What is STUMP?

Want to be challenged and changed? STUMP is an amazing opportunity for you to live, train and work with the Salvo's for a week and encounter poverty in your city first-hand.

"Some want to live within the sound of church or       chapel bell; 
I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell."               - C.T. Studd

STUMP (Short Term Urban Mission Project) is a week of intense ministry, where you will be serving and doing life with some of Australia's poor and marginalised in our very own backyard – STUMP is currently running in both the inner city of Brisbane and Sydney. 

STUMP is NOT a holiday, church camp or retreat. It exists to give your youth, church, team, class and/or corps groups the chance to encounter Biblical justice and mission first-hand, where Matthew 25:31-40  becomes a reality – not just verses on a page.

Participants will be working amongst some of the City’s most vulnerable and hurting people, as well as serving the local community. Additionally you will receive relevant teaching and training in areas such as homelessness, mental health issues, alcohol and other drug abuse, boundaries and suicide intervention and prevention. 

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about STUMP click here.

For 2012 STUMP dates click here.
To apply for STUMP fill in our Application Form by clicking here.

Watch the video's below to find out what Sydney STUMP looks like in 90 seconds and to hear the stories and experiences of several young adults who took part in our Brisbane STUMP program.

Edify is an initiative of The Salvation Army's Streetlevel Mission

• Booth College
• Streetlevel
• Oasis
• The Salvation Army