From September to December, you will serve in an ethnic-specific church ministry, mentored by caring leaders. You will be exposed to another language and minister in another culture. You will participate in modular classes, facilitated by Missionary practitioners, who come directly from fields of cross-cultural ministry to share from their personal experience. You will grow in Christ-likeness through regularly scheduled spiritual formation sessions.

From January to April, you will serve overseas in another culture, mentored by caring Missionaries. You will experience - first-hand, what it is like to cross geographic, linguistic and cultural barriers to carry God’s love to another tribe, tongue and nation.

Consortium: A cooperative group of Assemblies (Churches), Mission Agencies and Academies (Bible Colleges) formed to undertake an enterprise or joint venture beyond the resources of any one member.

Assemblies/Churches: Evangelical churches that provide a context for cross-cultural Practica or program support of CT.

Academies/Bible Colleges: Evangelical Bible Colleges, Institutes or Seminaries that provide academic credit for CT Modular Courses, Practica and Internships.

Mission Agencies: Evangelical mission agencies that provide Modular Facilitators, cross-cultural or aboriginal Internships, and other forms of support to CT.

Facilitate equipping for cross-cultural ministry: The objective of CT is to equip individuals for purposeful and effective cross-cultural ministry.

Personalized: Mentorship, Practicum placement and Internship placement takes into consideration the calling, character, and competency of each CT participant.

Experiential: Though CT encourages academic stewardship; its primary focus is on experiential ministry opportunities in both local ethnic-specific church settings and overseas or aboriginal cross-cultural settings.

Character Focused: CT seeks to develop and enhance Christ-like character in the lives of each participant.

Mentor-based: CT seeks to foster a meaningful relationship between students and mentors. Mentors include pastors, missionaries, and CT facilitators. Mentors are encouragers, willing to walk along side a student as a teacher, listener and friend. They will share their life, failures and successes with the learner. CT seeks to expose participants to numerous godly practitioners for mentoring purposes. A unique feature of CT is the friendships forged with many globally engaged individuals who embrace God’s passion for the nations, worldwide.

Church centered: It is the conviction of CT that missions starts with a church and ends/results in a church. CT seeks to engage the Participant’s sending/supporting church in the setting apart, sending and supporting of worthy candidates. CT Participants are immersed and serve in ethnic-specific churches in an urban setting in preparation for cross-cultural ministry in an overseas or aboriginal setting. CT partners with Ethnic-Specific Churches who are willing to “adopt” a student and provide opportunities to serve, learn and grow together and with Support Churches who provide facility, financial and people resources, partnering in global ministry endeavors.

Experiential: CT provides experiential opportunities to equip for cross-cultural ministry in both local ethnic-specific church  settings and overseas or aboriginal cross-cultural settings.

Spiritual development: CT places a high value on personal spiritual development. Participants will meet regularly to interact on issues of spiritual health and maturity.

Academic stewardship: CT students are expected to be wise stewards of their mental capacities by engaging fully in the academic requirements associated with their Modular Courses, Practica, Internships, and Spiritual Formation sessions.

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