COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

A study of the basic principles that should govern missionary relationships with family, churches, pastors, mission agencies, governments, national pastors, and fellow missionaries.

Instruction will be provided on how to plant and develop self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating Baptist churches on the mission field. Discussion will proceed from initial philosophical considerations through practical steps of leadership training and church organization to the relationship between the missionary and the mature indigenous church.

A course designed to help prepare the missionary for the ministry of deputation. In addition to discussing the prospects of deputation ministry, subjects will include preparing for deputation, contacting churches, creating media presentations, dealing with transportation issues, managing deputation finances, writing letters, outfitting for the field, and maintaining relationships with supporting churches.

A practical, hands-on course treating the realities of cross-cultural living and missionary ministry, with the goal of preparing students to become both adaptable and effective within a Biblical context. Subjects will include family issues such as housing, education, and the role of the missionary wife; legal issues such as residency requirements and taxation; and ministry issues such as learning the language, first steps in church planting, and co-laboring with national pastors.

A study of the nature, origin, development, and diversities of various cultures. Special attention is given to the area of ethnocentrism, culture shock, cultural resistance, identification, and cross-cultural communication, in order to prepare students to work in other cultures.

An introduction to language generally and to linguistic principles specifically. A review of basic grammar and syntax, morphology, and phonology will be emphasized.

Instruction will be provided on how to plant and develop self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating Baptist churches on the mission field. Discussion will proceed from initial philosophical considerations through practical steps of leadership training and church organization to the relationship between the missionary and the mature indigenous church.

This course will analyze selected theological problems facing missionaries and will consider Biblical solutions. Special consideration will also be given to the uniqueness of Jesus Christ in a pluralistic world, the eternal destiny of the heathen, Biblical absolutism and cultural relativism, signs and wonders, and charismatic issues.

A study of the most effective means of communicating the teachings of the Bible in another culture. Includes discussions of problems in translation and the challenges of adjustment to the worldview of a foreign culture.

An introduction to language generally and to linguistic principles specifically. A review of basic grammar and syntax, morphology, and phonology will be emphasized.