Spain: Followers of the Way

Did You Know?
The Camino del Norte, one of the historic pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela, runs directly along the Basque coast through towns like Bermeo and Mundaka. Long before it was called “Christianity,” the earliest followers of Jesus were simply known as followers of “the Way” (Acts 9:2) — a name this ancient walking path still carries today, more than a thousand years later.

Followers of the Way
Long before Christians were called Christians, the earliest believers were simply known as followers of “the Way” (Acts 9:2). Centuries later, another Way took shape across Spain — the Camino de Santiago, walked today by hundreds of thousands of modern pilgrims each year, many along the very Basque coastline this itinerary follows. Scripture instructs us: “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2). Your team will serve as hospitaleros — volunteer hosts — at a pilgrim albergue along the Camino del Norte, welcoming tired walkers with a meal, a bed, and genuine care, no matter their reason for walking. Students who serve in Spain come home changed — not because they walked the whole Camino themselves, but because they discovered what it means to welcome someone else's journey as if it were sacred, because it is.

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Cross-Cultural Ministry • Daily Devotions • Pilgrim Hospitality Ministry • Camino de Santiago Tradition • Basque Culture & History • 1 Week of Hands-On Service