Steps to Joining HIM

Thank you for considering service with HIM. HIM does not provide a salary for volunteers, associates or our missionaries. Our missionaries who do not have their own personal financial means are responsible for seeking the Lord to form an HIM support team consisting of individuals and churches.

The following are typical steps in joining service with HIM:

1. Get Acquainted/Interview

Discuss your area(s) of interest, experience and direction with HIM Ministry Coordinators and/or HIM's Personnel Coordinator/Office Manager (Laban Carvell: lac@helps1228.org).

2. God's Calling

Diligently pray and reflect on the Lord's leading. Seek the counsel of your church. All HIM missionaries are commissioned by a sending church - their support is invaluable.

3. Complete Application

For volunteer service, complete a Volunteer Application.

For all other applicants, complete our Application form. If married, your spouse must also complete an application, as we consider both husband and wife in the application process. (When accepted for full-time service, both husband and wife are considered missionaries with Helps International Ministries.)

4. Evaluation

References that you supply on the application are reviewed by the applicable staff and/or the Executive Committee of the HIM Board. You will be notified of your status. For a volunteer/associate applicant, the process ends here. You will be contacted for ministry opportunities if approved as an HIM volunteer/associate. For all other applicants, the process continues with the following typical steps.

5. Candidate Class

You may be contacted to schedule a candidate class which is held at the HIM home office in Asheville, NC. Purposes may include:

• to further discover God's will in ministry partnership.
• to interview with applicable staff.
• to give you a better understanding of our ministry and goals.
• to give you an understanding of HIM's policy and practices.
• to equip you for deputation (the process of developing your HIM prayer and financial support team).

6. Deputation

Upon mutual agreement between you and HIM, the Executive Director will make a recommendation to the HIM Board of Directors for your acceptance into service with HIM. You will then officially become an HIM Candidate.

7. Acceptance

From your current home base, you seek the Lord in developing your HIM prayer and financial support team.

8. Commissioning

During the deputation process or just prior to beginning your specific HIM ministry, you shall be commissioned and assigned by your sending church to work with HIM. You will then become an HIM Missionary/Member of the Religious Order*.

9. Review/Evaluation

A date to begin your specific HIM ministry will be determined by you and HIM administration and any final paperwork will be completed.

10. HIM Missionary

Upon completion of your deputation ministry and commissioning (or upon a mutual agreement between you and HIM administration), you will begin your specific HIM ministry as an HIM Missionary/Member of the Religious Order.

 

*HIM's status, as identified by the IRS, is a Religious Order. As an HIM missionary, you will become a member of the Religious Order.