Our purpose at the Bevin Center for Missions Mobilization is to promote, prepare for, and participate in missions.
To that end, we support faculty-led ministry and mission trips for our Boyce-Southern community. We are deeply committed to Southern Baptist missions efforts, most notably those through our own North American Mission Board (NAMB) and International Mission Board (IMB), joining the labors of those men and women sent out from our sister churches.
Summer 2025
South Asia
Religious and Cultural Exploration in South Asia
Dates: May 16-31, 2025 | Estimated Cost: $3,500* |
Team Leader: Dr. John Klaassen
Come with us to South Asia and you will explore and engage with the diverse religious practices of this area while visiting important sites. While meeting with field personnel seeking to share with the lost in the region.
Santiago, Chile
Evangelism, Church Planting, and Revitalization in Chile
Dates: August 1-9, 2025 | Estimated Cost: $2,500* |
Team Leader: Dr. John Klaassen
You will join alongside the ministry of the IMB and local leaders to participate in evangelism as part of their church planting strategy. Also, the team will have the opportunity to experience the historic setting of the Chilean Baptist Seminary and see what theological education looks like in other settings.
Tokyo, Japan
*FULL*
Evangelism and Local Ministry in Tokyo, Japan
Dates: May 11-24, 2025 | Estimated Cost: $3,500* |
Team Leader: Dr. Rob Plummer
Join us in Japan for an opportunity to connect with local churches to do outreach events in the local communities and on college campuses.
Nairobi, Kenya
Theological Education and Evangelism in Nairobi, Kenya
Dates: May 22-June 7, 2025 | Estimated Cost: $3,500* |
Team Leader: Dr. Keith Mckinley
Join us as we go to Kenya. This trip will have a dual focus—theological education and evangelism through community development projects. Therefore, the mission will require two teams.
Salt Lake City, Utah
*FULL*
Church Ministry and Evangelism in Utah
Dates: July 26 – August 2, 2025 | Estimated Cost: $1,500* |
Team Leader: Hannah Carter
Travel to Salt Lake City with Professor Carter, to come alongside church planters seeking to reach the Mormon community.
Winter 2025
North Africa
Evangelism and English Teaching in North Africa
Dates: *December 5-17, 2025 | Estimated Cost: $2,500* |
Team Leader: Dr. alisha biler
*DATES SUBJECT to CHANGE*
You will join an IMB team in a North African mega-city to help teach english to locals. You will also meet locals in natural ways such as exploring markets, eating good food, and visiting coffee shops. This will allow you to understand who they are and give you ample opportunities to share the Gospel.
*This team will consist of 4 Men and 2 Women*
Charles B. Keesee Mission Trip Grant Application
The Charles B. Keesee Educational Fund has generously donated a large sum of money to the Bevin Center for Missions Mobilization to provide scholarships for students wanting to go on a Bevin Center trip. Applicants who are accepted to receive the grant will receive up to 50% off their Bevin Center mission trip. Additionally, students who receive the grant will be expected to write a short reflection paper after returning from their trip to thank the Keesee Educational Fund for its generosity.
To be eligible for this grant, applicants must be
- A student of Southern Seminary (non-Seminary Track Boyce College students are ineligible for this scholarship)
- Boyce College Seminary Track students must have completed 120 hours of their degree program
- Participating in a Bevin Center mission trip
- From Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, or West Virginia
- Pursuing a Keesee-eligible degree (see application for list)
- Planning on going into paid Baptist ministry
- A member of a Southern Baptist Church
- Approved to go on a Bevin Center mission trip through the Southern Student Life office
Applications are due December 5. Applicants will be contacted by the Bevin Center when decisions are made.
Prayer Guide & Course Credit
Pray for Short Term Mission Teams
Dozens of students are being deployed from Southern Seminary and Boyce College to the ends of the earth with the good news that Jesus is alive and saves sinners. Our teams will be going all over the world, and they need your prayers.
Earn Course Credit
Seminary Students enrolled in 40301 Pastoral Ministry or 45260 Discipleship Ministry can receive credit toward their Supervised Ministry Experience requirements by participating in a Bevin Center Mission Trip and completing additional assignments that take place during their dates of enrollment in the course. There are also opportunities for Boyce College and Southern Seminary students to earn credit through Hands-On trips with the IMB.
For More Information:
Contact Colin McCulloch
Email: cmcculloch@sbts.edu
Phone: (502) 897-4005
IMB Opportunities
The International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention partners with churches to empower limitless missionary teams who are making disciples and multiplying churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God.
Learn MoreMission Trip Request Form for Professors
Faculty members can submit ministry and mission trip requests to the Bevin Center via the brief online application below. We encourage you to develop opportunities in conjunction with our Southern Baptist missionaries sent through NAMB and the IMB. If you need assistance connecting with NAMB or IMB missionaries in any part of the world, we will be glad to serve you in that way.
Deadline: Applications must be submitted by July 1 for the following school year
Process:
- Submit application
- Review by and response from Bevin Center Director
- Bevin Center arranges travel and other logistical matters
- Bevin Center sets per-person cost and publish the trip in time for students to make decisions and preparations
- Bevin Center trains Team Managers