Adult Professional English Language Camps
The Professional English Camp is for adults and focuses on professionals between the ages of 30 & 60. They have not had a chance to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. With the coming economic hard times ahead for this age group, they are more open to the Gospel now than ever before. They are searching for the meaning of their existence and life after death. We also wish to introduce them to the same Biblical vocabulary that their children have been exposed to through other missionary outreaches that they do don't comprehend. We hope this will make a more harmonious home environment for everyone.
The professional camps will focus on teachers, business people and the medical profession. They have the most exposure to families in the community, and they want to improve their English speaking skills and learn more about their professions from Americans.
Team members for the professional camps should have backgrounds in banking, construction, industrial, import/export, legal, manufacturing, retail, sales/marketing and service businesses. Medical teams would be made up of doctors and nurses with various practices and specialties.
The trips run approximately 14 days, with a 2-1/2 day training required over a weekend prior to the trip. International Messengers does all the training required. All we ask is that team members be professionals, with a heart for relationship-based evangelism, have a vital relationship with Jesus Christ and can give a presentation in a workshop setting.
Children's Evangelistic English Language Camp
This camp is designed to reach children in orphanages and some churches have requested this type of ministry. 2000 is the first year for these and they are generally for the 8-14 year old range. It is similar to a regular Evangelistic English Language Camp (EELC) with variations in the schedule so that free time is more scheduled.
This camp would be an excellent opportunity for a high school youth group to take on. Older teenage youth can run an English camp for 8-14 year-olds quite well. The only requirement for a youth group team is that there be one adult for every three youth team members. There must be mentoring provided to the youth involved in these teams both before they go on the trip and after they return. This mentoring is essential to really impact the American youth that participate in these camps.
Family Evangelistic English Language Camp
The Family Camp is also a variation of the regular EELC. This type of camp allows the European believers to invite unbelieving neighbors and friends with families to a camp setting where they can call work on their English and spend time with their families. This gives these European members a chance to share the Gospel in a comfortable, relaxed setting and also provides them time to interact with their kids. Schedules are busy with some parents working more than one job, so time away with their children is rare and provides them a unique opportunity to be with their families. Download the Family EELC brochure.
Basketball Evangelistic English Language Camp
The Basketball EELC is an English camp with four to five hours of basketball a day. There are also residential camps where the team members live with the students. There are both males and females involved in these camps. For this ministry, a combination of short-term members will teach English to junior high and high school age youth.
Team members will also have opportunities to share their faith with the students. Basketball coaches are needed to go and teach the basics of basketball. This camp draws in some kids who would not necessarily go to a regular EELC.
University Student Movement EELCs
The University Student Movements are national groups run by European campus movement people. It is similar to Campus Crusade and is located in Romania and the Czech Republic. There is solid discipling and follow-up in these groups. They use the English Language Camps as a centerpiece for their outreach for the year.
They use very detailed follow-up plans and build solid relationships with the students. Some of the ways they build these relationships is through a coffee house, English worship service, Czech or Romanian worship services, discussion groups, native tongue Bible studies, English Bible studies, and English language lessons offered by American or British believers off campus. The English school in Romania is used to maintain relationships even if the student has rejected Christ previously but is still interested in learning English.
Youth Evangelistic English Language Camp
Youth camps are held for high school age students 15-19 years old. This camp is normally held with the support of a local church that wants to develop a youth ministry. This provides them with an "instant" youth group once the camp is finished. The challenge is in getting the church to find sponsors to develop relationships with the kids. The youth camps follow the same structure and format as the regular EELC.
Adult Evangelistic English Language Camp
This camp is for adults over 19 years of age but is not a professional camp. There will be a mixture of adults from various occupations who will come to learn English as a second language. There is a great opportunity with this camp as these are people of greater maturity. This type of camp is ideal for a wide age range of team members coming from the states. It also follows the regular EELC camp format and schedule. Download the EELC brochure.