Global Service
We exist to invest in the CBU community to develop followers of Jesus who join in God’s global mission. Our primary vehicle for doing that is International Service Projects (ISP).
International Service Projects (ISP)
ISP is a program that brings together teams of CBU students to do life, learn, and serve globally. These teams, mentored and trained throughout the spring semester, join with field partners worldwide for two to eight-week cross-cultural service opportunities during the summer.
Trip Descriptions & Cost
Encounter (2-3 weeks)
A short-term overseas service project led by a team leader alongside other students. Encounter is designed for those who want an opportunity to serve in cross-cultural contexts and experience what God is doing around the world.
Cost: 2 weeks - $2900, 3 weeks - $3,900
Immersion (4-8 weeks)
A longer-term commitment, available in both national and international locations, built around deeper training and spiritual development. Immersion teams will engage in ongoing gospel sharing and local ministry, learning from church planters, long-term fieldworkers and local partners.
Cost: $4,400 - $5,200 (dependent on length of trip)
Trip Dates
Encounter
2 Week Trips
April 29 - May 12
May 6 - May 19
May 13 - May 26
May 20 - June 2
May 17 - June 9
3 Week Trips
April 29 - May 19
May 6 - May 26
May 13 - June 1
May 20 - June 9
May 27 - June 15
Immersion
4 Week
April 29 - May 27
5 Week
April 29 - June 3
6 Week
April 29 - June 10
7 Week
April 29 - June 17
8 Week
April 29 - June 24
Locations & Descriptions
Teams will focus on four key areas: evangelism, discipleship, leader development, and community outreach. Through these areas, participants will have opportunities to grow in their faith, develop as leaders, share the Gospel, build meaningful relationships, and serve the communities around them.
Teams will engage in a variety of ministry opportunities, including community engagement and evangelism, service to local communities, rural outreach alongside missionary pilots and healthcare ministries, and university ministry through relational evangelism and English camps.
Teams will participate in community engagement and relational evangelism, serving in new communities identified through ethnographic research conducted by the previous teams.
Teams will use sports and relational evangelism to build relationships and share the Gospel, including outreach through American football, connecting with local youth through sports, and engaging with refugee communities.
Teams will engage in relational evangelism among refugee populations and university students, building relationships through Bible studies, English teaching, and other activities.
Teams will engage in relational evangelism through education, connecting with university students and local schools through Bible studies, English teaching, and other activities.
Teams will focus on relational evangelism, community engagement, and university ministry, sharing the Gospel, following up with seekers, discipling new believers, and building relationships with university students through Bible studies, English teaching, and other activities.
Teams will serve alongside church planters through Bible studies, after-school programs, relational discipleship, and evangelism, particularly among first-generation Christians.
Teams will engage in sports outreach and university ministry, using sports projects to build relationships, share the Gospel, and make disciples.
Teams will engage in university ministry, relational evangelism, and discipleship, connecting with students through English teaching, Bible study groups, and other relationship-building activities.
Teams will engage in evangelism, discipleship, and community outreach through a variety of ministry opportunities, including public health and medical clinics, English teaching, university ministry, Bible studies, relational evangelism, church-planting support, school and refugee ministry, and outreach among local and deaf communities. Teams will also serve alongside fieldworkers and engage communities through home visits, tourism, trekking, and other relationship-building activities.
Teams will focus on relational evangelism, community engagement, and discipleship, partnering with local churches to share the Gospel, reach remote villages, and equip local church leaders and believers with disciple-making tools.
Teams will engage in relational evangelism and community outreach, building relationships and sharing the Gospel through tourism and other community-based activities.
Teams will partner with an English center to build relationships and share the Gospel.
Teams will focus on community engagement and evangelism, building relationships and sharing the Gospel within the local community.
ISP Requirements
Support Raising Workshop - Fall 2026
Team Reveal - December 2, 2026
Weekly Training - Wed. Nights 6-9pm, Jan. 13 - April 14