your individual short-term mission!
Here you can find out about some of the ways you can get involved in God’s mission and share the transforming power of the Gospel with the world. Is there something for you or do you have other ideas?
Please get in touch!
VACANCIES:
Italy-FCG: from September 2024 to June 2025
Romania-Restore Ministries: from September 2024 to June 2025
Mauritius-Family Ankers: from February to June 2025
Mission countries.
CFN Albania, Pogradec
We have a center (campus) in Buçimas (a village next to the town of Pogradec) where we run a Bible school, build a church, and also welcome various groups for meetings, camps, conferences and other Christian events. We also have a church in the city and another in the village of Piskupat. Also a social service where we support people in need with practical help.
This placement is also possible as part of an FSJ.
You can find more information about the project here.
Life Spring
Life Spring Church (Kisha Burimi i Jetës) is located in Elbasan, Albania. We are a diverse group of people following Jesus and calling others to do the same. Through weekly fellowship, evangelism, discipleship, English courses and benevolence, we are seeking to be the tangible body of Christ in our local community.
At the moment we are buying and renovating a new building, and starting up a pastry shop.
Lopes family
We are a missionary family in Brazil, passionate about inspiring young people to serve in missions. We offer mission courses and evangelistic outreaches. We are looking for someone to support us as a family with 4 children with homeschooling and everyday life. There is also the opportunity to take part in courses and outreaches.
You can find more information about this project here.
Fundación Ciudad Refugio
At Ciudad Refugio, we work to restore vulnerable and threatened populations by providing emergency humanitarian aid and comprehensive programmes for people in need.
We run a church, have a homeless shelter, programmes for children and youth (English, music, art), conduct street outreach, have drug rehabilitation for women and men, and run income-generating projects such as a bakery, recycling, food bank, etc.
Am Bahnhof der Begegnung
In Rudolstadt (Thuringia), we run a community center that is open to people of all ages. Most of the visitors are young people, so the activity is largely equivalent to open youth work. In addition to supervision, we actively seek conversation. We also offer various events such as church services, lectures, youth meetings with a program, pastoral talks and childcare. We are open to new ideas for the use of our premises at the station. The main aim of the project is evangelization.
Here is a video of our project.
Hiss family
We run a 3-generation house in Schwanau, a beautiful village on the Upper Rhine. One flat is occupied by a refugee family. There is also a second-hand shop on our property, which supports our projects in Romania. We look after refugees in the village and organise aid transports abroad. The main focus is on supporting people in need and those in distress.
Soli Deo
An international church is being established here in Halle (Saale) in Eastern Germany. We, the Fritz family, work in the leadership team with four other people.
Our areas of responsibility include Working with refugees, working with people from all over the world (families and students). Even though we are an international church, we still have a focus on the people from here (East Germany).
Christianiki Diakonia
We – the Evangelical Church Christianiki Diakonia – are a small, local, multicultural church in the city centre of Thessaloniki. In addition to serving the church, we focus on social and diaconal work. This takes place in two different areas. Firstly, through the Community Centre of our church, with which we want to reach the neighbourhood of the church with the gospel. And secondly, through the Refugee Care Centre, where we are involved in work among refugees together with other churches in the city.
More informationen about the church and the Refugee Care Center.
Eurorelief
We at Eurorelief work in refugee camps in the Aegean. We are one of the few aid organisations permitted to work directly in the camps on Lesbos and Samos with refugees from around 40 ethnic groups. There, we offer humanitarian aid in the form of clothing and food distribution, English lessons, sports programmes and even sewing courses.
Several dozen volunteers are on site every day and have many opportunities to make a difference with tangible charity and kindness.
You can find more information about the project here.
Mission Kalima was founded in Guinea in 1993 as a non-profit organisation with the aim of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and planting churches in every town and village in the country. Mission Kalima’s slogan is: ‘Love – Action – Truth’
In addition to planting new churches and evangelistic campaigns, Mission Kalima promotes self-help projects to meet the needs of the population, especially schools and health centres. There is a pre-school and primary school with around 600 pupils and a secondary school with around 200 pupils on the site. Next to the school is an outpatient infirmary with a maternity ward where patients are treated daily. Various events take place in the large church hall, including the Sunday service with around 250 visitors.
The centre is located at the headquarters of Mission Kalima in the Sonfonia district of Conakry, the capital of Guinea.
FCG Meran
The Freie Christliche Gemeinde (FCG) in Meran is led by two missionary couples and is a church development project. In addition to the Sunday service, there are programmes for children, pre-teens and youth. The youth group consists of both locals and short-term students. Home groups and women’s meetings are also offered.
You can find more information about this project here.
VIVIT
VIVIT is a small, growing organisation in Merano/South Tyrol and works as a “forum for education and encounter” in South Tyrol and Trentino across the boundaries of churches and cultures. Our fantastic team is made up of Catholic and Protestant Christians. Our base is located in the Liebeswerk Meran, a private, Catholic social structure in the centre of Meran. The volunteers also live here.
You can find more information here.
Community Christian Church in Moycullen
Our ministry combines various tasks to build the kingdom of God. We are currently planting two new churches to create spaces for people to encounter Jesus. At the same time, we accompany believers in their discipleship so that they become more like Jesus.
Another focus is evangelism: we share the message of Jesus and invite people into a living relationship with him. We also run a coworking space as a “business as mission” and would like to expand this further in order to inspire people in their working lives too.
Christian Centre “Ganchauskas”
Our centre is available to churches in Latvia for the purpose of organising camps and seminars. We as a team do the work in the background, support the churches and offer some leisure activities. In the summer, during the main season, some young people join our team to support us in this work.
YWAM
The Youth With A Mission team is working with Liberians to build the City of Hope mission station outside the capital Monrovia. It is used as a center of formation and spiritual formation, but also as a place where the Word of God is lived.
Proclamation of the Gospel happens through children’s and youth programmes, sports (football, volleyball) and cooperation with local churches and schools. Due to its quiet location and proximity to the beach, YWAM City of Hope also offers an opportunity to stop and contemplate.
Free Christian Chruch in Alytus
Would you like to get to know a church planting ministry and invest yourself in it with your gifts – and also experience spiritual depth? Then you’ve come to the right place!
We are the Free Christian Church in Alytus in the South Baltics. We are characterised by the fact that most of our members and visitors not only love God and people, but also want more people to experience the life-changing message of God’s love. If evangelism and discipleship (especially among youth and young adults) is on your heart, then get in touch with us!
You can find more information about the project here.
Kaunas Church
We are Kaunas Free Christian Church (Kauno Laivųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia in Lithuanian).
We are an evangelical church based in Kaunas city center. We believe that church is not a building. The church is people who use their abilities and gifts to serve God and each other. God brought us together into a community, so because of this Kaunas Free Christian Church is closely working with men rehabilitation center, focuses on fellowship in smaller Bible groups and involves all age groups in church life.
You can find more information about the project here.
Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar – MHM
In rural areas outside the capital Antananarivo, we operate a small hospital for obstetrics, children and emergencies, maintain mobile units for maternity care, basic medical care including dental care for villages without state health care and for homeless mothers and children in the streets of the capital.
The project also includes other necessary supply structures: administration with personnel office, finance, IT and communication, technicians for cars, the large emergency vehicles, electricity and electrics (PV systems), wells, water procurement and disposal, medical technology, social work with occupational therapy, kids clubs, kitchen and garden.
You can find more information about this project here.
Walking on Waters
We founded a church in Limpio in 2023 with the aim of bringing people closer to Jesus Christ. In our project, we also work a lot with children who come from difficult backgrounds. We also want to share the love of Jesus Christ and the Gospel with them.
Paraguay is strongly characterised by Catholicism as well as animism and esotericism, which is why we often encounter exciting challenges in our work.
As the church is still very young, we are currently still expanding and renovating.
Christ for Asia – transforming lives
Christ for Asia is a Christian aid organization that works in the Philippines with a focus on marginalized groups, especially street children. Through food distribution, two family centers in socially deprived areas, two children’s homes and a government-accredited school as well as a farm and monthly church services for street children, Christ for Asia aims to give forgotten children the gospel and thus hope and a perspective on life.
You can find more information about the project here.
Domus
Domus comes from Latin and means “house”. Giving children, adolescents and young adults a home is an important goal of our work. We meet young people, mainly in the Hungarian-speaking area of Romania, who are disadvantaged, on the fringes of society, sometimes even uprooted because nobody takes care of them.
The Schaser family manages the work on site in the center of Romania and is happy about support in many different areas: construction, child and youth work, housekeeping, … We would be happy if you too would become part of the team for a year.
You can find more information about the project here.
PdF Center
The Center is located in the middle of the Carpathians in beautiful nature. It offers camps for up to 120 children, mountain bike and outdoor camps in the summer, ski camps in the winter, and Bible schools in the spring and fall. In between, all sorts of training courses and community camps are offered. The Torchbearer staff is a very international team. The families come from Romania, Canada and Germany. This allows you to practice and educate yourself in all three languages.
You can find more information about the project here.
The Philadelphia association in Romania has long cared for people who are excluded from society. You have also repeatedly taken in such people privately.
For some time now, people have been meeting regularly who want to help these people in a residential community with pastoral and spiritual care. For this purpose, the association “Hoffnungshafen (Port of Hope, Portul Sperantei)” was founded. Very close to Cristian/Sibiu there is a property with several quarry ponds, a residential building, a guest house and a stable for small animals with storage. Some time ago, Matthias Ruopp, head of Philadelphia, was able to buy a smaller part of the property. In order to renovate the guest house and to do various work there, we are happy to invite 1-2 volunteers for a year or groups on a weekly basis to work on this social missionary project. We also lead youth groups, in which your participation is very welcome.
You can find more information about the project here.
Romania – Restore Ministries
Restore Ministries is a branch of the youth mission organization with a mission in Romania. With various works in villages around Sighisoara/Medias we want to give the Roma back hope for their future. Restore was founded in 2013 by Helga Nürnberger. Today we are a team of more than 20 employees and have centers in the villages of Brateiu, Copsa Mare, Seleus, Saros and Prod.
You can find more information about the project here.
Musawe Nkosi
Musawe Nkosi is committed to helping children in South Africa. We have a children’s home that was originally founded as an orphanage, but now takes in children who are referred by social workers for various reasons. We have 40 children in this home. In addition, there is the ‘Feeding Scheme’ where the children can come for meals after school, get help with their school work and hear Bible stories. We are involved throughout the rural area with various projects such as gardening to help people help themselves and at the same time share the gospel.
Sunshine – Refugee settlement in the north of South Sudan
As a team, we live in a large refugee camp in South Sudan on the border with Sudan. The refugees come from a hard-to-reach region a little to the north, many of whom have never heard the good news of Jesus. It is a huge opportunity that they now live in this settlement and that we can bring them the good news!
As we (two families, two women, one man) live in the centre of the refugee camp, we are very close to the people and immerse ourselves in their culture.
We also live in mud huts with thatched roofs, get our water from donkey carts and are mostly on foot. We want to share God’s love with the people here in a holistic way, through friendly relationships, our primary school project, our clinic project that is currently being launched and our children’s programme. The children’s programme takes place once a week, where we teach over 40 children stories from the Bible, act them out, sing and paint with them.
Second Chance
We work among street children who are addicted to drugs or at risk of going onto the streets and taking drugs. Our aim is to admit the children to our rehab centre for detoxification and rehabilitation so that they can rejoin society. Outreaches are made to visit the street children day and night. We also support the children by giving them access to our drop-in centre at any time.
You can find more information about the project here.
God Remembers
The aim of God Remembers is to enable poor children in Uganda to get an education and give them hope for the future. We would like to teach the children how they can shape their own lives and give them Christian values so that they can make a positive contribution to togetherness with their lives. The project includes a children’s home, a kindergarten, a school, a sewing school, a community and agricultural projects.
You can find more information about the project here.
Havilah Mission
We support orphans and vulnerable children and families in Uganda by providing school and training sponsorships. We also have around 35 children living on our premises in Lwanyonyi, Mukono.
We believe that education is an important way to break out of the cycle of poverty. That is why we have planned to open our own school. Construction has already begun. But our greatest wish is that they really get to know Jesus!
You can find more information about our project here.
Uruguay – Epp family !
In Montes we started a church in 2017.
We invite you to accompany us on the exciting path of reaching the rather closed Uruguayos in an atheistic and, above all, esoteric-occult society for the gospel!
The varied and flexible everyday life revolves around shaping the upcoming community activities, maintaining relationships and carrying out practical activities.
Your personal service then results from your talents and the upcoming tasks.
You get the opportunity to use your talents in the most creative way in a completely new environment, to develop them further and to discover new ones!
Kwathu Children’s Home
We are a missionary organisation in Livingstone. On the one hand, we consist of a children’s home that is currently home to 26 children aged 3-18 years. There is also a community school on the premises, which ranges from kindergarten to grade 7, as well as a farm with fish farming, vegetables and animals. In addition, there is a daily feeding programme for the children and the neighbourhood as well as street evangelism. Bible classes are also held for children, women and men.
You can find more information about this project here.
Schempp family
We are here to serve the people of Zambia with our professions as mechanics and agricultural engineers. By providing technical support to other missionaries in the country in the form of car repairs, maintenance, help with purchases etc., they can concentrate on their actual tasks on the mission field.
We teach mechanics and agriculture, thus investing in people so that they can have a perspective for the future.
Our three children complete their schooling at home. Carola is therefore happy to receive support from learning assistants.
We support you.
1. Introductory
Conversation.
Firstly, we invite you to get to know us. And we also want to get to know you personally, to make sure you will be in the right place. The first meeting will be online. Togehter we will have a look which short-term position suits you or what else is important for your desired placement.
Once we have found a suitable placement for your calling, we will assign you a contact person of our team who will support you in all aspects of your preparation. This includes:
– Information about the placement in terms of tasks, costs, accommodation, etc.
– Information about funding your placement
– Help with planning for vaccinations, visas, flights, insurance, etc.
– Administrative discussions and arrangements
2. Preparation.
3. Crash
Course.
We offer a crash course to prepare you for your assignment. This preparatory course is an important element and prerequisite for your short-term assignment.
The topics of the course include: Living in a foreign culture! What challenges might I face? How can I prepare well? How can I make my time abroad a brilliant experience? In addition to the input from the preparation team, there will be plenty of time for personal dialogue!
Are you interested?
Then join the next Crash course from 26th to 29th June 2025 in Wüstenrot.
Reserve your place at kurzzeit@kontaktmission.org.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
During your mission, you will be supported by your personal contact person: They will keep in touch with you by email, talk to you and answer any questions you may have. And of course, we will pray for you as a team!
4. Mission
support.
5. Return.
At the end of your mission trip there will be a return seminar where you can reflect your experience and think about your next steps.
Your contact person will also have an individual debriefing session with you.
And you?
You should meet these personal requirements.
- A personal relationship with Jesus
- A heart for the local people and a willingness to share Jesus with others
- Openness to other cultures and a willingness to adapt to local conditions
- Good teamwork skills and flexibility
You should meet these formal requirements.
- Age: at least 18 years old at the time of departure (17 years old in exceptional cases)
- Application period: minimum 3 months within Europe and 6 months outside Europe
- Costs must be covered privately or by a sponsoring group
- Attending the crash course
- Acceptance of the mission statement of Kontaktmission and the guidelines of the local partner organisation
- Departure date and length of placement are flexible
Let's go.
Get in contact with us!
Get to know us!
“Hi, I'm Lea!
I love how God can use people through a short-term assignment and how He shapes them through it. I was able to experience this during my assignments in Uganda and South Africa. And that was also one of the main reasons why I joined Kontaktmission after completing my studies in social work. Now I am able to support this very process in the short-term sector - from preparation to the final seminar.
I'm excited to see what God has in store for you!”
Hello, I'm Jürgen.
I've been working in the base team at Kontaktmission since 2013. In the short-term area, I take care of the applications and assist in the further process. I also provide support in the areas of HR and public relations and with anything else that comes up. I am motivated to work ‘directly’ in the kingdom of God and I am happy that I can use my skills to support our coworkers around the world. It inspires me to see how God uses people in so many different ways.
And how is God using you?
Hello, I'm Debora.
During my short-term assignment in South Africa in 2003, I got a taste of missionary life and then worked as a missionary in Africa and Peru for many years. I am married to a Dutchman and we have 3 wonderful children.
I am delighted that you would also like to take the step and go on a short-term mission. During this time, you will gain many great experiences and treasures for your future life.
I will be happy to support you on your journey and during your assignment!
"Dear ones,
We are Dagmar and Denis Krautter. We have been in a mixed marriage (Austrian + Swabian) since 2008 and have two children.
When we were missionaries ourselves with the Torchbearers in Romania, we were able to guide and support some short-termers. This showed us how valuable this work is both for the individual and for the mission project. For this reason, and because we know the country and its people well, we accompany young short-term volunteers on their mission in Romania.
Please write to us if you are interested."
“Hi, I'm Juliane!
I'm married and live in Radolfzell on beautiful Lake Constance. Since 2021, I have had the privilege of being part of Kontaktmission and thus of the global missionary movement. My heart beats for everyone to experience how God works in missions and what a blessing it is to be used by God. I myself have experienced how I have grown personally and discovered my calling more and more during my short-term assignments. God is writing a great story with you - will you go on this adventure with him?”