“A 10-day University Missions trip is equivalent to a concentrated internship. You are actually doing the work a missionary does, learning to function in a culture not your own. It moves you out of your comfort zone and into a place where you can discover God’s call for your life.”
                   Dr. Cecil Taylor, Dean, School of Religion

Learning to wire a house, teaching English as a second language, and sharing the Good News with someone who speaks Portuguese when you don’t are just some of the ways God can use you as a member of a University Missions team.

The University Missions program is open to all University of Mobile students, as well as individuals from the community. In its first 15 years of operation, University Missions sent teams into Australia, the Cayman Islands, Argentina, Bangladesh, Wales, Israel, Venezuela, Scotland, Belize, Brazil, China, the Netherlands Antilles, Spain, Japan, Italy, Namibia, Canada, Zambia, Siberia, Ireland, Norway, France, Greece, Taiwan, Turkey, Macedonia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Germany. Approximately 937 people have served on a total of 64 teams during those fifteen years, and University Missions raised over $1.7 million to cover expenses and the cost of supplies for these teams.

University Missions teams have led open-air and local church gospel meetings, Vacation Bible Schools, Youth Coffeehouse ministries, Backyard Bible Clubs, English as Second Language classes, Spiritual Emphasis weeks and DiscipleNow weekends. Team members have engaged in both heavy and light construction projects, taught in seminaries and theological institutes, and conducted praise and prayer walks. During this period, over 8,000 people have prayed to receive Christ. More than 60 former team members, following their University Missions trips, have become cross-cultural missionaries, either long- or short-term. Nearly 20 more are now training to become career missionaries.

“The University Missions program at the University of Mobile is remarkable in two ways,” says Dr. Taylor. “First, it is among the few programs of its kind, if not the only one, that offers students academic credit for cross-cultural missions experience. As an added incentive, all Cross-cultural Missions courses (missions trips) are offered to students at a discounted tuition rate.

“Second, University Missions trips are open to members of local churches outside the university student body. Roughly 60 churches, including both Anglo and African-American congregations, in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, and Colorado have provided members for University of Mobile teams.”

To learn how you can be a part of upcoming University Missions projects, contact:

Dr. Cecil Taylor
Dean, School of Christian Studies
 5735 College Parkway
Mobile, AL 36613-2842
1-800-WIN-RAMS 
(251) 442-2255
ctaylor@mail.umobile.edu