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BA in Intercultural Studies

LCU’s bachelor’s degree in Intercultural Studies will prepare you to serve God throughout the world.

When you follow a calling for vocational ministry, it will take you to people who need your compassion and courage—and expertise—whether right down the road or across the globe.

There is a strong spirit of mission at LCU. Our faculty and staff travel and teach around the world, from China to Austria to India. Many of them also work as short-term missionaries in places such a Papua New Guinea, Turkey, Laos, Czech Republic, Columbia, and Thailand. LCU’s professors are ready to share their experience and wisdom with you.

All Intercultural Studies students complete a cross-cultural internship in locations like the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Canada. In addition, students travel each spring to places at home and abroad during the campus-wide Restoration Week. Trips can involve a myriad of ministry opportunities from physical labor to teaching and preaching.

Does God want you to pursue missions at home or abroad? If so, the BA in Intercultural Studies may be the perfect way to prepare for your calling. This degree will enable you to learn any language through a community-based and self-directed strategy, enact effective evangelism for the unreached areas of the world, and engage churches and the culture around you as you live out your mission for Christ.

Potential Careers

Entry-level Intercultural Ministry, both domestic and foreign
Nonprofit work with refugees
Entry-level Church Ministry such as Intercultural Minister, Mobilization Minister, etc.

Course List

Some of the classes you’ll take while pursuing your BA in Intercultural Studies:
BI 170
Interpreting the Christian Scriptures
A study of the resources, principles, and methods of interpreting Scripture.
CH 380
History of American Christianity and the Stone-Campbell Movement
This course surveys the history of Christianity in the United States by examining key ideas, figures, and movements primarily active in the period of 1700 to 2000. The course discusses the issues involved in transplanting and adjusting old European church systems to the New World and also creating distinctly American expressions of the Christian faith. Special attention will be given to the rise and development of the Stone-Campbell (or Restoration) Movement in this social and religious context.
ID 101
An Introduction to Worldviews
This course introduces the concept of worldview as a tool to understand, compare, and evaluate a variety of philosophical and religious perspectives (e.g., Deism, Secular Humanism, Marxism, Nihilism, Existentialism, Postmodernism, etc.). Attention is given to the nature and implications of a Christian worldview in the context of our contemporary pluralistic culture.
IC 251
Biblical and Historical Foundations for Mission
An exploration of God’s working among humankind to bring all nations to salvation, focusing on the Old and New Testaments and the history of the expansion of Christianity. Special attention is given to creating cross-cultural ministry strategies based on Biblical principles and insights from both contemporary and historical missions.
IC 368
Missions in the 21st Century
The 21st century will necessitate greater creativity on the part of God’s people in gaining access to much of the world in order to proclaim the Gospel. Creative missions strategies will more and more be the major workable approaches, especially in unreached areas of the world. This course examines the practical and strategic aspects of modern missions strategies such as “bi-vocational missions” (tentmaking), relief and development, teaching English, marketplace ministries, etc. This course will survey creative, holistic approaches to evangelism, discipleship, and church planting
IC 372
Culture and Contextualization
A course that takes the study of cultures and their contexts and applies that to the goal of equipping students with skills to contextualize the good news of Jesus Christ in any culture. Based on the assumption that all cultures are valid vehicles for the Gospel, and yet all cultures need to be redeemed, this course trains future intercultural workers in the practice of critical contextualization.

Student Testimonials

Hear from students who’ve earned a BA in Intercultural Studies:
  • “LCU strengthened and refined the faith and passion I was raised with and prepared me to walk boldly and obediently anywhere that God calls.”
    — Samantha Holley Doss
  • “Abiding in Christ has strengthened our community of students. We have seen the reality of Jesus’ promise to produce good fruit through those who abide in him.”
    — Austin Gohn
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