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Application Process
(For Short-Term assignments under two months see instructions below.)
1. Search Positions to see what is available. Note the accommodations, visa requirements, financial responsibilities and qualifications for each assignment. Once you've found your first choice click "Add to My Interests."
2. Create a New Account. Finish selecting THREE positions of interest.
3. Begin Online Application and follow instructions.
4. Send a Reference Form to THREE individuals (your pastor and two professionals from your school or work) to be submitted to your volunteer coordinator.
5. Make an appointment to see your doctor or a medical professional for a signature on the Health Certificate.
6. Download the Beneficiary Form, complete and return to your volunteer coordinator.
7. Download the Release of Liability, complete and return to your volunteer coordinator.
8. Before being assigned to a call you must be screened by your:
 
  • Local mission/conference volunteer coordinator
  • Missions office of the Adventist college/university you currently attend
  • Division Volunteer Coordinator (click here for division contact)
8. Submit a Voice tape (if requested by the service request).
9. Orientation is required for all international assignments and can be obtained through
 
  • group training on an Adventist school campus or through the Institute of World Mission program (by Andrews University)
  • or through the online course Preparation for Mission.
  For more information contact your Division Volunteer Coordinator or your campus missions office.
10. Begin raising money!
11. Be prepared to wait a month or two for the finalization of an assignment - your application papers may need to be submitted to several institutions.
12. DO NOT resign from your job until your assignment has been confirmed by your AVS coordinator.
 

Short-Term Application Process
For Short-Term assignments of less than two months, submit the following forms to your volunteer coordinator:

 
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