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. Discussion: Getting to Know Each Other

    4. Add a Picture to Your Profile

    5. For Families Coming with Children: Preparation

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

    7. Course Texts

    8. Read the 3D Gospel and Complete the Culture Test

    9. Report Culture Test Results

    1. Course Introduction

    2. How to Navigate This Course

    3. How to Create a Discussion

    4. Course Schedule

    5. CIT Mayor

    1. Introduction:

    2. Reading 1: The Monkey and the Fish

    3. Reading 2: Part of God's Story

    4. Reading 3: Right, Wrong, Different.

    5. Reading 4: Culture is Everywhere, and It Sneaks up on You

    6. Reading 5: Culture Shocks

    7. Reading 6: Identifying Expectations

    8. Reading 7: Square Heads and Round Heads

    9. Reading 8: Culture Adjustment Map

    10. Reading 9: Openness

    11. Reading 10: Acceptance

    12. Reading 11: Trust

    13. Read chapter 12: Skills for Cross-cultural Effectiveness and complete the survey

    14. Read Chapter 13: Time and Event and complete the scale

    15. Read Chapter 14: Task and Relationship

    16. Read Chapter 15: Individualism and Collectivism

    17. Read Chapter 18: Achieved Status and Ascribed Status

    18. Reading 17: Re-Entry

    1. Introduction

    2. Due Monday: Read Journey With Me: The Theology of Spirituality

    3. Due Tuesday: Read Journey With Me: The Word of God

    4. Due Wednesday: Read Journey With Me: Our Prayer Life

    5. Due Thursday: Read Journey With Me: Reflection

    6. Due Friday: Read Journey With Me: Sabbath and Retreat

About this course

  • Free
  • 38 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content