Student Missionary Partners (SMP)

Visit His Mansion Ministries, a Christ-centered residential recovery community that works to minister the love of Christ to see peoples’ lives transformed. His Mansion works with young adults ages 18-35 in a year-long recovery program, helping them find freedom from addiction through a relationship with Jesus. Residents experience restored lives through authentic relationships, formational learning, Christ-centered counseling, and a healthy work ethic, including harvesting from their garden and preparing meals together. His Mansion’s beautiful property is located in south-central New Hampshire, where you can find a working farm with livestock and gardens as well as various facilities such as men’s and women’s dorm buildings, a chapel, a multi-purpose building, and staff family homes. Join the His Mansion Residents, Servant Leaders, and Staff in their work crews and live, converse, eat, and worship alongside them. All students are invited, especially those who wish to serve in ministry in the future, are skilled in carpentry, or have a heart for those recovering from addiction.

Partner with the Wheaton College Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Campo Amor, which is a network of dozens of house churches that participate in holistic ministry in their communities. The church often focuses on the term “diakonia,” the emphasis of helping one another in the family of God. You will be welcomed by a warm, vibrant community of faith who genuinely enjoy building friendships with guests. You will serve and share among these brothers and sisters in Christ, and enjoy cultural traditions, such as cafecitos and worship arts.

You will have the opportunity to witness what the Lord is doing in Mexico City by partnering with various organizations. You will be able to experience the culture of Mexico City through visiting markets, meeting locals, going to an anthropology museum, going to church, and eating out. The team will specifically partner with Milamex, which is run by a former Wheaton alumna. You will learn about the ministries of Milamex, including their choir, publishing of Christian content, a program about Christ-centered health, and their guesthouse. The team will also be able to engage with Brave Heart Collective, which serves vulnerable communities and migrants in Mexico City through activities and programs for both children and adults that aim for educational, recreational, and spiritual development.

The Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief team will have the opportunity to assist homeowners affected by a recent disaster, helping in Jesus’ Name. This trip will help those in need experience God’s love and the true hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The nature of the work is dependent on the type of storm. You will likely be aiding with home repair and assisting with yard clean up. No skills are necessary prior to serving, just a desire to love and serve those who are hurting. The work is dependent upon the need that arises; therefore the domestic location of this trip will be determined closer to Spring Break. “Samaritan’s Purse is here to help and we’re doing it all in Jesus’ Name. We want every homeowner to know that God loves them and hasn’t forgotten them.”- Franklin Graham

Skivangelism is partnering with Student Missionary Partners for snow sports ministry! This year they are partnering alongside of Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ, which exists to bridge the snowboard and ski culture to Jesus Christ, while partnering with the local Church. You will witness and learn first-hand how SFC missionaries spread the Gospel out on the slopes and in their local community. 

Wheaton Football Ministry Partners (WFMP) is a spring break missions opportunity conducted by the Wheaton football program. This year, the trip will include Samaritan’s Purse, Ghana, Dominican Republic, Prague, Ecuador, and Uganda. Most often, these trips partner with former Wheaton football players who are in full time Christian ministry. These trips are open to students, faculty, and staff. If interested in learning more please reach out to Mike Schauer (Director of Athletics) or Jeff Peltz (Program Director) for more information. 

The Jungle is an immersive space dedicated to fostering creativity, developing friendships, and building a strong sense of community. They work to transform the lives of London locals through shared art experiences. You will learn about the work OneCollective does in this ministry and stay in the dorms at Oxford. The team will work with the campus’ literature department and learn how to connect people through mixed media arts. This is an ideal trip for students who are creatively inclined to their approaches to ministry. You will learn how to combine your artistic abilities with Christ-centered community enrichment.

In a North African city on the Mediterranean, you will discover how OneCollective and its partner organizations integrate business and ministry to impact communities and transform lives. At the same time, you’ll engage in meaningful relationships and share Jesus with Muslim university students in and around a local training and co-working center. Your summer includes language and cultural study, social activities with the co-working community, and discussions about church planting and entrepreneurship principles with experienced practitioners. This model will encourage students to think about how they can pursue ministry in their future career avenues. You will take classes each day to enrich your understanding of living in a new environment and evangelizing in a non-Christian context. The experience is further enriched by visits to active Kingdom businesses and cultural sites throughout the country.

In the Middle East, you will be encouraged to live out the Gospel in your daily life and enter culture and relationships as boldly curious learners. Your team will invest in others to catalyze discipleship relationships and build missional relationships with the well-established missionaries and national partners. You will be paired with a missionary mentor who will walk alongside you in your journey and help discern where God may be leading you. This trip is designed for students exploring the potential for a career in missions and is crafted to expose you to the real Middle East with all its beauty, challenges, and opportunity. You will work alongside a team of missionaries in places where the Gospel is not known, be trained in situational awareness, and introduced to best practice security measures for missionaries in creative access countries. Your team will take Arabic classes, culture classes, and a brief course on Islam. This learning will directly serve to equip you as you help to run the partners’ English center and coffee shop, which engages Muslim students practicing their English. Additionally, you will meet Arab church leaders, visit refugee homes, attend lectures relevant to missions in the Middle East, meet and pray for missionaries serving in the Middle East, learn the basic political and theological issues that are important to Muslim ministry, and much more. This ministry experience is for learning and meeting real people in real life doing what it takes to establish the church in new places.

Your team will partner with Prosperous Youth Foundation (PYF) to support their ministry with youth homes in Chiang Mai. PYF works to support the growth and formation of individuals aged 12-20 who live in youth homes. Many youth in Chiang Mai are living without their parents and most youth homes try to meet housing needs of students from mountain villages who have come to the city for an education. They offer holistic discipleship focused on Christ and also focus on training, resourcing, advocacy, and counsel for youth. They partner with local churches, government, and NGOs to advocate for youth and offer counseling. Your team will be teaching classes that vary from English to Bible to art, and more in various youth homes. You will also put on respite events on Saturdays to build connections with more youth homes and put on VBS events with PYF staff.

In Southeast Asia, you will engage in a Business as Missions (BAM) model in the hospitality industry. This particular BAM ministry is dedicated to spreading the Gospel among an unreached people group in Southeast Asia and bringing sustainable, positive impact to employees, the ecosystem, and the local economy. During your two-months, you will not only lend your skills to a purposeful project but will also dedicate time to language acquisition. Your team will delve into learning the art of connecting with unreached and unengaged people groups. This immersive experience entails spending time both within the business environment and on remote islands, living with host families, and fully immersing yourself in the subsistence lifestyle of the local fishing communities. The opportunity is tailored for adventurous students ready to fully embrace life rhythms of both the city and remote villages. To thrive in this experience, you should have a passion for adventure, a desire for cultural & culinary exploration, adaptability, and an eagerness to go with the flow of everyday life. Beyond the adventure, your participation plays a pivotal role in advancing the partner organization’s two-decade-long mission to reach unreached and unengaged communities.

In Norway, students will partner with Intermission Youth Hostel, a summer hostel operated by Laget Vest, a Christian student organization located in Bergen. Your team will first walk the Camino de Santiago, a famous pilgrimage route in Spain, for 10 days. You will walk alongside fellow pilgrims and stay in multiple hostels to learn the lifestyle of backpackers. After completion of the Camino, students will fly to Bergen. There, the team will be responsible for setting up Intermission Youth Hostel and making the space open and welcoming. Once the hostel opens, students will be responsible for general cleaning and upkeep of the hostel, keeping track of hostel bookings, checking guests in, and engaging with guests. Students will have the chance to host weekly waffle and movie nights, organize group hikes and city tours, as well as any other opportunities they wish to provide for guests. In this model of hospitality, students will be able to relate to their guests' experiences and offer the love of Christ to them.

In Spain, you will engage in the ministry of hospitality through a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago and your partnership with two OneCollective ministries: Pilgrim House, a welcome center for backpackers, and APOTHECA, a local grocery store and workshop for women. Your team will first hike the Camino de Santiago, a walking pilgrimage with various routes ultimately leading to the Cathedral of Saint James. After arriving in Santiago, you will split your time between serving at the welcome center alongside Pilgrim House staff to lead Camino debriefs and reflections and to welcome pilgrims into their final destination with biblical hospitality and kindness. Your team will also serve with APOTHECA in a local grocery store and artisanal soap-making workshops to empower women and foster meaningful conversations. These two ministries will demonstrate how to engage in ministry with both locals and tourists in Santiago.

In Mexico, you will serve as hosts of the Warm Heart Guesthouse. Day to day, you will live in community with fellow travelers, facilitate spiritual reflection for backpackers, help run the guesthouse’s cafe, maintain the guesthouse, assist in cleaning, and be a part of planning events that bring communities together. Your team will host meals for the guests, create art, and explore Mexico City. You will encourage people to cultivate and use their abilities to serve others through putting on events that raise awareness about social issues and to help people explore ways they can walk in step with those in need. The team will also engage with the larger ministry of Milamex, which has a publishing business, fitness ministry, and two camps.

In Ecuador, you will partner with Living and Learning International, a ministry and education organization that trains youth workers in the local church and runs internships for North American college students. You will have the opportunity to intern with Living and Learning’s partners across the city. You may work in a community health clinic, observing medical practice in an international setting to gain an understanding of international medicine and medical practices. You may work in a micro-business entrepreneurial setting or as a teacher's aide in a small, faith-based K-12 school which serves a specific under-resourced community within Quito. Whatever the internship, you will engage with education or ministry programs alongside staff and community members and live with a host family, immersed in the rich culture of Ecuador’s mountainous capital.

Your team will travel to Evangelical Theological Seminary (ETS) in Osijek, which has played a pivotal role in ministry training in Eastern Europe. You will assist seminary staff primarily in the development of the Seminary Library. Your team will live on campus in dorms and build relationships with students from nearby universities, sharing the good news of the Gospel. ETS engages in various evangelical outreach programs in the surrounding community as well. In recent years, this has included regular outreach to the nearby Romany/Gypsy community. The seminary also regularly organizes evangelical outreach events in the main square of Osijek.

On the New Zealand trip, you will partner with Skivangelism and SMP to explore shred ministry. We are very excited to begin a partnership with Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ in New Zealand after working with the organization in Dillon, CO for a Spring Break SMP trip. Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ exists to bridge the snowboard/ski culture to Jesus Christ while partnering with the local church. Your team will get to learn this model over the summer and have the opportunity to impact the local shred community with the Gospel. This will offer you a transformational experience to strengthen your relationship with God and expand your approach to ministry. Your team will also get to experience some incredible slopes!