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What is a Cross-Cultural Ministry Experience?
What It Looks Like
During your two semesters of Mentored Ministry (MMin):
- you will set personal growth goals,
- you are connected to a mentor who will help hold you accountable to your goals,
- you’ll meet each week with a campus Reflection Group and faculty facilitator,
- and you’ll do hands-on work in a ministry setting—integrating your studies into your ministry and life.
We are training your Mentors (formerly known as Supervisors) to do more than manage your work and check off forms (like Notary Publics). They are trained to guide you and help you put the pieces together as you reflect theologically in your ministry setting.
During your MM601 semester you will:
- work within the walls of a local church,
- get exposed to the many areas of ministry in the church,
- Set 3 or 4 goals for yourself: 1. A personal spiritual area, 2) a family relationship area, 3) and 4) ministry areas where you need to grow,
During your MM602 you’ll be “pushed” outside the walls of the local congregation into the parish-world, to extend the local ministry into a cross-cultural setting. Yes, you’ll stay with the same mentor and meet with a campus Reflection Group but the real thrill comes as you gather several of your parishioners with you and launch into ministry.
This is like no other seminary class. Since this is a hands-on ministry lab you will work well beyond the 2-credit hours you would expect in a normal 2-credit class.