How would you like to do ministry today in the shadow of a godly leader who was burned at the stake 600 years ago?
 
In the early spring of 1415 the Bohemian scholar and campus pastor of the University of Prague was burned alive at the stake by the religious leaders because he believed that salvation was found through faith, not works, and that the doctrine of the Church should be based upon Scripture alone.
 
Over a hundred years after John Huss was martyred, his teachings began to spread across Europe through the work of Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli. During this time a small group of Bohemian twenty-somethings gathered in Hernhut, Germany, to escape the persecution.
 
It was in the fall of 1727 that a group of 48 men and women gathered together to pray in a small chapel in Hernhut, on the estate of the wealthy German reformer, Count Zinzendorf. They started praying that night and the Holy Spirit showed up. They came to be known as the Moravians, and they carried on their newly founded 24-hour prayer movement for over 100 years without ceasing.
 
God poured out an unbelievable zeal for reaching the world with his message to the point that during this time, groups of Moravians, empowered by the Spirit, would sell themselves into slavery in order to travel to the far reaches of the world to share the Gospel.
 
Ironically, today a statue of John Huss sits in the heart of Prague, Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is the center of a continent where much of the Gospel has been forgotten. However, just a few miles from where that statue stands there is a church being started by a Teen Challenge center, reaching the lost and searching.
 
This summer 3 college students went as Teen Challenge Global Interns to spend three months with Teen Challenge Czech Republic. During this time they served in various capacities at the Teen Challenge center, from helping to prepare dinner to leading small group sessions with the students. They also reached out to people living in abandoned train stations and subway tunnels, providing them with food, water, and blankets for the cold evenings. The students also ministered in the Teen Challenge church and served with the Children's ministry near downtown Prague.
 
Today, more than ever, we need young people with the zeal of John Huss and the Moravians. The fact is, just like the young Moravians dedicated themselves to the mission of sharing the Gospel, the future of Teen Challenge rests in the hands of the next generation experiencing the mission first hand and being mentored by the directors and workers in the field now. This is our investment.

If you are interested in going on an internship or investing in the future of Teen Challenge by hosting an intern please contact the TC Global Internship office at: (706) 596-8731 or gi@teenchallengeusa.com .