The Intercultural Studies (ICS) major prepares students to effectively serve in international and cross-cultural ministry, marketplace, or mission opportunities.
Objectives:
The ICS major equips students to:
- Know and appreciate biblical teachings on God’s mission to reach the nations through the Church.
- Gain familiarity with how God has accomplished His mission throughout Church history and to be able to apply lessons learned from history to mission today.
- Develop the skills of interpreting culture, relating to people cross-culturally, and learning a foreign language.
- Obtain competence in the process of evangelization, disciple-making, and church planting in diverse religious and cultural contexts around the world.
- Cultivate awareness of contemporary missiological issues, trends, and strategies and the ability to live, survive, and flourish in cross-cultural missional settings in an effort to make disciples of all nations.
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Course requirements and suggested program of study
- Governmental service: various diplomatic positions in various US embassies overseas.
- Military service: chaplaincy in the various branches.
- Church service: mission pastors; ethnic outreach coordinators.
- Mission service: short-term to long-term missionaries in any cross-cultural service anywhere in the world; mission agency office support person; mission mobilizer.
- Business service: entry level positions in non-governmental organizations or transnational corporations; tentmakers/business as mission or any other creative access type of platform overseas; marketing specialists to specific groups.
- Educational service: international TEFL teacher; K-12 TEFL teacher (with ACSI certification); cross-cultural sensitivity consultant in educational environments.
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Mike Barnett Dean of the College of Intercultural Studies B.A., University of Houston; M. Div., Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Read More... |
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David G. Cashin Professor of Intercultural Studies B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; M.A., Ph.D., Stockholm University, Sweden Read More... |
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Joe LeTexier TEFL Minor Program Coordinator B.A., Crown College; M.A., M.Div. Columbia International University Read More... |
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Christopher Little Professor of Intercultural Studies B.S., University of Southern California; M.Div., Talbot Theological Seminary; Th.M., Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary Read More... |
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Ed Smither Professor of Intercultural Studies B.A., North Carolina State; M.A., Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary; M.Div., Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Wales; Ph.D., University of Pretoria Read More... |
