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From the
very earliest pages of Scripture we see our loving God at work in His world
calling His fallen and lost creation back to Himself. This world-wide,
God-driven project we call world missions. We also see the Lord graciously
inviting His people to participate with Him through the guidance and power of
His Holy Spirit in this divine effort of reaching all the nations of the
world with the Gospel. At King's
Way we teach Spanish and world missions in the context of how God is working
in the 21st century. We do not teach only Spanish or only mission-related
classes. We include both because in order to successfully reach out to the
Spanish-speaking people of the world, we must not only know their language
but also their customs, their world view, their specific problems and many
other vital facts. Most importantly we must learn how to enter their culture
as learners and servants. Our Spanish
course is complete, and it is intense! Our program consists of six levels of
coordinated conversation, grammar and phonetics classes. Three levels are covered each semester.
Anyone who thinks that learning another language is a simple task hasn't tried it yet. We don't recommend our course
to anyone who is not prepared to study and work hard. Our Spanish course
includes ten hours a week of conversation with native speakers along with
another ten hours each week of grammar. We also have a class in Spanish
phonetics and ministry-related Spanish, and there are daily language lab
assignments and activities. Besides the time you will be in class, students
should also plan to spend several hours every day in additional study and
preparation at home. Our program is a full-time job, and no student should come
thinking that they will have time for part-time work
or for extensive involvement in mission work and ministry with friends across
the border. King's Way is looking for students who are serious about learning
Spanish and being involved in world missions and who realize that their main
calling during their time with us is to learn the language and absorb all
they can about cross-cultural ministry. The heart
of our missions curriculum is the well-known
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course produced by the U.S. Center for World Missions in Pasadena, California. The
Perspectives course is a college-level class taught once a week over a
fifteen-week period during our Spring semester. Each week is a delightful
adventure of learning as world-class instructors specializing in various
mission-related fields travel to King's Way from different parts of the
United States to teach that week's particular topic. Perspectives does have
homework including reading assignments, quizzes and a term paper focusing on
an unreached people group in the world today. During the Fall Semester we
also present another course entitled Modern Missions, which covers many
important and vital topics related to missionary service specifically in the
Spanish-speaking world. Our missions courses are a required for graduation
and are part of our overall training program. They are designed to prepare
and equip our students for successful ministry in the field of world missions
especially among Spanish-speaking people. Having said
all this we would also like to add the following words of encouragement. Even
though we admit that we intentionally try to communicate to our prospective
students that our program is challenging and not for the faint-hearted, we do
also have numerous activities that are just for fun and relaxation. King's
Way is located a little over an hour from the Gulf coast, and one of our
students' favorite destinations is South Texas' premium beach resort town of
South Padre Island. We are also located only minutes from Mexico itself, a
fact that we fully implement into our language and missions program, and the
popular tourist town of Nuevo Progreso is only
about half an hour away. Of course, the Rio Grande Valley is alive with
interesting things to do and places to visit including parks, libraries and
museums along with international shopping, local festivals and three nearby
national wildlife refuge areas, not to mention the more than eight hundred
quality restaurants located here in the Upper Rio Grande Valley. Yes, we do
work hard at King's Way, but we also know how to have fun as well! |
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