Field

Developer

A passion to serve

in Word & deed

We're looking for someone with a passion to serve the poor of our time in Word and deed. Here's a little more about our ministry around the world:

The best person for this role at CRI has…

  • A calling to full-time ministry.

  • A desire to help the poor and lost around the world.

  • A desire to work closely with CRI missionaries and ministries in a cross-cultural context.

If you identify with these, please read on:

At CRI, we work through local leaders (our “International Missionary Partners” or “IMPs”) who bring physical help and spiritual hope to the needy around them. Our missionaries around the globe need support to bridge the gap from their country to ours. You could be that bridge. In this role you will work closely with our IMPs and US missionary staff to strengthen ministry and outreach. With your help, our efforts to share the light of Christ with the poor will thrive.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Build and maintain relationships with our International Missionary Partners.

  • Gain a high level of understanding about the culture, language, history, etc. of the region in which specific IMPs live and work.

  • Advocate for IMPs’ interests and needs.

  • Participate in vision-casting, planning, execution, and evaluation of CRI projects and programs.

  • Work closely with IMPs and US Missionaries to monitor and meet project, program, and ministry goals established by CRI leadership.

  • Travel to project sites as needed and participate in the planning and management of short-term teams serving with IMPs on the field.

  • Assist CRI leadership in ensuring proper financial accounting and monthly reporting of all funds.

  • Coordinate with IMPs and CRI Home Office to fundraise and communicate with donors.

  • All other duties assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

  • Strong faith in Christ.

  • Be teachable.

  • Be flexible.

  • Be ambitious.

  • Be creative.

  • Be thankful.

  • Have fun.

  • Enjoy travel.

  • Love telling stories.

  • Love people, especially the poor.

  • Communicate clearly.

  • Desire to learn.

  • Prior Cross-Cultural experience.

  • Self-motivated, yet enjoys a team-based work environment.

  • Adheres to and acts in line with CRI’s Values.

  • Agreement with CRI’s Statement of Faith.

SALARY:

Like most traditional missionary roles, you’ll raise personal support for your salary, and we’ll help you do it. This is a great opportunity to invite others into this impactful ministry. (Your salary is based on experience, education, skill level, etc.).

LOCATION:

Flexible: The Field Developer role can be remote. The position does require time at CRI’s Home Office in Rockwall, Texas, each quarter. The role also includes 2-4 overseas trips a year.

JOB TYPE:

Full-time

TAKE THE NEXT STEP!

Think you have the talents to join us in sharing Christ’s light in Word and deed? Learn more! We’d love to hear from you.

Statement of Faith

Children’s Relief International’s board of directors produced our doctrinal statement. It gives an overview of a biblical doctrine that is evangelical in nature while reflecting the historical Christian creeds and confessions. The Statement defines the biblical perspective that guides our missions.


  1. We believe that God is one and living, the fountain of all being and beauty, of Whom, through Whom, and to Whom are all things (Rom 11:36). In the unity of the Godhead, there are three persons, one in substance, power and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

  2. We believe that God the Father is the Creator and Sustainer of all that is (Ps 135:6; Ac 17:25-28).

  3. We believe that God the Son is Jesus Christ, born of the Virgin Mary, true God, and True man, "the one mediator between God and men" (1 Tim 2:5). "There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Ac 4:12). Jesus Christ is the holy and righteous one who was put to death for our sins, "the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God" (1 Pet 3:18).

  4. We believe that God the Holy Spirit is the sanctifier of God's people (1 Cor 6:11). Apart from the work of the Holy Spirit, our witness to Jesus is futile (John 16:8-11). The work of the Holy Spirit is to convict of sin, impart faith and new birth, and provide Christian growth.

  5. We believe that human beings were created in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27), the acme of earthly creation, designed for communion with the Triune God. But because "sin came into the world through one man and death spread to all because all have sinned" (Rom 5:12), men and women are "dead" in their sins (Eph 2:5) apart from the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.

  6. We believe that salvation is not earned by any good works or merits of our own but is received through faith: "By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God" (Eph 2:8) Faith is not merely intellectual assent but an act of the whole person, involving the mind, the will, and the affections, issuing in a changed life (Eph 2:9-10)

  7. We believe that all human beings will be raised from the dead in the next life (1 Cor 15:42-44). Those in union with Christ shall be raised by the spirit for honor and joined to a glorious body (Phil 3:21). The lost shall be raised to anguish and distress in hell. (Rom 2:8-9; Lk 16:23-24)

  8. We believe that all teaching, life, work, and ministry are accountable to the final authority of Holy Scripture, which is the Word of God in written form (2 Tim 2:13-17; 2 Pet 1:21). The Scriptures are the inspired revelation of God, totally true and trustworthy, the only infallible rule for faith and practice.

  9. We believe the church consists of everyone who is personally united to Jesus Christ. By the spirit, every Christian is united to every other true believer in Jesus. The one church becomes visible on earth in all local congregations that meet to do what Scripture commands the church to do (Eph 2:19-22, 4:1-16).

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