Thanks to the Mission Initiative, approximately 50 additional compensated mission workers and 100 additional volunteers will be able to serve as Christ's witnesses in mission. They will join the existing annual workforce of about 271 compensated mission workers, 36 volunteers, 9 amity workers and 55 young adult volunteers.

Long-term service mission personnel who have extensive training in the language, culture and history of the communities and churches they serve. They anchor our ministries around the world.

2) Partner Church Leaders in the United States

International Church leaders who serve in ministry in the United States, helping U.S. congregations grow in their understanding of world Christianity. They sometimes focus on new church development work with immigrants.

3) Mission Educators

Mission leaders who help congregations, presbyteries and synods link with international church partners, and help Presbyterians have meaningful mission study experiences in the United States and work experiences abroad. They can be made available in the United States as “missionaries-in-residence.”

4) Service / Learning Volunteers

Individuals, mostly young adults, who broaden their understanding of worldwide mission through programs such as Young Adult Volunteers, Reconciliation and Mission Volunteers and Global Interns. Their short-term service has a long-term vocational impact.

5) Workers with Specialized Skills

Highly-trained professionals who help fulfill Presbyterian mission priorities. These workers include:

a) Educators and trainers for developing indigenous leaders.
b) Health consultants who serve several institutions simultaneously.
c) Frontier evangelism workers for places where there is no church or it is very new.
d) Teachers of English, especially where few other means of ministering are available.
e) Disaster response specialists.
f) Community development specialists.
g) Enablers of special or innovative projects still under development.