TENTMAKERS Year on Mission is a priceless, Christ-centered, life-changing experience. It is a year on mission to prepare to live a life on mission with a foundation of confidence, competence, worth, and lifelong friends. You cannot buy this, earn it, or pay for it. You must be selected and then sponsored. Read on.

A Year on Mission for a Life on Mission

Today’s youth and young adults face more serious personal, social, emotional and spiritual challenges than ever before. Many are lost and desperate to have value. The rates of depression, anxiety, suicide and antidepressant use has skyrocketed in the last decade. People need to understand their value but our culture has no answers to provide and so they drift along or give up completely. TENTMAKERS wants to be part of addressing this deep need in our culture and we want you to join us in being part of the solution.

TENTMAKERS Year on Mission is a gap year opportunity for adults to invest a concentrated year of their lives to growing in strength and courage as disciples of Jesus Christ and then applying that growth to building a team-led disciple making ministry in a community through a local church. Typically, this is a year during or after college but could also be between high school and college or perhaps later in life when available including when approaching retirement.

TENTMAKERS Year on Mission provides a wide diversity of experiences and the training, coaching and tools to study and apply God’s Word to all areas of life. Participants will be mentored through the entire course including preparations and raising support.

The Year on Mission Overview

Begins with the 40-Day Leadership Training Experience where participants will be equipped with 12 discipleship & leadership skills as well as developing the Spiritual Disciplines and Attitudes necessary for a deep relationship with our Lord and making disciples.
Continues with 10 months in a community under a local church where participants will work as a team to build a disciple-making ministry with a trainer-coach in place to guide & develop. Participants will also work part time in the community to build relationships for ministry opportunities. Additional experiences during this time include:
- Cross-Cultural Experience - this could a domestic or international mission trip where partiicipants will use their leadership skills to impact others from a different culture (2-4 weeks)
- Leadership Quest training team - the participants will bring students from their community and participate on the training team for TENTMAKERS high school leadership camp called Leadership Quest for the purpose of building student leaders who will then return to that community to continue the discipleship initiative.

Opportunities are available to pursue a second Year on Mission experience.

Participants grow in compassion, character and faith while developing the imagination, moral courage and tenacity to lead in all walks of life.

Take one year of your life and dedicate it to building the kingdom through a team-oriented, disciple-making strategy.

Check out the comments from the latest Year on Mission team members. Many lives are blessed because of these courageous young people!

Tangible Benefits:

Experience an environment of encouragement.
Build meaningful and lasting relationships with your team and others.
Become equipped and empowered in disciple-making and leadership.
Learn how to create your own education.
Maximize results in your life through mentors and teamwork.
Gain strength, resolve and confidence to actively live out your faith.
Learn to live life to the fullest by discovering purpose and intentionality.
Expand your worldview and skills through cross-cultural experiences.
Build your resume with experiences, personal references, and achievements.
Push beyond your comfort zone to gain the attitudes, disciplines and skills to live a successful life.
Become a better decision maker.
Gain the entrepreneurial skills to turn ideas into realities.

TENTMAKERS Re-Route

Interested in TENTMAKERS Year on Mission but would like to have an opportunity to discuss it further or even check it out on location? Click on the button below to find out more information and register for the next TENTMAKERS Re-Route experience near you.

Register for TENTMAKERS Re-Route experience

TENTMAKERS Year on Mission Registration Process

Find out if TENTMAKERS Year on Mission is a good fit for you by taking the quiz linked above and if you would like more information, please select from the options below.
- Click the link above (left) to attend an in person preview weekend at our Wilderness North facility,
- Click the link above (center) to schedule a one-on-one zoom meeting with a staff member,
- Click the link above (right) to attend a 1/2-hour webinar,
You may fill out the application linked below (no fee, no commitment) after any of the above actions.
Once your application is completed and submitted, you will be interviewed and notified of your status.
Upon your acceptance and completed registration, we will show you, step by step, how to acquire your sponsors. The registration fee is $300, non-refundable.
Prepare for the 40-Day Leadership Training Experience at Wilderness North
- The year begins with the TENTMAKERS 40-Day Leadership Training Experience training course for personal development and training experiences to grow in the knowledge, disciplines, skills and attitudes to prepare for the rest of the year.
Prepare for life in a local community for the remainder of the program working in the partner church and securing a part-time job outside of the church
- The year continues after the TENTMAKERS 40-Day with the participants serving in a community with three other participants for the remainder of the program. During those months, they hold jobs to provide for their living expenses. They serve one or more churches by reaching out to build relationships with high school students and young adults to make disciples. Weekly, the participants meet with a TENTMAKERS trainer-coach for continued study and training and conduct a weekly small group. Each month, they coordinate a book club. This book club is a small group that has agreed to read the same book and then gather to discuss it.
Prepare for a cross-cultural missions experience(s) employing the skills gained through the 40-day training and the tent-making experience in a church/community.
Prepare to participate on the training team for a 1-week TENTMAKERS Leadership Quest camp.
- During the summer, participants will take a group of students and serve on the training team at TENTMAKERS Leadership Quest.

Apply for TENTMAKERS Year on Mission

For more information call 763-535-6484 or contact TENTMAKERS at info@tentm.org

Helpful Links:

Host a TENTMAKERS Year on Mission Team!

Being a church, a group of churches or an organization that hosts a TENTMAKERS Year on Mission team provides the opportunity to impact your community through a disciple making ministry that pays dividends in the life of the church and community through the lives of young people. The needs of each community are different and the TENTMAKERS Year on Mission teams have been trained to adjust to changing circumstances while keeping their focus clear - making disciples. Though each situation is different a host could expect the following:

A relational discipleship ministry to high school students and young adults for ten months each year.
The ministry team consists of four young adults, who have completed the TENTMAKERS 40-day leadership training. They will each serve as tentmakers, working in the community approximately 20 hrs/week and serving in the disciple-making ministry at least 20 hours/week; this means 80 hours/week for the team in disciple-making ministry time. They work as a team to:
- Provide outreach by building relationships with students and young adults to church members and non-members.
- Establish fellowship opportunities for students and young adults through regular gatherings to worship and make friends.
- Provide faith-nurture through Acts 2:42 groups and lead one-on-one and small group discipleship training.
- Provide powerful leadership training.
- Involve congregational members in these activities.
A TENTMAKERS trainer/coach will manage their ministry by providing continued training, education, coaching and supervision. The trainer/coach will develop plans to work within the partner church’s mission and be approved by the partner church leadership team.
TENTMAKERS provides the opportunity for on-going continuity and growth by reserving a new group of four tentmakers each year after.
An excellent value equation.

To perpetuate strong discipleship and leadership in the church(es) the team will promote participation in TENTMAKERS Leadership Quest for high school youth and TENTMAKERS Year on Mission for young adults.

Inquire about hosting a TENTMAKERS year on mission team