Upcoming Cohorts
GDS Lite – Virtual Cohort
TOTAL COST =
1/2 your country’s average daily wage
30 Jan – 10 Apr 2022
- Applications Due:
- 16 January 2022
Sydney-based Cohort*
TOTAL COST =
variable, see below for details
25 Sep – 18 Dec 2022
Optional Extras:
+ 1-month international exposure trip
- Applications Due:
24 July 2022
* for Australian residents or COVID-approved travelers
Sydney-based Cohort*
TOTAL COST =
variable, see below for details
29 Jan – 9 Apr 2023
Optional Extras:
+ 1-month international exposure trip
+ 3-month Pre-GDS ESL program
- Applications Due:
15 January 2023
* for Australian residents or COVID-approved traveler
Our Costs
Learning to Engage in:
- Faith-filled support raising.
- Gracious interdependence.
- Stewarding the resources God has given His global Body.
Core Value: Global Accessibility
We aim to be accessible to all members of our global Pioneers community. This takes into account factors like finances, visas, language, mission practice, demographics and location, and is expressed in our intentional simplicity in food, accommodation, costs, and living together.
Pioneers Discipleship Training Communities “Guiding Principles”
Actual Costs:
Below are the average amounts needed per person to host a Discipleship Training Community.
Your actual DTC costs will be calculated in conversation with your leader and take into account the following:
- Cost of living in your passport country
- Cost of living in your future country of service
- Any personal considerations based on your life circumstances
Average for 3-month Discipleship Training Community
Disciple-making internship program based out of Western Sydney
$AUD
3,150
/person- Health & trip insurance
Rent, food, transport
Training supplies
3 learning excursions
Average for 3-month Discipleship Training Community + 4 week international exposure trip
Church-planting internship in Western Sydney with an international outreach to an Unreached People Group
$AUD
4,650
/person- Visa fees
Health & trip insurance
Rent, food, transport
Training supplies
3 learning excursions
Outreach trip (airfares and all expenses) to an international Unreached People Group