We believe life is one big adventure
and that every person has the potential to pioneer new ways of doing new things and to explore what God has for them.
We have customized our training programs to work for different people in different phases of life.
Our dream is to see passionate followers of Jesus from around the world become disciple-makers in the nations.
The world is always changing, and so is our training. We offer different pathways for training in different parts of the world.
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Impact
Make a lasting impact for His Kingdom!
One month training
10 July-10 August 2025
Find out what God is doing among multinational communities. Step out of your comfort zone and explore new ways you can share the love of God with those from other cultures.
Starting in South Wales, going on to England and finishing in France, the ‘Impact’ programme is ideal for anyone looking to explore overseas mission.
‘You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colours in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill.’
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Mission-Based Training
Rooted in both scripture and
real-world international experience, you will receive comprehensive training from knowledgeable mission workers. Topics covered include cross-cultural adaptation, biblical contextualization, effective prayer practices and hermeneutics.
Faith Strengthening
Our passion is that everything we do to comes from a place of prayer and an ongoing relationship with God. Come ready to spend time in prayer and in the Word, deepening your faith.
Adventure
In World Horizons we love to blend our passion for Jesus with an adventurous approach, so make sure to pack both your Bible and your waterproof boots!
While in South Wales, you will explore the Brecon Beacons National Park (Bannau Brycheiniog), experience adventurous activities in the Gower Peninsula and take a monastic stye walk along the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.
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Those under eighteen are required to apply as part of a family group.
Your safety, the safety of our teams and those we serve is vital to us. As part of the application process, all applicants will need travel and medical insurance, and a standard background check.
Long-term Mission Training
Join World Horizons global family
Five month training
10 July-20 December 2025
Engage with Jesus’ commission to make disciples of all nations, and learn how to share your faith in diverse contexts.
Built around community life, character development and in-depth teaching, World Horizons long-term training for mission is highly experiential.
Jesus came and told his disciples, ‘I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’
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Mission-Based Training
Rooted in both scripture and
real-world international experience, you will receive comprehensive training from knowledgeable mission workers. Topics covered include church planting, spiritual disciplines, applied theology, cultural adaptation, language learning, social justice and world religions.
Community-Based Training
Living communally encourages the development of strong friendships between trainees of many different nationalities, backgrounds and ages. Learning about cross-cultural relationships in such a practical way provides excellent preparation for life as part of a team anywhere in the world. In many cases these relationships continue long beyond the end of the training − giving each person a lifelong supporting network of friends around the world.
Travelling Training
Assisting teams across Europe brings hands-on experience and helps trainees to feel part of the World Horizons family.
The first month will include two weeks in South Wales, a week in London and a week in northern France. The following four months will be spent in the South of France and Spain.
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The training is suitable for:
- Those applying for a long-term position within a World Horizons team
- Those who want to work with World Horizons but are unsure of where
- Those who simply wants to engage with God’s heart for the nations and grow in their understanding of cross-cultural missions whether in the UK or overseas.
The duration of the training is five months. There is the option to extend your training for an additional month in order to do an exploratory placement with a World Horizons team.
Those under eighteen are required to apply as part of a family group.
Your safety, the safety of our teams and those we serve is vital to us. As part of the application process, all applicants will need travel and medical insurance, and a standard background check.
Pioneer Initiative
Looking for adventure? Willing to jump into the unknown?
Join the 2025 Pioneer Initiative – eight months of dedicated training in Europe and North Africa, followed by two years devoted to living in one of the most spiritually and culturally challenging locations on earth.
World Horizons is a multi-national Christian charity. Serving together in teams, our common goal is to share the Gospel with people who have never heard it and in places where there is no church. Often these communities exist in the hard, remote or dangerous regions of the world.
The Pioneer Initiative reignites this core vision; equipping teams to build on existing ministry foundations. Teams will live among a people group where many have never heard the name of Jesus. They will form strong, supportive communities, seeking creative ways to bring Jesus to those who, as yet, don’t know of his love for them.
Let's Go!
The world awaits! Are you ready to go?
‘Let’s Go!’ will lead you on a cross-cultural learning journey through South East Asia for three months.
With three months (TBC September – December 2025) in three different countries this is an intensive ‘mission on the move’ training programme. It is open to people of all ages.
Asia, home to 60% of the world’s population, is the final frontier of world mission, with hundreds of people groups still waiting to hear of Christ’s love and salvation.
Our Training model – the mobile ministry of Jesus and learning as we go.
Jesus took his disciples on a learning journey. As they crisscrossed land, sea and communities bringing the Good News, the disciples discovered Kingdom values through hearing Jesus’ teaching and by watching how he lived.
‘Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it‘, he told his followers.
Leave your familiar comforts and adventure into the unknown with Jesus and others! Let’s GO!
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Three locations
Beginning in Cambodia, our learning journey continues into two other South East Asian nations. We will spend one month in each country, allowing our senses to fully experience the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of Asia. Our hearts to be touched by the those we meet
Poverty and climate
Living communally, travelling light, responding to God’s heart for the poor, we will serve together in nations where poverty and climate insecurity are increasing challenges. We will steward our resources responsibly with ‘creation care’ at the core.
Faith strengthening
Our emphasis will be on a living theology, engaging in a lifestyle of worship, word, prayer, faith, and compassion in Spirit-led obedience. We will develop a rhythm of intimacy with Jesus, moving at His pace, urgent but not rushed.
Learning as we go
Listening to the stories of both local believers, and those who don’t yet know Christ, we will learn so much from the people we meet en route.
Are you daring, resilient and prayerful? Willing to break through cultural and linguistic barriers for the sake of others? If so, come with us!
Ministry Training
We run an intensive, residential ministry training program in Asia Minor that equips men and women to serve in the Muslim World.
Every September we draw students from Asia Minor, Central Asia, Europe and North America to gather as a community, dedicated to a transformed way of living so that we can impact the world around us.
Drawing inspiration from the historic monastic communities in this part of the world, we live out a commitment to God and to one another as we cultivate an environment for our students to grow in knowledge, experience, and character.
Our Asia Minor Ministry Training is an intensive three-month program with an optional three month internship placement in one of more than a dozen ministry locations in the Muslim world, serving alongside existing teams and ministries. During the program, our students will receive classes on the Bible, theology, spiritual formation and discipleship, history of religions and cross-cultural ministry.
We think of the commitment we make to one another during this program as the most important part of equipping that takes place. It is in the context of community that character is grown. By living together we learn the disciplines of generosity, humility, forgiveness, reconciliation, vulnerability, sacrifice, and service.
Our community is located on an island in Asia Minor in the heart of the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. The training takes place at an eco-tourism hotel and garden where students live together in a facility near the coast. It is an ideal location for communal living, where our lives are shared with one another in a rhythm of prayer, work, and study. The village is close enough to bigger towns to stay connected, and remote enough to be a genuine exit from the world around us.
Classes take place in a sprawling cave on the property and work responsibilities take place in the garden, in our nearby vineyard, or in our coffee roasting and wine-making areas.
We live out a rhythm of prayer, work, and study. All of our trainees learn about coffee roasting and brewing and optionally about wine and wine-making. We have our own coffee roaster and a growing wine-making operation in addition to our cafe. Our business exists to give business training and experience to our students, to give them employment opportunities so that they can sustain themselves in ministry, and to bring tangible benefit to the island. Students receive an in-depth education in the world of coffee, including basic coffee knowledge, the origins of coffee, brewing methods, espresso, filter coffee, Turkish coffee, and coffee roasting.
This program is also one of the ways through which you can join World Horizons in full-time ministry. Find out more by filling in the contact form below.
