A. Prospective MK teachers who have degrees in subjects that do not have counterparts in schools may still pursue becoming an MK teacher. However, they may have to rely on minor fields or general education courses to form the basis for a subject to teach. We...
(Debating whether or not teaching MKs is real missionary service? Yes it is!) Just where do these teachers teach? Some in "regular" schools and some in nontraditional situations. It is absolutely incredible that you are even thinking about becoming a missionary, let alone a teacher of missionary children (MKs). This is...
Project EdSend for College Students Who Want Assistance With Their Monthly Education Loan Repayment Debt and Missions A Missional Perspective on College Debt Sabrina Wong College Debt and Missions Taken from: https://urbana.org/go-and-do/missional-life/debt-and-missions [Please read a new, important newsletter about teaching MKs] Missionary statesman Ralph Winter writes in his classic essay, Re-consecration to a...
A. Typically you need a college degree (and a teaching credential/licence) to become a teacher of missionary children. There are circumstances, however, in which a school for children of missionaries is short of teachers and may recruit individuals who do not have a degree (or...
Co-op schools are initiated by parents getting together and teaching all the children. It may be an outgrowth of several families living close by and home schooling their own children. Parents may then develop a co-op situation where several parents team to teach the children....
Ravine Strategic Learning Center is a learning center in Mbeya, a small town in South Western Tanzania. Our Wycliffe Bible Translators team is comprised of about 15 units (families, couples, and singles) working in a cluster project to translate the Bible into thirteen local languages. Please contact Marie Christianson for...
Thom Votaw "Thom, there is no team!" "I heard an incredible challenge, from an unknown person, that would affect in a small way the taking of the Word of God to the four corners of the earth." I looked around to see who Bob was talking to, only...
Thom Votaw When I was a student at John Brown University in the 1960s we had a variety of speakers come to campus. Most were polished and eloquent speakers; one was not, so we were told. "This Mr. Frank of Frankohma Pottery in Oklahoma has given the...
Ryan Murphy, Teacher, Rift Valley Academy, Kenya and Member, Teachers In Service, Inc. From time to time, I’ll get emails from former students or youth group members—some of whom are now graduated from college…man, I’m getting old—mentioning that they are “interested” in missions. I tell them that’s...
Samuel and Hanna Kingsbury, teachers, Rift Valley Academy, Kenya It finds expression in many places. In a steaming cup of perfectly spiced chai. In the pristine twinkling of stars in the inky blackness high above. In precious laughter and the familiar faces of students around the dinner table. In the...