In Israel, the need for English speaking citizens has recently risen to epic proportions. With this increase in demand, finding a job teaching English in Israel is easier than ever for foreigners who wish to head abroad.

Events

Salary The highest paying and most readily available TESL jobs are in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea around $2,000 a month more or less. The Middle East has the highest paying jobs for those with a Masters Degree, often in TESOL, or many years of experience and a lot of courage. China, Indonesia, Thailand, Eastern Europe, Russia, and former Russian nations pay less around $500-$800. In those countries you may make enough to live on while you are there, but you will not be able to save or pay off loans. Other Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, and Myanmar are also not able to pay as much, but they have a great need for the gospel; some have a less than 3% percent Christian population. Africa and Central and South America pay little for English training. But, please, if you feel called to these countries where the income is less, don't forget, you can supplement your income with support raising, or live like a local.

Young Adults and Adults

1. I've Never. Have one less chair than there are people. One person says, I have never been to Hong Kong. Everyone who has been to Hong Kong must stand up and find a new seat. The new person left standing must proceed to the front and say, something like, "I have never been scared on an airplane."

ROMANS 10:9

One verse to share your faith, with 3 clear points.

Romans 10:9 "if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

17 Countries Where Christians are Persecuted
by Randy Alcorn
Also check out: http://www.persecutedchurch.org/
and http://www.christianpersecution.info/

I've edited this based on information from The Bible League, Operation World and other sources. It's intended to help us pray more intelligently for our brothers and sisters. Christians are persecuted in a number of other countries not mentioned here. All suffering believers around the world are in need of our prayers.
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CAMBODIA: Persecution in Cambodia reached its most terrifying pitch in the 1970s, at the hand of Pol Pot's brutal Khmer Rouge. People of all faiths tempted fate and invited elimination. Cambodian Christians learned to make themselves invisible.

Recognizing holidays is a great way to share your faith with your students.

Internet Resources

Holiday Origins, http://www.holidayorigins.com/home.html, is a good resource to remind your self who Squanto was and his connection to Thanksgiving.

Accountability Groups

In the 1700s, John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement used small groups to help keep people on the pilgrim's path. During the time of the great revivals in America, John was called a "Methodist" because he had a method to his madness. John Wesley encouraged everyone to get involved in an accountability group where they would ask each other five questions. These accountability groups brought stability to the movement even after the revival meetings ended. This idea came from John Wesley's past. When he was only 26 years old at England's Universities his brother and others started "Holy Clubs." These clubs included a time of accountability and 5 questions that looked something like this: [Thanks to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley]

If you're interested in teaching English in another country, give some serious thought to teaching in Korea. The fact is that at this moment, demand for English teachers in Korea is disproportionately high. This gives you an excellent chance of securing a job, as well as a higher paycheck than you could expect in other countries.

In Israel, the need for English speaking citizens has recently risen to epic proportions. With this increase in demand, finding a job teaching English in Israel is easier than ever for foreigners who wish to head abroad.

The demand for English teachers all over the world is growing quickly. As more countries interact with each other through business and other types of communication, the need for English speakers in foreign lands is growing. And nowhere is this need greater than in China.

There's a high demand in Taiwan for teachers of English as a second language. If you're considering traveling abroad to teach English as a career, Taiwan may be one of the main places you'll want to check out.

Teaching English in Japan is becoming a huge industry. In Japanese high schools and universities, a second language is a prerequisite- and English is the single most taught language in the country. As Japanese businesses interact more and more with the rest of the corporate world, the skill of speaking English is becoming vitally important to the Japanese people.

Beware of the cults on the mission field and at home. A great website for sound doctrine, defending your faith, knowing what you believe and asking questions can be found at The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
A free pdf Warning Tract about the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses can be found here http://www.carm.org/warning/warning7.pdf

The 2 for 2 challenge.

Go for 2 years and make 2 disciples. Here's how.

Step 1 Cast the vision of doing missions by teaching English in your local church. Form a team who will pray for you, help you during the process, and keep in touch with you while you are overseas. You can use the TESOL Missions sermon we provide in the Pastor's Corner. By getting a job you won't have to raise support.

Step 2 Form a team of 2 or more and find a job in our job bank or any other resource like www.eslcafe.com (or go through a missions agency).

Step 3 As you teach English make disciples. Go 2 years and make 2 disciples. We have provided the discipleship and teaching tools you will need in our articles section.

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Christians Teaching English as a second language and Missions

Because of the temptation that comes when you are separated from your source of fellowship we suggest that you go in twos as the disciples did. In some countries prostitution may be illegal but rarely prosecuted. Poverty is usually the cause of such behavior and is abuse of the less fortunate. With out holiness we cannot be an example for Christ. Besides, God offers the BEST LIFE for us when we live for our designer. If you go with a missions organization stay connected to those on your team. If you take a job with a Christian school find someone to be accountable to. Check out our article on accountability in the ministry and teaching tools area. If you go on a mission and take a job at a secular school we suggest you go in twos and stay vulnerable with your local church that sent you.

Randy Alcorn has put together a list of personal reminders why we should avoid sexual immorality at home and on the field. We have pasted this article on our site and suggest you check out his website for more great reads at www.epm.org and http://epm.org/resources-sexual_purity.html

Don't want to carry books on the plane?
Try these downloadable tools for teaching and ministry.
Discipleship 1
http://www.northpark.edu/sem/discipleship/index.htm
http://www.northpark.edu/sem/discipleship/English/steps/steps.htm
Discipleship 2 (Click on Individual Training Guide)
http://www.kncsb.org/ministry/downloads_and_resources/
Teaching English to Chinese
http://elss.xiaotu.com/
Easy English
www.easyenglish.info
www.easyenglishworld.com

Use videos as a teaching and evangelism tool. Connect to a video from the "Video Gallery" option. There you can pick the Omega Code, or The Revolutionary (A Jesus Video), or more, and talk about the video afterwards. You may even be able to show them in your classroom. Encourage your students to use the "Creation/ Evolution" or the "Is Christianity Reliable" video to study English on their own. And so much more.
Knock Out Videos Listed Here:

Chinese Police Proudly Record Their Torture of Christians
Warning from Randy Alcorn: Parts of this article are disturbing. We are printing it so you can pray for our suffering brothers and sisters, and to answer those who claim Chinese Christians are no longer persecuted.

State of Christianity in China
by Melanie Dobson

Under the Chinese Communist Party, the number of Christians in China has grown 15-fold to the current total of more than 60 million (other estimates put the total at 100 million, and another recent estimate is closer to 200 million). As a result of this growth, according to Newsweek (April, 2001), Chinese communists have demolished approximately 1,500 houses of worship in the last six months. But in spite of the persecution of believers and destruction of their churches, the number of Christians continues to grow with an estimated 25,000 people putting their faith in Christ every day.

2 Timothy 2:2 Paul said to Timothy, "and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well."

Pour your life into 1 or 2 people, of the same gender, for 2 years, and enable them to do the same. If one person disciples 2 people in 1 year, and the 2nd year those two people do the same, you will reach the entire world in 31.5 years.

Great discipleship resource. Click on Individual Training Guide.

http://www.kncsb.org/ministry/downloads_and_resources/


Christian Missions by Teaching English as a Second Language

I. Pick a topic or a section of Scripture.

II. Write a thesis statement. Your thesis statement should look like this, "we can all be healthier by following these 3 steps." Or, "we should all be happy about attending church for these 3 reasons." Your thesis statement should use the words "we can" or "we should."

Number of People

Your discipleship group may consist of anywhere between 1 and 12 people. You and your one disciple is great too. The best group I ever lead had only 4 people in it. We were able to answer questions and form deeper relationships.

Scheduling

Set a schedule that is convenient for everyone. You may decide to meet once a week or twice a month. But a new believer will need a lot of attention. Try to be available for them when they have questions or personal needs throughout the week.

Introduction

Thesis Statement Today I would like to say that we all should do missions for two reasons. We all should do missions because of the need, and because it is so easy.

Story (Insert your personal story or use this one.) Chris Fischer left his hometown in Arizona to answer the call for missions as a young man. He has taught English for nearly 10 years now, is married, and pastors an international church in Taiwan.

Today, thousands of people, native English speakers, from America, Canada, England, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand are teaching English overseas as missions. They are having a great adventure and making money at the same time. Wouldn’t it be great if we could fill those jobs with Christians? Christians who were willing to go for a summer, a year, two years, or more, and share the gospel by working in another culture. The good news is it is so easy to do; and you don’t even have to raise support; nor do you need a middleman to get you there. All you need is a support team from your local Church. If you absorb the information on this website you will be able to make it to the mission field with relative ease. You will gain access to a comprehensive Christian perspective on teaching English overseas. The information includes job listings, missions training material, teaching English ideas, information about certificates, insights on how to find jobs, missions statistics, travel information, even evangelism tools.

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Missions via ESL

If you're considering teaching English as a foreign language, congratulations. You've chosen a career that many people don't attempt. Although it's one of the most rewarding jobs imaginable, the truth is that it can be a massive commitment. Of course, if you have a passion for it, then the work involved will be a true pleasure.

Teaching English abroad is a unique experience in any country, but perhaps no more so than in Vietnam. The Vietnamese people live a life that is very much influenced by the past. The beauty of the countryside combined with the rich heritage of the culture will surely result in an extraordinary experience.

As of today, there are thousands of Americans living in Europe. The majority of them are there for job purposes, and one of the main jobs they hold is teaching English. Teaching English in Europe will always be a source of employment for those wishing to live abroad, since the value placed on native-speaking teachers in Europe is extremely high.

The terms are often confusing but here is the basic idea:

TESOL Teaching English to speakers of other languages.
ESL English as a second language.
TESL Teaching English as a second language.
EFL English as a foreign language.
TEFL Teaching English as a foreign language.
ELT English language teaching.