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Course Descriptions

Semester Course Schedule Long-Term Program Dates Short-Term Program Dates Entrance Requirements Course Descriptions

MECR 5/381 Practicum in Ministry - Credit Hours: 3

Semester normally offered: Between Fall and Spring Semesters or After Spring Semester

Course Description

Students are placed in approved ministry settings in Israel and/or the West Bank in order to develop and refine practical skills necessary for leadership in a wide variety of ministries in the Middle East.  Student live and work in the community during their practicum in order to be totally immersed in the target community.

Course Equivalencies

This course fills equivalencies in the following areas:  

  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Christian Ministry
  • Christian Education
  • Cross-Cultural Studies and Education

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

  • confirm God’s leading of the student into cross-cultural, Middle Eastern ministry;
  • identify confirm and develop spiritual gifts;
  • identify skills in communication and leadership and confidently use these skills as needed for work in cross-cultural, Middle Eastern settings;
  • demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the major areas of culture (e.g. language, society, thought, religion); and
  • enumerate some of the challenges of cross-cultural identification and communication.

Field Study