Upcoming Cohorts
(average cost/participant – see below for how we determine your training cost)
Optional Program:
+ 8-week Discipleship Training Community (for exploring missions as a vocation)
- Applications Due:
- 26 April 2022 (non-UK citizens)
- 26 May 2022 (UK citizens)
* in response to Australia’s continued closed borders, we will host GDS in London this year
(average cost/participant – see below for how we determine your training cost)
Optional Extras:
+ 1-month international exposure trip
- Applications Due:
19 January 2023
* for Australian residents or COVID-approved travelers
Optional Extras:
+ Online, immersive Bible program
+ Pioneers Online Security Training
- Applications Due:
15 June 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
- Rent, food, transport
Training supplies
Learning excursions
- Health & trip insurance
Rent, food, transport
Training supplies
Learning excursions