The World Race

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The World Race is a mission trip to 11 countries in 11 months. But it’s not just a mission

trip; it is an adventure of a lifetime.

The World Race’s mission is simple: bring kingdom. We do that by feeding the hungry,healing the sick, raising the dead, cleansing the unclean, and loving the outcast.

The World Race challenges participants to have a life-changing experience that affects

how they live their lives, serve others, relate to God, and bring the kingdom to earth —

today .

The first World Race began in 2006 with a group of 22 people who set out on the

journey of a lifetime. Making their way through the world on faith, they knocked on doors,

slept in streets, and depended on God.

Since that first trip, the World Race has grown and expanded. In 2011, we sent out our

1,000th Racer and expect to send thousands more.

Each group of Racers — called a “squad” — has a unique country route that spans

across the globe. Racers join intentional communities and partner with pre-existing

ministries and missionaries around the world.

There is a generation of radicals whose heartbeat is to see a changed world. This

generation is actively rising to the challenge of seeing the world transformed through

tangible expressions of God's love. World Racers are seeing that change and

experiencing it for themselves.

Racers visit ancient ruins, hike up volcanoes, swim under waterfalls, and experience the

vastness of God’s creation. They trade in marketplaces, befriend people caught in

modern-day slavery, and strengthen local church bodies around the world.

The World Race is a sacrifice. Racers dedicate eleven months to relying on God to guide

their steps and lead them into situations they would never experience any other way.

Racers find their faith growing strong as they let go of the things of this world and

discover a deeper meaning and purpose for their lives.





community

Whether you’ve grown up attending church all your life or just recently got acquainted with God, you’velearned some theories on what ministry is. Consider the World Race as your laboratory to test thosetheories and discover new ones.

One of the best and most challenging parts of

the World Race is community—authentic, deep,hard, messy yet beautiful. Within your squad offty or so, you’ll be put on small teams of ve-eight people and spend eleven months servingand living together. The World Race is a journeyof transformation – not only of the places youserve in but among your teammates. Through theghting, laughing, and crying, God will transform

you through your teammates. These people who were once strangers, just names and faces on a computer screen, become some of your most cherishedbrothers and sisters.

For many of us, our accomplishments, baggage, responsibilities, and titles hide our true identity. TheWorld Race offers a safe, gracious environment where you can peel back those layers and become whoyou are truly meant to be. The World Race is a journey that sets you on the path of intimacy with and

empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

As a World Racer, you will have coaches walking beside throughout the year. They come visit everyfew months to teach, encourage and counsel you. Coaches desire to see a generation rise up and claimits kingdom inheritance. They share their hearts and lives with you that you might be awakened andmobilized to your destiny.

self discovery and spiritual growth

Many people look at the World Race and get the wrong idea. We believe that it is one of the most powerfulmissions mobilization tools to come along in years!



why do people sign up for the world race? Everyone wants to fnd their place in the world.

Some want to see how God is moving in the world and join Him.Many want to embark on a journey that challenges and expectsmore from them than they’ve demanded of themselves; they’re

ready to accept the challenge and rise to the occasion.

Inside many resides a deep well of compassion that has barelybeen tapped. They desire to be poured out as God’s response tothe brokenness and needs of the world.

Some are already on a pilgrimage to understand what God madethem for, familiar with the metaphor of life as a journey, especially

a long one. The World Race brings their sojourning and seekinginto increasing alignment.

Some represent a generation that suspects that they’re on a paththat is too easy; they’re growing uncomfortable with comfort and

unsettled by settling. Maybe they’ve been tempted to sell out to a career track and a lifestyle that doesn’t orshouldn’t dene them. Maybe the versions of themselves that the world is starting to see is not the best one.

Some are exploring the possibility that God is calling them to overseas missions for long-term, possibly forlife. They’re unsure of where they’re being sent or what they’re supposed to do once “there”; the World Raceoffers a sampling of various ministries across the globe.

Not just a few wild eyed adventurers are looking at this and thinking, “That’s it, that’s what I need to do!” Thousands resonate with the idea, maybe dismissing it as impractical, but secretly wishing they could saygoodbye to society’s expectations for a year and go on a pilgrimage.



why “The World Race”? What we’re offering is not just another mission trip. The World Race taps into an ancient human compul-sion to take a spiritual pilgrimage. Aussies have their walkabout, Muslims have their Haj, and most Western

Europeans have a “gap year” between high school andcollege. American college students have an abbreviatedbacchanal - a week’s trip to Ft. Lauderdale in the springthat barely voices the urge to go somewhere and dosomething different. Many youngpeople are coming of age without being truly initiated

into the rest of their lives; they’re waiting for a meaningful rite of passage. They are under-challenged andultra-coddled. They didn’t sign up for the future they’re being handed.

As the World Race grows and gains a broader audience,this generation is already responding in greater numbers. This generation wants to do more than just see the worldand do good things for it; this generation wants to be fullyalive. This generation wants not just to be signicant butto bring signicance. The World Race seeks to be theimpetus to set this generation’s growing momentum in

motion.

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