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Academic Programs > Ministry Across Cultures

Today the church must demonstrate cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity in its proclamation and mission. Louisville Seminary plans to help this in several ways. Masters level Seminary students may take a faculty-guided three-week immersion trip in Latin America, Europe or Asia, or in Appalachia or an American inner-city. The purpose of this in-depth experience is:

1. to teach students how the church ministers in different cultures
2. to help students make successful transitions into unfamiliar cultures
3. to challenge students to consider how cultural transitions will affect their practice of ministry

In addition, new racial-ethnic scholarships have been established to recruit students who might otherwise be unable to attend seminary. Two recent additions to the faculty have moved the Seminary toward the goal of diversifying the faculty. International leadership programs bring more students from other countries as well as allow for the exchange of American students for year-long programs in other cultures.