GenSend Summer
Spend your summer growing as a disciple, living on mission, and serving with a church plant.
GenSend Summer gives college students and young adults the opportunity to spend a summer serving with a church plant in a strategic city. You will grow in your walk with Jesus, learn how to live on mission in everyday life, and get a closer look at church planting.
Who Is GenSend Summer For?
GenSend Summer is for students and young adults who are eager to grow spiritually, willing to be stretched, and open to joining God’s work through church planting. Applicants must be 19 by June 1 and up to age 25.
Students who thrive in GenSend are:
- teachable and spiritually hungry
- relational and willing to share their faith
- flexible and ready to be stretched
- team-oriented and servant-hearted
- missionally curious
- open to what God may do through them
What Will You Do?
Every GenSend location is unique, but the heart of the experience is the same. During GenSend Summer, you will grow as a disciple, learn to live on mission, and explore your next step.
Grow as a Disciple
Spend time in God’s Word and prayer, learn in community with your team, and build rhythms that deepen your walk with Jesus.
Learn to Live on Mission
Serve with a church plant, build relationships in everyday places, share the gospel, and help think through how to reach people in your city.
Explore Your Next Step
Learn from church planters and others who are living on mission and consider how God may use your gifts, work, and future in church planting.
Hear from Jon Chasteen
Get a quick welcome and hear why GenSend Summer is more than a summer.
Stories
Where GenSend Summer Can Lead
GenSend Summer is more than a summer. For many students, it becomes the start of a much bigger story of living sent.
Ready to Take Your Next Step This Summer?
Apply for GenSend Summer and spend your summer growing as a disciple, living on mission, and serving with a church plant.
FAQ
GenSend provides housing, a daily meal stipend, and transportation support based on the needs of each city. Students have their own bed, with men and women housed separately. Housing may be on a college campus, in an Airbnb, or in church-provided housing. Transportation varies by location. Some cities use public transportation, and others use rental vehicles driven by approved drivers over 21. Students should plan to leave their personal car at home. Students also receive a preloaded expense card for meals, and most housing locations include access to a kitchen.
Applicants should be a member or regular attendee of a Southern Baptist or CNBC church or be involved in an SBC campus ministry. All applicants must provide a reference from an SBC pastor or ministry leader and must have been baptized by immersion after salvation.
After you apply, your application will be reviewed and sent to the GenSend city or cities where you are being considered. City teams interview candidates before making final decisions. Final placement depends on overall fit, city needs, and available openings. If you are selected, your spot is confirmed once you submit the required program fee.
You will need a current passport that remains valid for at least three months beyond your time on the field. You will also need proof of travel medical insurance.
Yes. All students are responsible for carrying their own health insurance.
Reach out to us at [email protected] or (800) 634-2462.