Mission Year, Atlanta, Georgia

These are our values and how we encourage our team members to live these out: RELATIONSHIPS: Building deep relationships based on trust and respect with your neighbors, seeking practical ways to show Christian love. COMMUNITY LIVING: Sharing life in community with a supportive team of other Christians in an urban neighborhood. COMMUNITY SERVICE: Volunteering 25-30 hours a week at a social service agency that's providing vital resources to the poor. DISCIPLESHIP: Drawing close to God by spending time deepening your own walk with Christ and developing spiritual disciplines. CHURCH PARTNERSHIP: Supporting God's work in the city by partnering with a dynamic local church that's engaging the community. SOCIAL JUSTICE: Seeking justice by learning to identify disparities in power and working creatively to bring resolution. SIMPLICITY: Living life without excess to better care for your neighbors and the environment around you.

Mission Statement: Mission Year is a radical program focused on empowering Christian young people (single or married) to live out the simplest and most important commandment of Jesus: "Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor as yourself." By living and working for a year in a low-income, urban neighborhood, partnering with a local church, volunteering at a social service agency, and spending time with neighbors, our Mission Year team members effectively impact their communities while catching a deeper vision for what the Kingdom of God is like.