BA-MIS
B.A. Missions and Intercultural Studies
Department of Missions and Christian Education · 4 years · 53 courses · 100% online
About this programme
There are still communities within a day's drive of most Nigerian cities where no church has taken root, and the reasons are rarely about distance. They are about language, custom, suspicion and history. Many willing missionaries arrive with a message they have not learned how to carry across a cultural boundary, and they come home discouraged.
Building on the Academy's common core of Bible, doctrine, interpretation and church history, this degree is about crossing cultural boundaries. Its central discipline is anthropological: you learn to read a community's language, customs and history before speaking into it, and to weigh a message by how it will be heard rather than how it was meant. Mission history supplies the evidence, and because many closed places admit no missionaries, supporting yourself by honest trade is studied as seriously as the theology.
You will finish able to enter an unfamiliar community, learn it before you speak, support yourself honourably and plant something that outlasts your stay. Imagine arriving already knowing what to look for. If a particular people has stayed on your mind, this is the training that takes you to them. Apply, and start preparing.
53 courses across 8 semesters, about 4 years of study.
Who it is for
Pastors, church workers and first-time students who want a full undergraduate education in ministry. No previous theological training is assumed; the first year begins at the beginning.
What you will be able to do
Preach and teach responsibly, handle Scripture with care, lead a congregation or ministry, and continue to postgraduate study if you choose.
How you will study
Every course here runs the same way, so you always know where you are.
- Six study modules a course, each with a handout you can read on screen or download.
- Video and audio of the same teaching, for studying while you travel or work.
- A short refresher quiz to open each course. It is not scored, and you may retake it.
- Two tests along the way, then a final examination. The pass mark is 50%.
- Results appear as soon as you submit.
Study is entirely online and at your own pace. Everything works on a phone, and handouts can be downloaded to read without data.
Entry requirements
Open to school leavers and to mature students. No previous theological training is required. You must be at least 14 years old.
Fees
Your fees are set out in the admission letter issued to you.
What you will study
53 courses across 8 semesters, drawn from these areas.
- Department of Biblical Studies
- Department of General Studies
- Department of Missions and Christian Education
- Department of Pastoral Ministry
- Department of Theology
The full course schedule is issued when you are admitted.