Dr. Fred Smith
Director, School of World Missions;
B.S., Toccoa Falls College; M.A.,
Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary
orty-six years ago I entered “TFI” The Cross-Cultural Adult Education
F
as a freshman in the class of ’67. major is an interdisciplinary degree
I will have to confess that my that combines missiological principles
primary goal for attending TFC with andragogical principles to prepare
was that my high school sweetheart was students to design a wide continuum of
there. But I was also keenly aware that adult education programs based on cross-
much more than a future wife awaited me cultural knowledge. Graduates are prepared
at TFC. I was here on another mission: to to research, plan, and implement adult
become a career missionary. Suffice it to say education programs.
In the 30-plus
that goal was met!
Preparing students in any of these three years that
In the process of life I returned to TFC as areas equips the graduate to immediately
the School of
a professor and the Director of the School take his or her place among fellow laborers
of World Missions. My goal, upon entering in any evangelical and mainline
World Missions
this role in 2003, was to advance the mission-sending agency. In the 30-plus
mission of SWM established by its founder, years SWM has existed as an entity of
has existed,
Dr. Norm Allison. Thus, three majors TFC, hundreds have graduated from
hundreds have
were added to SWM that highlight our its classrooms and gone on to overseas
commitment to accomplishing the mission ministry.
graduated from
set before us.
For SWM, however, the task of preparing its classrooms
The Cross-Cultural Studies major draws cross-cultural laborers is not complete.
and gone on
from the Bible and social science skills and SWM is constantly refining its five minors
knowledge that when applied in a specific in order to better prepare future cross-
to overseas
cultural context results in the conversion of cultural workers. As a School, we are in
men and women and the planting of a local communication with mission representatives
ministry.
and indigenous church. as to how we can improve our program to
better meet the requirements they establish
The Cross-Cultural Business
for their missionary candidates.
Administration major integrates
missiological principles with business Are we accomplishing the task? Without a
principles to prepare students in the area of doubt!
international business with knowledge of
cross-cultural principles.
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