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✔️ 40-hour weekend retreat in Mishawaka, Indiana (more locations TBD)

✔️ connect with current Christian Ministry major students

✔️ breakout sessions with Bethel faculty

✔️ Q&A with local Missionary Church pastors

✔️personal time for study and reflection

✔️ connect with peers who are exploring ministry

✔️ stay on Bethel’s campus (Indiana experience)

✔️ teaching and conversation to help you explore your call

✔️ resources and support to help you pursue your call

next weekend retreat: November 6-8, 2026

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  • Explore the Call is designed for high school students (specifically current sophomores, juniors, and seniors) that sense some sort of calling to ministry.

  • Our team is planning Explore the Call weekend retreats for 2026 - dates coming soon!

  • Each weekend retreat and experience is limited in size to students who: have sensed a call to ministry, filled out an application, and have completed a Pastoral Endorsement form.

  • The Missionary Church and Bethel University have worked together to make this FREE - it is our desire to invest in young leaders!

  • It depends which retreat you are attending and when that retreat is happening! We recommend getting an application filled out as soon as possible so at the very least we can help you begin to explore that call at home!