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We love seeing staff who have been faithful in US ministry or a church residency program be called to International opportunities!

Because of the intensity of cross-cultural ministry overseas, current employees who are transferring from a US role will need to complete a few additional application and training requirements as part of their transfer to international ministry. If you are considering this type of transfer, please initiate conversations at least 6 months before your desired launch. 

Steps in the Transfer Process

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Application and Development Phase (1-2 months)

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The International Team will connect with the person that will be your new supervisor in your international ministry. If this partnership is new to Reliant, they will need to sign the Reliant MOU.

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titleReliant Application

A 2-part application including a ministry readiness assessment, and a moral conduct/emotional health questionnaire. This is completed in Breezy.

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titleInternational Missionary Personnel Consultant (IMPC) Testing

Applicants complete a set of online assessments that is reviewed by a clinical psychologist. Reliant and the applicant are provided with an initial summary, which the applicant will debrief in an interview with one of IMPC licensed counseling professionals. A final report is provided to Reliant with a final recommendation for placement and development opportunities

Differences between U.S. and International Employment with Reliant

 

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As U.S. missionaries with Reliant consider transitioning to an International role, there are various aspects of employment with Reliant that are similar and others that are different from employment in a U.S. role.

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SalaryMarket basedNeeds-based
Support Goal (and tool used)
  • offered market-based salary is used to determine support goal
  • Support Goal Calculator tool used to submit

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(when benefits eligible)

BonusesMinistry Expense Bonus planned into support goalInternational Bonuses requested as applicable, instead of a monthly ministry expense bonus

Transfer Process

The process for a current U.S. missionary with Reliant to transfer to an International role includes the following main stages:

If the church or ministry that the missionary wants to transfer to has not worked with Reliant previously, a new partnership needs to be established. The standard New Partnership process is followed in that case, including:

  • New Supervisor has partnership call with Missionary Resources

  • New Partner completes Partnership Affirmation form

  • New Supervisor oriented to need for a budget & international support goal

  • Identify MTD coach, if needed

For an international missionary, the partner church/ministry is most often the receiving church (located internationally). However, there are scenarios where Reliant partners with the sending church (located in the U.S.). It is important to determine whether the receiving or sending church is the appropriate partner for Reliant and continue the rest of the process with leadership from that church/ministry involved
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New Partnership

 
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Personal Development Plan

Based on the application and IMPC testing, in conjunction with the applicant's local ministry leadership, Reliant will provide a personal development plan to work on prior to launch. In some cases, certain steps will be mandatory to officially being released to raise support for an international role. This can often be integrated into your current stateside ministry role.


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Ministry Team Development (3-4 months)

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We will work with you to set a Support Goal based on your international location. Depending on where you were currently serving, and where you are going, this could be significantly higher and you may need to enter a season of more active raising. See International Support Goals for an understanding of how we calculate monthly and one-time needs

Assessment Process 

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An abbreviated assessment process will be completed at go.reliant.org, looking into key things that are changing in the new international role. It will include things such as: 

Documentation (application)

  • Spouse reference & current supervisor reference
  • Updates on Job Description/Ministry Skills, Calling to Ministry, Moral Conduct/Emotional Health, and MTD Readiness - related to the new international role
  • International testing in partnership with International Personnel Consultants & Mission Training International

Supervisor Interview

After submitting an application, an interview will be held with your anticipated future supervisor for the international role.

Reliant Interview

You will also talk with a Reliant interviewer, which will include discussing some of the information reported from your international testing packet.

Decision

Your anticipated future supervisor and Reliant will make a decision in regards to the transfer. If your transfer application is approved, you will move forward with a season of additional MTD and preparation for your international role.

InfoThe standard time for this process, once a transfer application is submitted, is 8-10 weeks

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Additional MTD & Cross-Cultural Training

International Orientation 

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Once your transfer to an International role is approved, you will not need to go through another training. Instead, you will need to connect with the International Department of the Missionary Resources team for an international orientation. During this orientation, we will explain the aspects of employment that are unique to international missionaries and discuss your anticipated timeline and other specific next steps.

 MTD Hopes and Timeline

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At this point, Reliant will need to see an initial plan for the following questions (it may be helpful to think through some of these earlier on):

  • When do you plan to start MTD for your international role, and how much time do you plan to devote to MTD?
  • When do you plan to transition away from current job responsibilities?
  • Do you need to change your employment status while you raise additional support (you have the opportunity to change to Associate or a Part-Time status in order to accrue funds more quickly)? If so, when?
  • When do you hope to attend MTI cross-cultural training?
  • When do you hope to complete your fundraising? (Fundraising must be completed in order to be released to your new assignment.)
  • When do you hope to move to your international ministry location?
International Support Goal and Bonuses
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  • Budget information will need to be gathered from the supervisor for your new international role
  • A new needs-based support goal will be calculated using the International Support Goal Worksheet (SGW). This support goal will be added to StaffNet to help track progress towards 100% but will not be used for payroll initially.

International Checklist and Other Logistics 

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    • Official transfer happens in Reliant's databases. This reflects a transfer of responsibility from the previous U.S. assignment to the future International assignment and updates ministry information on reliant.org profiles (if not already updated).
    • Aim to attend COMPASS training with MTI around this time.

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International Release to Assignment 

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Since this transfer involves a new ministry assignment and new international support goal, a new release to your international assignment will be required. A few key things happen once a new Release to Assignment is official:

  • Plane tickets are purchased
  • Salary will change to the international needs-based salary calculated in the SGW
  • Insurance will change to international coverage

 

Reliant Training

If you need to raise significant amount of new support, you may opt to attend Reliant's MTD training as a refresh and to get practice reps in giving your presentation for your new ministry. This is optional.

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All of Reliant's coaching services are available to you during this time. You can meet with your existing MTD coach, or if they are no longer available, we can assign you a new MTD coach that is used to working with International Staff. 

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To be released to your new assignment, you must meet 100% of your recurring monthly goal and have an account balance that is 3x your monthly goal. Because you are already employed and receiving a paycheck, you may need to ask for additional one-time gifts to build your account balance before launching. 


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Field Preparation (1-2 months)

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The International Team hosts a quarterly 3-hour orientation which covers many on-field logistics, such as international finances, member care, and crisis management. We will also enroll you in the "Life as an International Worker" LEARN Course. You will find that there are difference nuances to your employment that are important to know, even if you have been a Reliant employee for a long time!

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All workers should participate in security training based on their location:

Basic Threat Level: Online course through Concilium

Moderate/High Threat Level: In-person security training through Concilium or CIT.

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All workers should receive some level of cross-cultural training. This is usually a one-month in-person training and may also include some language acquisition training based on field requirements. You should plan to attend as one of your final steps before launching to the field.

See Pre-field Cross-Cultural Training for details.



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