Gap Year Programs

CRU gap year is a 9-month adventure for recent high school graduates to discover more of who God is and who He has created you to be as you travel the world, experience new cultures, and build lasting friendships.

You will travel to multiple locations around the world, coming alongside local Cru teams and partners to reach teenagers. Lives will be transformed as you develop friendships, share your life and take opportunities to share about a relationship with God.

OneLife is a nine-month Christian gap-year program for high school graduates who want to grow in their faith, experience genuine community, serve others, and travel with ministry leaders while earning college credit.

Exciting News!

OneLife is launching OneLife Global Bridge, a new gap-year program specialized around missionary family realities. For more information about the program, review this document.

Join one of OM's REACH/Mission Disciple Training (MDT's) programs. It's an intensive training experience to help you grow as a believer and equip you for a missional life wherever God leads you.

YWAM's Discipleship Training School is a six-month program blending classroom learning, small group activities, personal reflection, practical service, and community living. 

Most often, the training comes in two parts: lecture phase and outreach phase. 

Torchbearers has 25 centers located throughout the world, dedicated to teaching and preaching the saving, indwelling and transforming life of Christ in the believer! 

The Word of Life Bible Institute is a collegiate-level program offering both one and two year options that focus on three core areas: study, life, and ministry. Through biblical studies coursework, discipleship, community, and hands-on ministry opportunities, the Bible Institute is an immersive experience where students deepen their faith and prepare for the future, whether in a career or full-time ministry.