In recognising the essential need for adequate training to prepare
people for cross cultural ministry, Missions Interlink has developed
Transition Training, a pre-field orientation program. It is designed to
enhance the participants’ knowledge in Biblical and missiological
reflection by providing practical competency development for making an
effective transition to another cultural setting. Each Transition
Training course runs for THREE WEEKS, to which participating missions
may add specific orientation for their candidates according to their
requirements.
The benefits of the program are:
- a unique competency profile developed for each participant
- a training program based in experiential adult learning
- individual learning contracts ensuring all participants gain the most for themselves
- a panel of experienced facilitators drawn from a variety of missions and situations
- community living enabling peer support and interaction
- low cost accommodation helping families to attend
- contact with ethnic communities and churches where learning can be pursued and tested
- supervised children’s programs, geared to children’s transitions and their age
- availability of good library facilities
Courses are normally held in Melbourne in December and January and near Sydney in June/July each year.
Application forms are available from Missions Interlink, PO Box 333, MITCHAM, Vic 3132 (Ph 03 9890 0644) Email: misint@melbourne.dialix.com.au
For
more information about the course, please contact the Coordinator,
Karen Newnham, C/- GiA PO Box 273. Hawthorn Vic 3122, Phone: 03 9819
4944, Email: knewnham@globalinteraction.org.au
(This page was last updated in October, 2004)
