Students and Practitioners
Local and overseas mission
Upcoming trips you may be interested in...
- 10/03/2026 to 10/10/2026 Ecuador
- 12/12/2026 to 12/19/2026 Guatemala
- 03/13/2027 to 03/20/2027 Dominican Republic
- 06/01/2027 to 06/15/2026 Kenya
Local Outreaches
- 08/15/2026 Ledge Rock Mission Baptist Church Holton Career & Resource Center, Durham
- 09/12/2026 Davies Street Presbyterian Church Raleigh
- 04/03/2027 Roberts Park Community Center Raleigh
Please contact Dr. Joe Cacioppo if you are interested. All trips are medical and some can include dental.
Missions is where we live. Every day should be seen as a ministry to others, not just a job. But for most of us, we work in environments where our clientele is very narrow. We are doing great ministry to a slice of our communities, but what about the rest? Those without means, those living in the shadows, those who live outside of our borders, they need help too. The reality is that if you are in healthcare, you are among some of the best educated, most skilled people in the world. You have a unique knowledge base with specialized skills that are lacking in many communities.
Sometimes God calls us to take some time each week or month to serve locally. Sometimes He calls us around the world for a week or two. But there are some of you reading this that God is calling to a total change in your vocational trajectory. He is calling you to a life of missions, whether that is in the inner city, in a rural community or in another country, God is telling you to go.
We believe that the responsibility of all Christians leads us to serve those who don’t pay, can’t say thanks, or seem to have caused their own problems. Jesus says clearly again and again that our heart should be to serve the widows, orphans, the poor, those in prison, the homeless, and yes, even our enemies.
Let us help you find opportunities to serve in this way. Maybe it’s with Samaritan Health in Durham or NeighborHealth in Raleigh. Or maybe it’s with a mobile clinic serving immigrant worker camps.
Would you like to spend a week or two in direct medical missions? TCMDA has several opportunities coming up and we’d love to have you. Not seeing something that fits, check out Global Health Outreach for many more opportunities. Do you have a trip you’d like to lead with local students and professionals?
TCMDA is committed to being involved in local, regional and global missions. We partner with other organizations and churches to lead and support in any way we can. If you are planning a medical mission trip and would like to know more, please contact us.
Dr. Joe Cacioppo and his wife Kimberly lead International Christian Resources, ICR, which does missions down the street and around the globe. We also work locally with Grace Resources to do local medical and dental outreach.
In addition, Global Health Outreach, CMDA's mission arm, does many trips around the globe every year. They have scholarships for first time student missionaries as well.
International Christian Resources
Dr. Joe and Kimberly Cacioppo lead this ministry that has served all over the US and around the world. Places like Sierra Leonne, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala and more have all been blessed by practitioners and students through ICR. There are always new opportunities, so contect them if you are looking to plug in!
Located out of Fuquay Varina, North Carolina
https://www.icrmissions.org/
Office: 984.225.2051
Cell: 540.558.8530
Email
drjoe@icrmissions.org
kcacioppo@icrmissions.org
icrmission@gmail.com
Grace Resources Ministry
GRM has been serving in the Triangle for almost a decade. Focused on healthcare education, they utilize live and online opportunities to help the community live healthier, more hopeful live. Check out their site and get involved!
https://www.graceresourceministries.org/
info@graceresourceministries.org
Global Health Outreach
GHO is the missions sister of CMDA, having grown out of CMDA's long time commitment to providing healthcare and education in the name of Jesus around the world.
Take some time to explore their opportunities, or contact them to help you put together a trip to where the Lord is calling you.
Who is Global Health Outreach?
Global Health Outreach is a short-term international missions ministry of CMDA. We are dedicated to providing healthcare while spreading the gospel by sending medical, dental and surgical teams around the world.
What Do We Do?
Each year, we send 40 to 50 mission teams to various areas, including Central America, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Through these trips, we disciple participants, grow national churches, pray with each patient and share the gospel as well as provide care to the poor and needy.
We have a developed patient safety plan, and we focus on utilizing best practices and ethics on our short-term mission trips. We often include additional ministries on our trips, such as public health training, water filter distribution, pastor training and marriage enrichment programs.
https://cmda.org/global-health-outreach/
UNC Dental School Trips
For the past several years, the Dental CMDA group has served once or twice a year in Jamaica at a local clinic. If you would like to serve as a student or as a practitioner, please contact us. We need dentists, hygenists and dental assistants on every trip. We usually go in the summer and sometimes after Christmas.
email : corey.whittaker@cmda.org or Dr. John Hooker, jwhooker0831@gmail.com