Our program will prepare you to make a global impact as you pursue your vocational calling. Interactive and practical training will equip you with the intercultural skills necessary to succeed in ministry or the marketplace.
Study the nuances of working and communicating cross-culturally, as well as foreign languages and best practices in modern missions. Our flexible program also allows you to choose from among a variety of elective courses.
Refine your Christian worldview as you discover a path that integrates service and ministry.
Majors: Pursue a career in international missions or in the marketplace with an emphasis on global interaction.
Minors: Gain a foundational understanding of the importance of cross-cultural relationships and connections.
Concentrations: Enhance your vocational calling by acquiring valuable intercultural relations skills.
Director’s Note: Dr. Jane Williams
I am excited to begin my new role as Evangel’s Intercultural Studies & Global Connections Director this fall. I have served with my husband Jason Williams as AGWM global
workers in Northern Asia and Philippines for 20 years. My journey of faith is a true testament of God’s redemptive love. I grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil until the age of thirteen attending Catholic schools but coming home to a Buddhist family. Even while I was lost, God was already preparing me to be His vessel in a global setting. In 1988, my family moved to Los Angeles, and I was invited to a small Pentecostal church in CA. I was the first person in my entire family to become a Christian. At the age of 16, I was filled with the Holy Spirit, and my passion for Christ and burden for the lost grew. When I was a sophomore at UCLA studying Biology, I heard God call me to full-time missions, and I surrendered my life to His Call. I received my Masters of Education at UCLA in 1999 and also my Masters of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary in 2002 while serving as a youth pastor. In August of 2002, I went to the mission field as a single woman sent by the Southern California District. While serving on the field, I met my husband Jason who was sent from the Alabama District; we taught at the same university reaching university students and served on the same team in Northern Asia. Now, we have been married for 16 years and have two amazing children Isaac (12) and Elizabeth (11). And I am currently pursuing my PhD in Intercultural Education at Biola University. We have spent the last twenty years reaching, teaching, equipping and training students and workers from all over world. We were 8 years in Northern Asia teaching and reaching students on the university campus, helping to start a BAM, and doing orphanage outreach. Then we spent the following 7 years in the Philippines teaching and training students and ministers from more than 25 nations at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary. In 2017, my husband Jason and I went to Southeastern University as MIRs and taught and mentored university students and student leaders leading trips for three years. I am passionate about raising up the next generation of student leaders and future global workers who will take the torch of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Please pray with me that the Lord would light a fire in the hearts of the students at Evangel University.
Fine Arts Scholarship
Fine Arts Scholarship opportunities are available for those interested in pursuing this program. Click here for eligibility and requirement details!
Career Opportunities
Our academic programs are designed specifically to prepare you for a career in the real world. But it's more than just job preparation; it's preparing you to make a full impact in your profession through the unique combination of faith and learning. Here are some of the professions this degree would prepare you for:- Intercultural ministry or missions work focusing primarily in creative-access countries
- Traditional missions: church planting, preaching, evangelism
- Not-for-profit agencies/NGOs
- U.S. churches
- Missions mobilization
- Teaching/Teaching English as a Second Language
Faculty
Department Chair
Brandon Schmidly, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Philosophy
Regular Faculty
MaryJane Kendrick
Missionary in Residence
Meghan Musy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Director of Competency-Based Theological Education
Jane Williams
Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies, Director of Global Connections, Program Coordinator of Intercultural Studies
Robert A. Berg, Ph.D.
Professor of New Testament
Gary Martindale, Ph.D.
Professor of Biblical Studies
Vince Medina, Ph.D.
Professor of Old Testament, Director of PhD Biblical Interpretation and Theology, Chair of Bible/Theology Department
William Griffin, Ph.D.
Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew
Martin Mittelstadt, Ph.D.
Professor of New Testament
Mark Jenkins, Ph.D.
Professor of Old Testament, Biblical Hebrew, and Archaeology
Michael Jaffe, D.Min.
Professor of Preaching and Church Leadership
Steve Smallwood, D.Min.
Associate Professor for Church Ministries, Program Coordinator for Church Ministries (online)
Mark Fabian, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships and Digital Learning
Chris McGough, M.A.
Associate Professor of Youth Ministries
Dr. Lattis Campbell
MIR - Global Connections
Adjunct Faculty
Jim Bradford, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Richard Hammer, LL.M
Adjunct Professor
Kent Hulbert
Adjunct Professor
Austin Jacobs
Adjunct Professor
Matthew Thomas
Adjunct Professor
Joseph Lear
Adjunct Professor
David Lindell, Th.M.
Adjunct Professor
Desiree Rodgers
Adjunct Professor
Yisrael Vincent, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Wave Nunnally, Ph.D.
Professor of Early Judaism and Christian Origins
Calvin Pincombe, D.Min.
Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics
Nik White
Adjunct Professor
Renee Griffith
Adjunct Professor
David Hillis, D.Min.
Adjunct Professor
Wendy Brown
Adjunct Professor
