TAKE YOUR DEGREE OVERSEAS

All over the world countries are closing their doors to missionaries from the West. Most of these same countries, however, are eager for Westerners to come and help their people, build their infrastructure, and develop their human potential. Your major can be the key to mission. Whether you are studying computer information systems, nursing, counseling, elementary education, or business, your professional degree can enable you to access countries that are closed to traditional missionaries. A job overseas can put you in contact with people who have never met a Christian before, and allows them to see the Christ through you.

YOU NEED CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING

Crossing geographical boundaries is easy. Crossing cultures successfully is quite difficult. How do you learn a foreign language? How do you make friendships with people whose perspective of the world is vastly different than your own? How do you as an outsider communicate Christ in a way that is embraced instead of rejected? If you are to be successful in cross-cultural living and communicating, you must have training. The Intercultural Studies program at Emmaus specializes in this training, and has packed it into the Missions Certificate.

INTRODUCING THE MISSIONS CERTIFICATE

The Missions Certificate is equips you to take your professional skills abroad. This certificate can be completed alongside any Associate's or Bachelor's degree at Emmaus Bible College. As you work through completing your degree, you will add 6 strategic ICS courses, along with an amazing internship that gives you the opportunity to integrate the theory into a real-life experience abroad.

COMPLETING THE MISSIONS CERTIFICATE

You can add the Missions Certificate without extending your stay at Emmaus. Most majors and associate degrees at Emmaus can seamlessly add the Missions Certificate, by taking advantage of electives built into your program. Here's a sample of several planners, showing how the certificate can integrate into your major.

Business

ESL Education

Bible

CIS

Counseling

Dental Assistant

I WANT THE MISSIONS CERTIFICATE

SIGN ME UP!

Ready to add the ICS Missions Certificate to your degree? Simply click the button below to fill out the online Declaration of Intent form.

Sign me up!

We also suggest...

Download the Missions Certificate planner and review the course requirements
Talk to your advisor about integrating the Missions Certificate with your major
Contact Aaron Campbell for more information

WHERE CAN I DO MY INTERNSHIP?

Interns have gone all over the world, to every continent. Your ICS advisor will help you find a customized internship that fits with your passions and your major in a strategic cross-cultural setting.

FAQ

Will I have to add an extra semester?

Nope! Not in most cases.* Most Bachelor's degrees at Emmaus include 3 or 4 electives. Use these to complete courses in your Missions Certificate. The remaining classes can be added to a lean semester. Complete your internship in the summer, and you'll achieve the Missions Certificate without taking any extra time to graduate.

* Let's be honest, if you're in a program like Elementary Ed, you'll probably don't have room for electives. You may need an extra semester to complete your degree with the added Missions Certificate. But you can choose to take your student teaching overseas to fulfill the internship, and you would find the cross-cultural training invaluable in many teaching settings, in the US or abroad!

My major has an internship. Will I be duplicating internships?

There's good news! A strategic, well-placed internship can fulfill the outcomes of both internships during the same 6-week trip abroad.

I want the Certificate. What do I do?

Click on the button "Sign me up!" above and fill out the form. Then talk to your advisor about integrating the Missions Certificate into your major.

I've signed up. What class should I take next, and when?

Meet with your advisor or with the ICS professor (Aaron Campbell) to decide what class to add next.

I have a question about the certificate.

Email Aaron Campbell for more information or to schedule an appointment to meet and chat.

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