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NEXT TEAMS

Raising Up the Next Generation of Mission Leaders

ABOUT NEXT TEAMS

NEXT Teams are designed to empower the next generation to lead others to worship God by combining leadership development, evangelism, discipleship, and church planting.

Through these short-term teams, we equip students and adults to discover God’s heart for the world and the unique role they are called to play in His mission.

WHAT WE DO

FOCUS ON CHURCH PLANTING

Your team will help establish local churches through the power of the gospel. Team participants will minister in the community, build relationships with the locals, share the gospel, and immediately connect them to the local church.

EMPASIS ON LEADERSHIP TRAINING

We provide leadership training before, during, and after our teams. On the field, your team will engage in high-level, proven leadership training each day that equips all participants to be skilled, missional leaders whenever God leads them.

PLANNING AND LOGISTICS

Our experienced staff will take care of all the details. That includes registration, fundraising resources, airfare contracts, travel insurance, on-field logistics, follow-up materials, and more! You can trust us to effectively lead your team if emergencies arise.

LONG-TERM IMPACT

We structure our teams for long-term impact. Because we partner with local pastors and churches who have a sustainable church planting strategy, the impact of your team’s services lasts long after you return home.

East-West provides pre-trip training and post-trip debriefs for all teams.

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FOCUS ON CHURCH PLANTING

Your team will help establish local churches through the power of the gospel. Team participants will minister in the community, build relationships with the locals, share the gospel, and immediately connect them to the local church.

EMPASIS ON LEADERSHIP TRAINING

We provide leadership training before, during, and after our trips. On the field, your team will engage in high-level, proven leadership training that equips all participants to be skilled, missional leaders whenever God leads them.

PLANNING AND LOGISTICS

Our experienced staff will take care of all the details. That includes registration, fundraising resources, airfare contracts, travel insurance, on-field logistics, follow-up materials, and more! You can trust us to effectively lead your team if emergencies arise.

LONG-TERM IMPACT

We structure our teams for long-term impact. Because we partner with local pastors and churches who have a sustainable church planting strategy, the impact of your team’s services lasts long after you return home.

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East-West provides pre-trip training and post-trip debriefs for all teams.

THROUGH SHORT-TERM TEAMS, WE EQUIP
High school STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO
DISCOVER GOD'S HEART FOR THE WORLD AND THE UNIQUE
ROLE THEY ARE CALLED TO PLAY IN HIS MISSION.

THROUGH SHORT-TERM TEAMS, WE EQUIP High school STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO DISCOVER GOD'S HEART FOR THE WORLD AND THE UNIQUE ROLE THEY ARE CALLED TO PLAY IN HIS MISSION.

THROUGH SHORT-TERM TEAMS, WE EQUIP High school STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO DISCOVER GOD'S HEART FOR THE WORLD AND THE UNIQUE ROLE THEY ARE CALLED TO PLAY IN HIS MISSION.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

The Catalyst Leadership Experience. One thing sets us apart is our focus on developing our mission team members into high—impact leaders. We have three leadership tracks. Red, Blue, and Yellow—that we teach on the field on a rotating basis. We begin a new track each June. The Catalyst Leadership Experience covers the why and what of God’s mission and how to be a missional leader. Our training has been adapted and used with permission from Lead Well and Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.

The Catalyst Leadership Experience: One thing sets us apart is our focus on developing our mission team members into high-impact leaders. We have three leadership tracks—Red, Blue, and Yellow—that we teach on the field on a rotating basis. We begin a new track each June. The Catalyst Leadership Experience covers the why and what of God’s mission and how to be a missional leader. Our training has been adapted and used with permission from Lead Well and Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.

Each track contains sessions covering three areas:

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Perspectives on God’s mission and our role in it
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Soft Skills of leadership (who a leader is)
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Hard skills of leadership (what a leader does)
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Perspectives on God’s mission and our role in it
Leadership Icon
Soft Skills of leadership (who a leader is)
Leadership Icon
Soft Skills of leadership (who a leader is)
Skills Icon
Hard skills of leadership (what a leader does)

“What makes NEXT dramatically different from most of the mission organizations we have worked with is that they are ferociously committed to raising up Kingdom leaders.”

-Trevor Joy, Executive Pastor, Sending, The Village Church, Flower Mound, Texas

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Where Our Teams Go

Where Our Teams Go

Our NEXT Team locations range from accessible areas to restricted access areas and are designed to empower the next generation to engage in leadership development, sharing the gospel, discipleship, and church planting. Teams currently travel to Latin America, Europe, Africa, and South Asia.

JOIN US ON MISSION

JOIN US ON MISSION

Help your students grow in confidence so they become the next generation of missional leaders. We train and send student teams to strategic ministry locations to share the gospel and help plant churches.

JOIN US ON MISSION

JOIN US ON MISSION

Help your students grow in confidence so they become the next generation of missional leaders. We train and send student teams to strategic ministry locations to share the gospel and help plant churches.

Help your students grow in confidence so they become the next generation of missional leaders. We train and send student teams to strategic ministry locations to share the gospel and help plant churches.