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Secretarial work with church-related ministries | OMF
Prayer Point
Please pray for OMF missionaries to be encouraged and have wisdom to engage well in the task before them.
Ministry Description: Personal Assistant to either Regional Director or Field Director when current longer-term staff are on holiday or leave of absence or Home Assignment or have left! Until needed in this capacity, involvement in a church-planting team, with some part-time office-based ministry to get to know the job and the people.
Type of Worker Needed: Preferably long-term to give opportunity for language learning and getting to know the missionaries you are serving but STAs/apprentices/anyone will do!
Path of Service: Depending on time offered, and on need at the time of your coming to Japan, up to two years’ language study, possibly split by time in one or other office.
Life Style: In an apartment near the church you are based in, within commuting distance of the office. On your own or sharing.