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Next Steps Missions Weekend
Find your way toward the mission field.
Next Steps is a weekend missions event that gives you space to explore options, connect with real-life missionaries, dig into your heart, learn about Crossworld, and process what you’re discovering.
You’ll leave with tangible next steps for your way forward to bring God’s love to life among the least-reached ... and maybe even join the Crossworld community!
Discover God’s heart and vision for the world
Discern how you fit into God’s mission
Determine the cost of serving as a disciple-maker
You have questions about missions.
- Is God asking you to go or stay?
- Do you have what it takes to live cross-culturally and learn a new language?
- If you’re not married, will being a missionary make you permanently single?
- If you have a spouse or kids, how will all the changes affect them?
- Will you need to raise financial support, find a job in your profession, or both?
- What are the benefits of joining Crossworld, and what’s the process to do so?
We have questions, too.
- What’s your story?
- Where have you seen God at work in your life?
- What’s important to you, and what ignites your passion?
- Do you understand how you’re wired and what to do with the blessings as well as the baggage?
- As you explore, are you asking the right questions of the right people?
Let’s find answers together.
What to Expect
Explore outward
Group sessions will deepen your view of who God is, how his love for all people connects to Jesus’ sacrifice, and how his joy in their worship becomes our joy, too. You’ll hear first-person accounts from missionaries about life on the field, the needs among the unreached, and opportunities for you to engage in the Great Commission.
Explore inward
Your story has many layers: your past, your worldview, your strengths and weaknesses, your response to stress and change, your relationships, and the things that energize or deflate you. Dig into these and more with professional assessments to help you better understand yourself and your readiness to live and work abroad.
Explore connections
Having looked outwardly and inwardly, you’ll have some serious things to process. Each day, take space to be quiet with the Lord and connect your mind and heart with his leading. Is he calling you to a specific location or type of work? Is now or later the time to go to the least-reached? What next steps is he showing you?
Explore Crossworld
We’ve been sending and serving missionaries all over the world since 1931. That means we have the experience to help you succeed. Learn what questions to ask of any mission agency and red flags to watch for. We’ll also show you what makes Crossworld unique and how we help people like you thrive as disciple-makers overseas.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Single adult: $399
- Couple: $599
- Family (any size): $699
If you’re driving, set your GPS to 10000 N Oak Trafficway, Kansas City MO 64155. Look for the Training Center sign on the right after you turn in to our campus. See a map.
If you’re flying, book a flight to Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Crossworld is about 15 minutes from the airport, and we offer a free airport shuttle service for both your arrival and departure. (You can request the shuttle after you register.)
After your registration is processed, you can reserve a room in our Guesthouse and book your airport shuttle service, if needed. Completing these steps and paying for the event will secure your place at Next Steps.
You will stay in the Guesthouse of our Training Center, which has private, hotel-style rooms (including some suites with kitchens), a fitness room, laundry, indoor and outdoor areas for children, and open spaces inside and outside to lounge alone or talk with others. We even have our own disc golf course!
Your pastor is welcome to attend Next Steps, too, to learn about Crossworld as a sending organization. We’re eager to build a partnership and walk alongside your church as we jointly send you out and care for you on the field.
If you do choose to continue with Crossworld, you can apply for membership in our community after Next Steps.
