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. Welcome!

    2. Contacting Your Director

    3. How to Navigate This Course

    4. How to Create a Discussion

    5. Discussion: Getting to Know Each Other

    6. Send us a picture

    7. For Families Coming with Children: Preparation

    8. Plan to Bring Clothing Appropriate for Visiting a Place of Worship

    9. Course Introduction and Texts

    10. Course Schedule

    11. CIT Mayor

    12. Due Fri, Dec 20th, First Assignment-- Read the 3D Gospel

    1. Introduction

    2. Due Mon, Dec 23 -- Chapter 1: The Monkey and the Fish

    3. Due Tue, Dec 24 -- Chapter 2: Your Part of God's Story and Chapter 3: Right, Wrong, Different

    4. Due Wed, Dec 25 -- Chapter 4: Culture is Everywhere, and It Sneaks up on You

    5. Due Thu, Dec 26 -- Chapter 5: Culture Shocks

    6. Due Fri, Dec 27 -- Chapter 6: Identifying Expectations

    7. Due Mon, Dec 30 -- Chapter 7: Square Heads and Round Heads

    8. Due Tue, Dec 31 -- Chapters 8-11: Cultural Adjustment Map, Openness, Acceptance, Trust

    9. Due Wed, Jan 1 -- Chapter 12: Skills for Cross-cultural Effectiveness and complete the survey

    10. Due Thu, Jan 2 -- Chapters 13-15, 18

    11. Due Fri, Jan 3 -- Chapter 21: Re-Entry

    1. Orientation: Watch as soon as you arrive to campus.

About this course

  • Free
  • 24 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content