Missions Service Corps

Mission Service Corps (MSC) is a task force of self-funded volunteers who give full-time service (averaging at least 20 hours per week) for four months or more. Their mission assignment comes through the North American Mission Board (NAMB) in partnership with the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware. Mission Service Corps volunteers provide Òhands onÓ mission work in situations where there is a need but not the funding for an appointed NAMB missionary or church staff person.

Mission Service Corps missionaries provide their own financial support or are supported by friends, family, church and ministry partners. MSC Tentmakers use specific vocational skills to support their ministry through marketplace employment, serving in a bivocational capacity.

The genius of MSC is that it is structured so that every Southern Baptist can be directly involved. For some, involvement means a willingness to go and serve; for others, it is becoming ministry partners to financially support someone else to go. For still others, it means faithfully praying for those who go and those who support as ministry partners; and for many, it is a combination of these.

Qualifications for Mission Service Corps Missionaries

  • Spiritual maturity
  • Recommendation by local congregation
  • Strong Christian witness
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Acceptable health status
  • Adequate skills for ministry
  • Mission commitment
  • Availability to serve at least four months

What do Mission Service Corps Missionaries do?

Anything for which they are qualified and for which there is an expressed need.In Maryland/Delaware, MSC missionaries are currently serving in the areas of campus ministry, port ministry, family ministry, ministry evangelism, Inner Harbor ministry and local church evangelism. Other opportunities for MSC service may include (but are not limited to):

  • Church starting
  • Church administration
  • Youth and children's work
  • Homebound ministry
  • Apartment ministry
  • Ministry with internationals
  • Construction
  • Resort ministry

Contact the BCM/D Missions Involvement Team at missions@bcmd.org for more information about any of the following:

  • Current Maryland/Delaware Mission Service Corps needs
  • How to become a Mission Service Corps missionary
  • How to become a prayer supporter for MSC missionaries in Maryland/Delaware
  • How to become a financial supporter for a MSC missionary in Maryland/Delaware
  • How to request a MSC missionary position for our church or association

For specific information regarding policies, applications and current MSC needs across North America, contact the North American Mission Board here.