In-Field Mentor | United States | Part-Time
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location
Provo, Utah
Quick overview
In-Field Mentors serve as entry-level individual contributors responsible for training missionaries during their initial twelve weeks in the mission field. This training involves applying principles from Preach My Gospel (PMG) and other missionary resources to practical, real-world missionary experiences.
Requirements summary
This role requires an individual to help train new missionaries by applying established principles and following an approved curriculum. The training focuses on doctrine, effective teaching methods, adjusting to missionary life, and adhering to missionary standards.
Job description
This position is central to the missionaries' role to 'Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.' In-Field Mentors are an entry support level individual contributor that helps train missionaries in their first twelve weeks of entering the mission field. Training includes applying Preach My Gospel (PMG) principles and other missionary resources to real world experiences as a missionary. In-Field Mentors train remotely through technology and are a part of the In-Field Missionary Learning and Development (MLD) division. They follow an approved curriculum and may be selected to participate in pilots and initiatives.
- Missionary training centers (MTCs) help missionaries understand, live, and apply the missionary purpose as stated on page one of Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service.
- Missionaries learn and teach the doctrine of Christ from the Book of Mormon.
- They learn how to be more effective teachers by studying and practicing the principles in Preach My Gospel.
- They also learn how to adjust to missionary life and how to live missionary standards.
- Missionaries who are assigned to learn a mission language will also begin learning this language in the MTC.