Title

HIGHER EDUCATION AS MISSION

School/Department

Cook School of Intercultural Studies

Publication Date

Summer 2017

Abstract

While missiologists have been paying attention to business as mission, few have studied the value of securing teaching positions in foreign secular universities as a missionary method. This article bases “Higher Education as Mission” on the Apostle Paul’s four-fold taxonomy for reaching the educated and uneducated at home and abroad. Teaching in universities can be a legitimate platform for gaining an entry point in restricted access countries. More than that, as Christian scholars pursue excellence in their own academic fields, they can model to the future elites of societies what it means to follow Jesus in every aspect of our lives.

Keywords

Paul, the Apostle, Saint -- Theology -- Missions; Education, Higher; Missions -- Educational work

Publication Title

Great Commission Research Journal

Volume

9

Issue

1

First Page

71

Last Page

80

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