Learn practical, cross—cultural ministry skills in our first-year courses. Connect with missionaries for one-on-one mentorships and take advantage of our short-term trips to get a firsthand look at ministries around the world.
Classes
for the 2022 – 2023 academic year
10
months
21
classes
5
electives
1
mission
Our Program Pillars
Theological
Cross-Cultural
Each of our courses are biblically based. Our optional second year program includes courses in either Theology or Bible — so you can dig deep into God’s word, and be “equipped for every good work.”
Practical
Learn outside the classroom with hands-on service opportunities, including youth ministry, community outreaches, gardening and farming projects, and Christian camps and retreats.
2022-2023 Program of Studies
Classes will be held two evenings per week and will be available via direct streaming online for those who cannot participate onsite.
Who are we as missionaries?
- Orientation to GIA
- Intro to Liebenzell Mission of USA
- Spiritual formation
- Spiritual disciplines
- Discovery and use of spiritual gifts
What is missions work?
- Introduction to missions
- Missions in the book of Acts
- Apologetics and world religions
- Cross-cultural communications
How to do missions work?
- Cross-cultural servanthood
- Cross-cultural leadership dynamics
- Cross-cultural conflicts
- Relational ministry
Tools for missions work
- Cross-cultural evangelism
- Anthropology/Gospel in 3 dimensions
- Inductive Bible study methods
Getting ready for missions work
- Calling and Fundraising
- Spiritual warfare
- Teamwork
- Field strategy
- Wrap up and orientation to internship
At the end of your program, you will embark on a 6-8 week long field internship. This is a chance for you to put your studies and skills to practice in real-world ministry, in a different cultural context than the one you’re familiar with.
We’ll match you to a location where Liebenzell USA missionaries already serve, so you can receive mentorship while contributing to existing minstries.
[/accordion_son][/accordion_father]Weekend Electives
(one per term depending on student interest)
- Christian counseling for ministry
- Liebenzell missionary biographies
- Language learning skills
- Singles, marriage, family
- Children/Youth ministry
- Creative access strategies
- Body and soul care
- Basic life skills
- Ancestor worship and animism
- Social media and ministry
"You don’t have to be a perfect person to be a missionary.
God can use you. Keep following Him, trust Him, and allow Him to work through you.”
— KEVIN & KATHY BRUCE
Missionaries to Ecuador