Short-Term Missions with RTIM

RTIM coordinates several short-term mission trips per year. Participants on these trips are able to participate in a host of ministry opportunities including teaching indigenous pastors, general evangelism, ESL, and other strategic ministries with missionaries and key contacts on the field.

Join Dr. Sills for a trip to train indigenous church leaders in Ecuador. Those who participate will teach basic discipleship level courses for pastors and church leaders from a rural region in Ecuador. Additional details are as follows, please contact us with additional questions:

• > Trip Cost: $1900 (all inclusive- transportation, meals, housing, & insurance- departure from Houston included)
• > Those serving do not need to be Spanish speakers, as translators will be available.
• > This trip is open to all evangelicals who have the recommendation of their pastor and/or local church
• > Specific course offerings and teaching assignments will be coordinated with trip participants' desires and areas of expertise in consultation with Dr. Sills and the needs on the field. Please contact us if you have questions about the potential teaching assignments.
• > Dates: April 2-10, 2011
• > Those interested should download and complete the RTIM Trip Application, pastoral recommendation form, and participant covenant, all of which must be completed and saved electronically, then submitted via email to trips@reachingandteaching.org.*

RTIM Short-Term Trip Application
RTIM Church Recommendation Form
RTIM Participant Covenant

Should you be interested in reports and testimonies from previous short-term mission trips, please review the posts on short-term missions on Dr. Sills' blog.

"Through Reaching and Teaching, I was able to help train Highland Quichua pastors in Ecuador. Many of these pastors were barely acquainted with some of the most basic beliefs of the Christian faith, such as the deity and humanity of Christ. The trip was a blessing to me. I am a pastor, but I get few opportunities to train pastors. A week-long trip with Reaching and Teaching allowed me to fulfill an aspect of my calling that I would not otherwise have been able to fulfill at this time."
-Mike Kessler, RTIM Short-term Mission Trip Participant, 2010.

"The group of about 20 pastors was hungry for the Word of God. We were in the town of Tambo in the mountains of central Ecuador teaching them 8 hours a day for a week. Walking away at the end of the week was one of the harder things I've done in my life. The need for pastoral training among indigenous church leaders worldwide is so great. The vision of Dr. David Sills and Reaching & Teaching International Ministries is to meet that need. I strongly encourage you to go and give what you have been given."
-Mark Bass, RTIM Short-term Mission Trip Participant, 2010