The Process of the Ministry Staffing Program

Those interested in the Ministry Staffing Program will apply to work in CEF and be hired by the CEF World Headquarters. The application process includes reference checks, Child Protection Policy background checks, pre-screening, interviews and finally hiring. All Ministry Staffing Program candidates are employees of World Headquarters (CEF Inc.).

The Process of the Ministry Staffing Program

Application

 Those interested in the Ministry Staffing Program will apply to work in CEF and be hired by the CEF World Headquarters. The application process includes reference checks, Child Protection Policy background checks, pre-screening, interviews and finally hiring. All Ministry Staffing Program candidates are employees of World Headquarters (CEF Inc.).

Sponsorship

During the hiring process, a candidate can either be sponsored or non-sponsored. Sponsorship simply means that a CEF state, local chapter or International Ministries agrees to place the missionary in their state, local chapter or country once the ministry preparation is complete. For example: Florida can send a missionary candidate through the MSP with the understanding that the missionary will return to Florida for actual placement.

Ministry Preparation

There are basic ministry preparation components that all CEF missionaries must complete including candidate school, support-raising, a year of Bible training or equivalent, the Children's Ministries Institute^® 12 week diploma program, field internship, and other assignments.  The Fast Track to Missions program has additional requirements, including a World Headquarters internship, two summer ministry assignments and additional assignments including required reading. There are also additional requirements for missionaries preparing to serve internationally including Missionary Training School as well as language and cultural adaptation training.  

Each missionary candidate will also work with his ministry preparation coach through each ministry preparation step to identify strengths that can be further developed and weaknesses that need to be addressed in order for the candidate's ministry to be as effective as possible.  Each candidate will then work with his or her coach to design and work through a customized ministry preparation plan that will help to help him or her grow in the identified areas. This results in missionaries adequately prepared to begin serving on the mission field. 

Field Placement

Upon completion of support raising and other ministry preparation steps, the missionary is ready for work on the field. If sponsored, the missionary will go to the sponsoring state, local chapter or international ministries. For non-sponsored candidates, the Human Resources Department will work with USA Ministries or International Ministries and the candidate to find a suitable placement. The placement decision will be made as early as possible in the ministry preparation process so that the process can be customized with the final placement in mind.  Current missionaries coming into the program will return to their previous field of service.

Once placed, the missionary will report directly to the field leadership (the local director and/or state director) for day-to-day ministry supervision, including:

1. Primary ministry coordination and supervision
2. Performance evaluations
3. Ministry statistics
4. Primary ministry budgets
   

USA or International Ministries will maintain administrative supervision over:

1. Payroll
2. Sick days
3. Benefits
4. Personal ministry expenses