Campus Missions

Description

Students who study Campus Missions at NCU will be trained for vocations as missionaries to American and/or foreign university students. This training has been strategically developed in cooperation with Chi Alpha, the university outreach of the Assemblies of God, in order to provide NCU students with a preparatory program which incorporates the strengths of NCU’s Bible and theology training with the discipleship, leadership development, and visionary/strategic strengths of Chi Alpha.

Graduates in Campus Missions at North Central:

• Will meet the educational requirements for licensing and ordination in the Assemblies of God;
• Will meet the educational requirements for appointment as a Chi Alpha Home Missionary;
• Will have good theological training and Bible knowledge;
• Will have first-hand experience of their mission field—the university campus;
• Will have interacted for up to four years with ministry role models;
• Will have internalized the Chi Alpha philosophy and strategy of ministry;
• Will have been mentored and discipled according to the Chi Alpha strategy with the goal of building character, accountability and maturity;
• Will have gained skills in Bible study, counseling, leadership, evangelism and other pastoral/missionary areas.

Principle Outcomes in the Campus Missions major:

• Good grasp of the philosophy and strategy for reaching the university;
• Substantial hands-on experience in a local campus ministry;
• Significant growth in character, accountability, and maturity as a result of participation in discipleship;
• Well-developed communication skills for preaching, mentoring, counseling and team leadership;
• Creativity with integrity in applying the Pentecostal distinctives to the postmodern culture.

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