Mission Statement of the Global Perspectives Program
The goals of the cross-cultural portion of the core curriculum are to help raise students’ awareness of increasing interdependence of our world and to emphasize that every human being has a potential for making a significant contribution to the kingdom of God. Furthermore, it is a goal of the cross-cultural requirements to foster in students a respect for the diversity of perspectives represented in the world community, to help students articulate an understanding of their own Christian values and to show how these relate to another cultural perspective. Cross-cultural programs should give students exposure to a cultural perspective other than their own, provide opportunities for dialogue about their relationship to that culture, and guide them through their own personal cross-cultural encounter.