Because Rainbows of Hope is a ministry of WEC International , all Rainbows of Hope workers are a part of WEC International and receive the same training as other WEC missionaries. Listed here is the usual procedure that WEC follows in selecting and training missionary candidates. For more information, visit the WEC International web site. Each applicant wishing to join WEC is carefully screened by asking them to answer questions regarding their doctrinal position, medical fitness and general attitude. We expect applicants to have already demonstrated a desire to serve God in their local churches.
Contact is made with the applicant's home church as soon as formal enquiry is made.
Once it is clear that the church's leadership is sympathetic and supportive, we seek to involve them in the whole selection process. Once a person has been accepted as a candidate, they spend four months in a candidate orientation course, becoming orientated to service with WEC International and preparation for life overseas. Candidates will make a study of the country they are going to and are involved in the life of the sending base, doing practical work and getting to know how WEC operates. During this period candidates are responsible to the Candidate Director to whom they relate. It is the Candidate Director who provides the sending church and prospective field with information regarding the candidate's progress.