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aXcess: Community Development Alongside Church-Planting Teams in Portugal

Join a new team with a focus on disciplemaking and community development among the people of Portugal. Our focus is to use community development to meet felt needs, which opens doors for us to meet spiritual needs. This will be done in partnership with local church plants throughout the north of Portugal.

We currently partner with a community center and garden in a suburb of Porto and a church-planting team in a small village in the interior. The ideal teammate will want to work alongside existing local partners and actively recruit more partnerships. Our vision is to see a connection of churches formed, and through that connection, reach all of Portugal and beyond with the good news of Jesus. This will require the formation of a church-planting movement.

Position Type

  • International worker (IW)–aXcess–Vocational Track or Clergy Track 
  • Community center, community development (rural), community development (urban), discipleship, ESL/TESOL, evangelism, leadership development 
  • Partially funded 
  • Single or couple 
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Responsibilities: 

Required Qualifications: 

Clergy Track 

Vocational Track 

Both Clergy and Vocational Tracks 

Preferred Qualifications: 

Biblical Characteristics Desired: 

Timeline for Deployment: 

Summer/fall 2027. All appointees are required to attend a cross-cultural and language acquisition program and pre-field course/experience prior to deploying. 

General Information: 

Portugal is a modern European country with a warm climate in the summer and mild winters.  

Survey Results of Churches in Portugal 

World Factbook – Portugal 

Joshua Project – Portugal 

Language Expectations: 

Language is an essential part of ministry. Those who do not know the language will attend a language study program. The goal will be to speak, read, and write the language at a functional level in order to mentor, teach, and train others. 

The Portuguese people are very gracious and patience to those learning their language.  

Health Considerations: 

Portugal has an excellent health-care network of public and private doctors. Most of the doctors speak English. It is common to use a mixture of both public and private for care.  

Expectations for Spouse: 

Spousal roles vary based on the spouse’s gifts, training, and abilities as well as the needs of the team. It is expected that both spouses will be meaningfully involved in meeting ministry objectives depending on the nature of family roles, children, etc. 

Portugal has the highest rate of divorce in all of Europe, so modeling a healthy marriage and family dynamics is crucial for discipleship. 

Children’s Educational Plan and Options: 

There are several private schools with English programs. Many private schools also support non-native Portuguese students to become proficient in Portuguese. The public schools are good, and there are some hybrid homeschooling options.

Compensation Package

The successful applicant(s) will receive a full compensation package with the expectation that, once appointed, efforts will be made to raise a portion of support costs through the applicant’s network of friends, family, local church, or other resources. Information on support costs will be made available upon application. Training and/or coaching in fundraising is available.

Whole-Life Health

As part of an evangelical denomination, we are committed to biblical holism, which is modeled and reflected through our work. Due to this commitment, part of the required qualifications includes optimal emotional, spiritual, and physical health. These will be assessed during the application process.

Important Clarification

Applicant(s) should be aware that serving in the international world often requires a higher degree of grace and flexibility. For example, overseas teams can be suddenly and unexpectedly impacted by illness, government decisions, financial realities, team changes, or other factors beyond the team’s control. The challenge for applicants is that these factors can sometimes necessitate the sudden redefining of a position, which may take place before, during, or after the application/interview process has begun or is completed.

Questions?

Please email the IPO office at [email protected].

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