What you'll learn

The Equipping course is more than just a class that will download information to you — it's a community that will help you grow and thrive before and after you arrive at your new location.

  • Learn principles of cross-cultural communication, including how shame, fear, and guilt-based cultures affect the understanding and presentation of the gospel.

  • Identify characteristics of ineffective and effective teams, and how to organize, communicate, and cooperate with others toward a shared goal.

  • Discover aspects of your own personality, beliefs, and worldview in order to more effectively share the gospel at a true heart level.

Course curriculum

    1. Equipping Cover

    2. Equipping Orientation Video (watch before Monday)

    1. 4 Week Overview

    1. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 1

    2. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 1

    3. Guidelines for Life Mapping Activity

    4. Due Tuesday: Action Step Worksheet

    5. Memorize Before Tuesday: 2 Corinthians 4:1-3 (HOS)

    6. For Tuesday Night: Complete the Culture Test

    7. For Tuesday Night: Report Culture Test Results

    8. Read by Wednesday: Read "Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism"

    9. Read by Wednesday: "Ugly Americans or Ambassadors of Christ"

    10. Review by Wednesday: "Cross-Cultural Connections"

    11. Read by Wednesday: "HOS Foundational Concepts"

    12. Read by Thursday: "Do Missionaries Destroy Cultures?"

    13. Review by Thursday: "Cross-Cultural Connections"

    14. Due Thursday: Fruit to Root (HOS)

    15. Start Thursday: Complete "Personal View of Culture" Reflection Paper

    16. Watch before Friday: Participant Observation

    17. Due Friday: Value Cards

    18. Read by Friday: "Know Your Own Culture:"

    19. Review by Friday: "Cross-Cultural Connections"

    20. Complete by Friday: "Proud Hearts and Humble Hearts" worksheet

    21. Start Friday: Weekend Assignment: Participant Observations

    22. Start Friday: Complete the Book of Ephesians Assignment

    1. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 2

    2. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 2

    3. Read by Monday: "My Father’s Shirt" (Righteousness of God)

    4. Memorize by Tuesday: 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 (HOS)

    5. Start Tuesday: "Spiritual Warfare" Reflection Paper

    6. Watch before Wednesday : Honor and Shame

    7. Review by Wednesday: "The 3D Gospel"

    8. Read by Wednesday: "The Holiness of God"

    9. Complete before Thursday: What is Truth? (Essential & Negotiable) Exercise

    10. Read by Thursday:"Are Tattoos Worse than Adultery?" + more

    11. Read by Thursday:"Change the Worldview, Change the World

    12. Read by Friday: Building Bridges

    13. Tips for your weekend worship visits

    14. Start Friday: "Worship Service" Reflection Paper

    15. Start Friday: "International Conversations" Reflection Paper

    1. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 3

    2. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 3

    3. Read by Monday: Antioch vs Athens

    4. Read by Monday: "The W-Spectrum"

    5. Due Monday: Worship Service Survey

    6. Read by Monday: "Dignity & Depravity: The Problem with Wounds"

    7. Complete by Monday: "Sons, Daughters, or Orphans" Exercise

    8. Memorize before Tuesday: 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 (HOS)

    9. Read by Tuesday: "Preparing Missionary Couples for Cultural Stress" (Optional for singles)

    10. Read by Wednesday: "Understanding Our Adoption"

    11. Read by Wednesday: 2 family matter articles (for everyone)

    12. Read by Wednesday: Education Pros and Cons (only for those with children)

    13. Read by Thursday: "Effective Followership - The Overlooked Role"

    14. Read by Thursday: "The Heart of Addiction"

    15. Read by Friday: Read "Idolatry: Its Nature and Effects"

    16. Complete by Friday: "The Idolatry Worksheet"

    1. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 4

    2. Download by Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 4

    3. Read by Monday: "Repentence - Wordly Sorrow vs Godly Sorrow"

    4. Memorize Before Tuesday: 2 Corinthians 4:10-12 (HOS)

    5. Review by Thursday: "Cross-Cultural Connections"

    6. Read by Thursday: "Culture Shock!"

    7. Review by Thursday: "Cross-Cultural Connections"

About this course

  • Free
  • 66 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content