Upcoming Trips

Apply to go on an upcoming short-term mission trip

Thank you for considering going on a short-term trip with the Summit! We are boldly asking God to give us the promise he made to Jesus in Psalm 2:8. “Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance” (NIV). You are part of the answer to that prayer.

Requirements to Go on a Short-term Trip

To apply to go on a short-term trip, you must:

  1. Be a follower of Christ.
  2. Be a member or regular, in-person attendee of The Summit Church.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the gospel and how it propels us to go to the nations.

Search for an Upcoming Trip by Campus


South Asia - Feb (3287)

North Durham Campus $2,200.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,200.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due October 5, 2023.

Come serve in a South Asian city of approximately 12 million people alongside 2 Summit families in an unreached context. Our time will be focused on providing care for the families, prayer walking, and meeting people who are either seeking or are new believers in their city. There will also be opportunities to experience meals and culture in the homes of local Christians and locals from the majority faith.


Darin Meece (Leader) Apply

South Asia - Feb (5032)

Blue Ridge Campus 2/9/2024 to 2/18/2024 $2,100.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,100.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due October 12, 2023.

The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. Cities in South Asia are bustling with people from every tribe, nation, people, and tongue who have yet to hear the good news! Join the work of planting and sowing seeds among the abundant population of university students and young professionals in a South Asian city of nearly 8 million people.


Joy Jackson (Leader) Apply

Ghana - Feb (5059)

Brier Creek Campus 2/29/2024 to 3/9/2024 $2,000.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,000.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 1, 2023.

Mephibosheth Training Center (MTC) in Apam, Ghana, is a school aimed at training children with physical and intellectual disabilities to be productive members of society. The school focuses on providing therapy to the children at the school and the greater community. If you have experience with or are an Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, or Speech Therapist, or have a heart to serve children with physical or intellectual disabilities, please consider applying for this trip.


Katie Sorensen (Leader) Apply

Southeast Asia - March (5063)

Capital Hills Campus 3/1/2024 to 3/10/2024 $2,400.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,400.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 2, 2023.

We will be traveling to a large city in Southeast Asia to spend time with one of our Summit families who live and serve there. We will spend time encouraging them and partnering with them in their church planting efforts among one of the most unreached people groups in the whole world. *The cost of the trip is currently an estimated price. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost.*


Spencer Smith (Leader) Apply

Middle East - March (5000)

Apex Campus $2,200.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,200.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 2, 2023.

Come experience the world renowned hospitality of the Middle East from the perspective of one of our missionary families. On this care trip, we will preview what life is like in the Middle East from various perspectives. We will spend our time with local staff and then join them in various locations joining them in their ministry. We will also visit some local families in their homes, explore the beautiful landscape, and hear stories of God changing lives. There will be times of both encouraging our field partners as well as being encouraged by what God is doing in and through the Middle East. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Jacob Posey (Leader) Apply

Kenya - March (5078)

Apex Campus $2,000.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,000.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 2, 2023.

Come experience the beautiful country of Kenya from the perspective of one of our missionary families: the Schaps. On this care trip, we will preview what life is like in Kenya from various perspectives. We will spend our time drinking chai with local Ambassadors Football staff and then join them in various locations around Nairobi to participate in their football ministry. We will also visit some Kenyan families in their homes, explore the beautiful landscape, and hear stories of God changing lives. There will be times to be an encouragement to our field partners as well as be encouraged by what God is doing in and through Kenya. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Jacob Posey (Leader) Apply

South Asia - March (5058)

Capital Hills Campus 3/7/2024 to 3/16/2024 $2,200.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,200.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 8, 2023.

This is a trip to visit our Summit members located in South Asia! We will be partnering with their team to do some prayer walking and evangelism among Muslims in their city. Expect to be out in the community sowing some seeds and begging the Lord to work in specific areas of the city as we prayer walk and meet people.


Amanda Herbert (Leader) Apply

Southeast Asia - March (5017)

Chapel Hill Campus 3/8/2024 to 3/17/2024 $2,300.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,300.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 9, 2023.

Come visit Southeast Asia to serve and work alongside Summit’s field partners in ministering to residents and tourists in a city with the potential to influence the world with the gospel. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to engage those from every major world religion from some of the least reached parts of the world. *The cost of the trip is currently an estimated price. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost.*


Reema Nasrallah (Leader) Apply

Japan - March (5031)

Chapel Hill Campus 3/8/2024 to 3/17/2024 $2,700.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,700.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 9, 2023.

Help our team in Osaka by giving us a boost to our strategic mission! This trip will involve meeting and spending time with college students on campus, meeting people on the street in the city by offering 5 minute English practice, and engaging in other various opportunities to bless our partner churches. Be prepared to walk between 5-10 miles per day as we seek to "Saturate Osaka!" *The cost of the trip is currently an estimated price. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost.*


Reema Nasrallah (Leader) Apply

Panama - March (5055)

Garner Campus 3/15/2024 to 3/22/2024 $1,600.00

Estimated trip cost: $1,600.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due November 16, 2023.

This trip to Panama is a first step toward deeper missions engagement while partnering with IMB missionaries. Through pre-trip and on-the-ground training, as well as hands-on cross-cultural ministry, participants will be prepared to take healthy next steps in missions. During your week in Panama, you will be involved in strategic activities leading to church planting such as prayer-walking, evangelism, discipleship, leadership development, and community outreach.


Joselyn Ramirez-Mendoza (Leader) Apply

South Africa - April (5026)

Apex Campus $2,400.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,400.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due December 3, 2023.

The team will work with the Summit’s longest serving field partners to prayer walk, share the gospel, and lead Bible studies in the part of the city with the highest concentration of people groups who have never heard the gospel. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Jacob Posey (Leader) Apply

London - April (5072)

Apex Campus $1,900.00

Estimated trip cost: $1,900.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due December 3, 2023.

This will be a small mission trip traveling to London, England for the primary purpose of encouraging and blessing our Summit missionary family. We will be spending time identifying persons of peace, building relationships, evangelizing, and engaging in missionary support. Get ready to walk, pray and be led by the Spirit to continue His work there! *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Jacob Posey (Leader) Apply

Western Europe - April (5037)

Capital Hills Campus $2,100.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,100.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due December 3, 2023.

Come serve alongside a church planter in Western Europe who works primarily with North African and Middle Eastern populations. You'll get to spend time prayer walking, mapping the city, and sharing your faith along with encouraging this field partner in their work. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Anna Ashley (Leader) Apply

Central Asia - April (3285)

North Durham Campus $2,800.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,800.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due December 3, 2023.

Of all the places where we have sent Summit missionaries, these two families live in one of the most remote, hard to reach locations. They engage in community development projects and are in general need of encouragement and fellowship with other believers. Please note that this location requires extensive travel time and multiple modes of transportation; therefore, this trip might not be suitable for people with mobility or motion sickness issues. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Stephen Snyder (Leader) Apply

South Asia - April (5018)

Brier Creek Campus 4/11/2024 to 4/19/2024 $2,300.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,300.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due December 13, 2023.

The team will be meeting national believers and partnering with them to share the gospel with people living in local villages. There will be opportunities for women's health trainings, sewing projects, and new believer trainings if there are members of the team who would desire to participate in these activities.


Bob Adams (Leader) Apply

Southeast Asia - April (5016)

Capital Hills Campus 4/18/2024 to 4/27/2024 $2,200.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,200.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due December 20, 2023.

This trip will be visiting Summit missionaries who have started a business in Southeast Asia to share the gospel with Muslims and Hindus in their local community. This will be the first short-term trip to this area, so the team will spend time prayer walking, meeting local believers, and sharing the gospel with the local community. *The cost of the trip is currently an estimated price. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost.*


Anna Ashley (Leader) Apply

Bulgaria - April (5065)

Blue Ridge Campus $2,100.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,100.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due January 2, 2024.

Today, most ethnic Bulgarians identify themselves as Orthodox Christians, and while religious holidays are prominent aspects of the culture, regular church attendance is extremely low and many blend ideas from animism and the occult. God is at work among Bulgarians, and He continues to save through His church. As a team, we will help equip the local church through relational evangelism trainings and mental health seminars to meet the felt needs of those far from God and close to them. Like all Summit short-term trips, our primary focus is to care for our missionaries and spur them as they labor daily in the harvest via long-term relationships. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Ryan Fuller (Leader) Apply

Poland - May (5060)

Capital Hills Campus $1,700.00

Estimated trip cost: $1,700.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due January 2, 2024.

The missionaries in Poland have been helping refugees from various countries and have started a Russian language bible study in their home. This team will be going out on prayer walks, sharing the gospel with the local community, helping with a new church plant that will be starting in a few months, and encouraging/caring for the missionaries in the work that they have been called to do. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Anna Ashley (Leader) Apply

South Africa - May (5039)

Apex Campus $2,900.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,900.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due January 2, 2024.

Come experience the beautiful country of South Africa from the perspective of one of our missionary families. On this care trip, we will preview what life is like in Cape Town from various perspectives. We will spend our time with locals and ministry staff and then join them in various locations around Cape Town to participate in their ministry. We will also visit some South African families in their homes, explore the beautiful landscape, and hear stories of God changing lives. There will be times to be an encouragement to our field partners as well as be encouraged by what God is doing in and through South Africa. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Jacob Posey (Leader) Apply

Middle East - May (5004)

Apex Campus $2,500.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,500.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due January 2, 2024.

Come experience the world renowned hospitality of the Middle East from the perspective of one of our missionary families. On this care trip, we will preview what life is like in the Middle East from various perspectives. We will spend our time with local staff and then join them in various locations joining them in their ministry. We will also visit some local families in their homes, explore the beautiful landscape, and hear stories of God changing lives. There will be times to be an encouragement to our field partners as well as be encouraged by what God is doing in and through the Middle East. *The dates and cost of the trip are just an estimate at this time. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost and dates.*


Jacob Posey (Leader) Apply

Japan - May (3270)

Garner Campus $2,900.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,900.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due January 2, 2024.

We will be traveling to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido to spend time with one of our Summit families who live and serve there. We will spend time encouraging them, praying with them, and partnering with them and their team in their missional efforts among some of the most unreached people in the whole world. *The cost of the trip is currently an estimated price. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost.*


Ade Oni (Leader) Apply

Eastern Europe - May (5057)

North Durham Campus 5/24/2024 to 6/1/2024 $2,300.00

Estimated trip cost: $2,300.00
Applications and $300.00 deposit due January 25, 2024.

*The cost of the trip is currently an estimated price. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost.*


Stephen Snyder (Leader) Apply

New Jersey - June (5022)

Blue Ridge Campus 6/19/2024 to 6/25/2024 $1,300.00

Estimated trip cost: $1,300.00
Applications and $150.00 deposit due February 20, 2024.

There is a large population of Turkish Muslims in NJ, many of whom are already searching and wondering about spiritual things. Your team will help missionaries sent out by the Blue Ridge campus to do the work of praying for and sharing the gospel with Turkish women and men who have immigrated to the US. The team will be trained specifically in culturally appropriate methods of evangelism and discipleship by our missionaries with Global Gates, so no previous experience is needed. The team is perfect for those looking for an abbreviated trip (4 days of training/evangelism), so please join us! *The cost of the trip is currently an estimated price. Please email the trip leader for a final trip cost.*


Sarah Lathrop (Leader) Apply

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