Missionary candidates today need training for many tasks. The missiology graduate must be able to serve in a variety of jobs to which missionaries are frequently assigned. The missiology curriculum focuses the students learning on such studies as history of missions, missionary principles and practices, cultural awareness and communication, church planting, mission strategy, world religions, cults, language, and other disciplines. This curriculum is arranged and taught so as to give the prospective missionary an insight into the task of world evangelism both theoretically and practically. The missiology major will also receive a solid foundation in biblical, theological and general studies.
Many students plan to use a vocation as a means for entering a foreign country to do mission work.
Because of the specialized needs of missions today, each student selects a specific area of professional preparation in which to earn a minor. Students may select a vocational concentration from any of the majors or minors offered by the college which best suits their needs and talents. Transfer students who have already completed a minor or hold a professional degree may transfer in this requirement. Credits earned in a vocational area from an accredited college may also be accepted in transfer to fulfill the professional concentration. The chairperson of Programs in Missions will assist each missions major in the selection of the area of professional concentration and the specific courses best designed to enable the student to realize his or her objectives.