“What is the good work to which we are called?” This seminar considers the six defining questions that we need to ask ourselves on our journey to discover the answer to this particular question.
Missions 101
What does it mean to integrate life for Christ’s global purpose as a “world Christian”? Explore practical ways of pursuing God’s purposes, such as going, sending, welcoming, mobilizing, community-building, giving, praying, and learning. This seminar reflects the last lesson in the Perspectives Course.
By learning to focus on unity using John 17 as the plumb line, Catholics and non-Catholics can work together in sharing the gospel with the lost. This seminar will help us focus on the essentials and equip us to share the gospel together.
Our citizenship is in heaven, not a single country. We’ll explore various aspects of living and working cross-culturally, including career, family, and personal dynamics. We’ll cover professional opportunities that people consider when pursuing international placements, and also offer advice about thriving in a cross-cultural setting.
In addition to the gospel, Western missionaries often bring a spectrum of financial, educational, and cultural capital to the mission field, leading to imbalances of power between them and those they have come to serve. We will discuss how missionaries can proactively anticipate this situation and promote local empowerment.
Christians have been praying, studying Scripture, serving, and worshiping for centuries, yet many still run out of energy for the long haul. Why? This seminar will propose three neglected spiritual disciplines that are necessary to fulfill our calling, not in short bursts of energy, but till we finish our race.
The challenges of serving cross-culturally demand that we first take good care of ourselves. What are the essentials of self-care? Discover ways to prepare now before landing on the field, and learn about unique stressors for missionaries as well as the life-giving, transforming truth about Sabbath rest.
Are you wondering if you can fully and freely serve as a single missionary? What are the benefits and challenges as a single person? Can you embrace a desire for marriage while serving unmarried? Do we really even serve single, or are we just called as a single person?
Come and hear how God is bringing together prayer, mission, and research all in the context of Christian community, and how the kingdom of God is breaking through as a result. This “secret formula” is actually centuries old, but has exciting new implications in the Information Age.
If you’ve enjoyed learning God’s story at Urbana 15, come receive training to lead manuscript study back home. You can share your experience in Matthew and pass on to others this dynamic approach to Bible study.