Going out
New Grain
Ways to get involved: volunteering, missions, benevolence, local church needs, disaster response, and skilled service — firstfruits brought prepared, not leftovers.
You know the saying, ‘Four months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest. The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike! You know the saying, ‘One plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true. I sent you to harvest where you didn’t plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest.”Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, and then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, because they are ready for harvest. The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together. For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have come into their labor.”Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest. Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
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- What it is
- A hand-checked list of ways to get involved, with your time, your skills, or your support. Each listing links to the organization’s own site, shows the date it was last checked, and is marked Verified or Provisional.
- What it’s not
- Not a charity and not a church. Every link goes to the organization’s own site. A listing is not an endorsement of everything an organization holds.
- How to use it
- Filter by area, place, and commitment. Open a listing to see the cost, who runs it, and the way in, then act on the organization’s own page. Flag anything that looks wrong.
- Disaster responseVerified
Deploy with a Samaritan's Purse disaster team
Samaritan's Purse
After hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes, Samaritan's Purse bases an operation at a local church and sends volunteer crews out to tarp roofs, clear trees, and muck out flooded houses for homeowners at no charge. Volunteers sign up per deployment, usually for a week.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- United States
- Area
- Disaster response
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Skilled serviceVerified
Design a hospital you will never run
Engineering Ministries International
Architects, engineers, and surveyors join a one- to two-week trip to survey a site and produce a real construction design package for a hospital, school, or water system, then finish the drawings at home. Salaried eMi project managers carry the work between volunteer trips so nothing stalls.
- Time
- Weeks
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Skilled service
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsVerified
Go cross-cultural with TMS Global
TMS Global
A Wesleyan sending agency, founded in 1984 out of United Methodist renewal, with more than 200 workers in about 30 countries. It trains and sends people into cross-cultural ministry and connects churches with named workers on named fields for prayer and partnership.
- Time
- Ongoing
- Where
- Online
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Bible translation & distributionVerified
Join a Wycliffe translation team
Wycliffe Bible Translators USA
Wycliffe recruits translators and linguists along with the finance, IT, and aviation staff that keep field teams working on translation in languages that still have no Scripture. Many roles are support work that needs no linguistics training.
- Time
- Years
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Bible translation & distribution
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Disaster responseVerified
See how Convoy of Hope moves relief
Convoy of Hope
Convoy of Hope keeps loaded trailers and a warehouse operation on standby in Springfield, Missouri and moves food, water, and supplies into disaster zones within days. The supplies are stocked and parked before a storm arrives rather than gathered afterward.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Online
- Area
- Disaster response
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Benevolence & reliefVerified
Sew mission quilts and pack kits
Lutheran World Relief
Congregational sewing groups make quilts to a set pattern and assemble personal care, school, and baby kits, then ship them to LWR for distribution overseas and, more recently, inside the United States. The published annual guide gives exact materials, sizes, and shipping instructions.
- Time
- Weekly rhythm
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Benevolence & relief
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Persecuted churchVerified
Write to a Christian in prison
The Voice of the Martyrs
Founded in 1967 by Richard Wurmbrand after fourteen years in Romanian prisons, VOM provides Bibles, works alongside front-line workers, and cares for the families of imprisoned believers in around 70 countries. Its Prisoner Alert project lets a reader write directly to named Christians in prison and to the officials holding them.
- Time
- A few hours
- Where
- Online
- Area
- Persecuted church
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Serge fields teams in roughly two dozen countries and runs one- and two-year apprenticeships alongside them. An apprentice carries real work — mercy ministry, church planting, campus work — under a supervisor, with weekly discipleship written into the schedule rather than added on.
- Time
- Months
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Benevolence & reliefProvisional
Compassion International’s church-based child programme
Compassion International
Compassion works through local churches in low-income communities to provide children with health care, education, and discipleship, alongside congregations that already know the families. Each child is known by name, and letters connect children with people in other countries.
- Time
- Ongoing
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Benevolence & relief
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Medical & public healthProvisional
Crew a hospital ship
Mercy Ships
Hospital ships dock in West and Central African ports for months at a time providing free surgery — cleft lip, cataract, tumour, obstetric fistula, orthopaedic — and training local surgeons and anaesthetists while alongside. Crew includes cooks, deckhands, teachers, and engineers, not only clinicians.
- Time
- Months
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Medical & public health
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Doing Good Together / Missions
Chase Oaks Church
Local & global mission initiatives. Surfaced through Chase Oaks Church in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Faith Promise Missions
Faith Promise Missions
Works alongside 94 missionary families & global projects. Surfaced through First Baptist Church of Atlanta in Atlanta, GA.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Skilled serviceProvisional
Fly or maintain aircraft with MAF
Mission Aviation Fellowship
MAF flies light aircraft into remote airstrips across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, carrying patients, church workers, and supplies where there are no usable roads. It recruits pilots who are also certified mechanics, along with avionics technicians and IT staff.
- Time
- Years
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Skilled service
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Greater Europe Mission
Greater Europe Mission
Missionaries in Romania. Surfaced through Reality LA in Los Angeles, CA.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Bible translation & distributionProvisional
Hand out Scripture as a Gideon
The Gideons International
Members meet locally as a camp and personally place and hand out Bibles and New Testaments in hotels, hospitals, schools, prisons, and military bases in around 200 countries. Membership is limited to men in a qualifying business or professional role, with the Auxiliary open to their wives.
- Time
- Weekly rhythm
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Bible translation & distribution
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Kenyan Baptist Convention partnership
Baptist Convention of Kenya
Church planting & VBS in Kenya. Surfaced through First Baptist Church Dallas in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Benevolence & reliefProvisional
Learn about IJM’s work against trafficking
International Justice Mission
IJM works with local authorities to rescue people from slavery, trafficking, and violence, then supports survivors and helps strengthen the justice systems that are meant to protect them. Some skilled roles and internships exist for lawyers, investigators, and social workers.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Benevolence & relief
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Bible translation & distributionProvisional
Learn about the illumiNations translation alliance
illumiNations
An alliance of the major Bible translation organizations — among them Wycliffe, Biblica, Seed Company, and American Bible Society — pooling effort toward one goal: a translation begun in every remaining language, ending what they call Bible poverty. Its focus is the languages still without any Scripture.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Online
- Area
- Bible translation & distribution
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Bible translation & distributionProvisional
Listen to and share audio Scripture
Faith Comes By Hearing
The organisation records dramatised audio Bibles in thousands of languages and distributes them through the free Bible.is app and solar-powered players built for places with no electricity. The recordings are free to listen to and share, including with people who cannot read.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Online
- Area
- Bible translation & distribution
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Local & Global Missions / Church Planting
The Village Church
Benevolence, community partnerships, missionaries, church planting. Surfaced through The Village Church in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Orphan & foster careProvisional
Local Missions & Church Planting
Local Missions & Church Planting
Ministry partnerships, foster care & adoption, church planting. Surfaced through Fielder Church in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Orphan & foster care
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Mission House (Guatemala)
First Baptist Church Dallas
Housing, medical clinics, VBS in Guatemala. Surfaced through First Baptist Church Dallas in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Mission to the World
Mission to the World
PCA global church-planting agency. Surfaced through Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Missions
Irving Bible Church
Local & global mission partners. Surfaced through Irving Bible Church in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Disaster responseProvisional
Rebuild in month eighteen with World Renew
World Renew
The Christian Reformed Church's disaster arm does damage assessment first and then home repair and rebuild for uninsured and underinsured households, staying in a county long after the news crews leave. Volunteers come as individuals or church groups for a week or more, and RV sites are common.
- Time
- Weeks
- Where
- United States
- Area
- Disaster response
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Redeemer City to City
Redeemer City to City
Trains and coaches pastors to plant churches globally. Surfaced through Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York, NY.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Reformed University Fellowship (International)
Reformed University Fellowship (International)
Campus ministry to international students. Surfaced through Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta, GA.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Sandy Springs Mission
Sandy Springs Mission
Local community assistance. Surfaced through Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta, GA.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- Orphan & foster careProvisional
Show Hope helps families complete domestic and international adoptions through adoption aid sent to the placing agency on the family’s behalf. It also runs care centres for children with medical needs who are waiting for a home.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Online
- Area
- Orphan & foster care
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Persecuted churchProvisional
Start with the World Watch List
Open Doors US
Open Doors supplies Bibles, trauma care, and emergency support to Christians in countries where following Christ carries a cost, and publishes the annual World Watch List ranking the fifty hardest places. The US office runs prayer and advocacy campaigns.
- Time
- Ongoing
- Where
- Online
- Area
- Persecuted church
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Medical & public healthProvisional
Take your licence on a clinic team
Christian Medical & Dental Associations
Global Health Outreach sends short-term clinical teams — physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, and non-medical helpers — to run clinics with a local church or partner in the host country. Teams usually run one to two weeks, with countries and dates posted a year ahead.
- Time
- Weeks
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Medical & public health
Last verified September 8, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Teen Challenge International
Teen Challenge International
Faith-based addiction recovery. Surfaced through Nations Church Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
TSC Missions
TSC Missions
Global missions & outreach; sermons in 11 languages. Surfaced through Times Square Church in New York, NY.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
- MissionsProvisional
Zoe International
Zoe International
Anti-trafficking ministry. Surfaced through Reality LA in Los Angeles, CA.
- Time
- One-off
- Where
- Global
- Area
- Missions
Last verified September 20, 2026
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