What perspective should I take towards missions training?
What types of training should I consider?
Can I become a missionary if I don’t want to learn another language?
» more related questionsQ: Should I get a secular degree to get into a closed country?
A: A Christian university may know how to help.
I am in a Muslim majority country and went to a Christian university. I'm thankful for the Bible-based general education classes that helped me integrate my training in social work.
Many universities will work with you and can creatively rename your major (or sometimes the college name) on paperwork. Talk with the executives at your college and see what possibilities they are willing to offer you.
Many universities will work with you and can creatively rename your major (or sometimes the college name) on paperwork. Talk with the executives at your college and see what possibilities they are willing to offer you.
A: Get a secular degree from a Christian or a public university.
You asked if you should have a secular degree in order to work in a closed country. That really depends on what you want to do. Are you interested in engineering, computers, teaching English, entrepreneural work, medicine, or what? If you are thinking of overt church planting, no degree from any university will cover that. If you are thinking of covert witnessing and church planting, then almost any degree that equips you for the "job" will get you into the country.
If you are truly interested in a Christian education, there are some schools like Columbia International University or Liberty University or Regent University that offer a degree with a diploma that does not mention the words "Bible" or "Christian" or "Jesus." These may well offer excellent training in both a degree that will help you get into a country, and yet give you excellent Biblical and spiritual training at the same time.
If you are simply along the secular university route, a number of agencies will require you to get a year of Bible training somewhere. Again, there are many options for this that would not jeopardize entry into a "closed" country. If you did your training at a secular university, what a great place to begin your personal ministry! You could affiliate with groups like Inter-Varsity or Campus Crusade or others. It would not meet the probable Bible requirement, but the experience would be wonderful.
If you are truly interested in a Christian education, there are some schools like Columbia International University or Liberty University or Regent University that offer a degree with a diploma that does not mention the words "Bible" or "Christian" or "Jesus." These may well offer excellent training in both a degree that will help you get into a country, and yet give you excellent Biblical and spiritual training at the same time.
If you are simply along the secular university route, a number of agencies will require you to get a year of Bible training somewhere. Again, there are many options for this that would not jeopardize entry into a "closed" country. If you did your training at a secular university, what a great place to begin your personal ministry! You could affiliate with groups like Inter-Varsity or Campus Crusade or others. It would not meet the probable Bible requirement, but the experience would be wonderful.
