Member Colleges
Bethany Global University
Since 1948, Bethany Global University has trained 3,000+ Christian missionaries to take the church to where it is not. Our hands-on approach to education will helps students become effective missionaries wherever God leads them.
We accomplish this in three ways:
Hands-on Training: Undergraduates get hands-on work experience through practical training and local outreach while on campus and then spent 16 months overseas learning while doing missions during their global internship. Graduate students are required to be actively involved in some hands-on work regarding intercultural ministry.
Missions Focus: Fulfilling the great Great Commission by taking the church to where it is not is our chief aim. All faculty, staff, and students who attend here are focused on this one great endeavor.
A University & Agency Collaboration: BGU is part of the larger organization of Bethany International and partners with Bethany Gateways missions agency to bring the most up-to-date training back to the classroom. In collaboration with Bethany Gateways, BA students are commissioned and sent as full-time missionaries overseas while on their global internship.
FAST FACTS
Bethany Global University
By the Numbers
3000
alumni have served cross-culturally through internships and/or long-term mission service
1945
The year 5 families sold their belongings to start Bethany
16
months are spent overseas for all of our BA programs
$6,675
The amount of the federal work college award and/or PT scholarship per student
71
years Bethany has been providing biblically based cross-cultural education
<$10,000
annual out of pocket cost of attendance for most students
15
Students work on campus 15 hours per week.
UNIFIED BY PURPOSE
OUR WORK COLLEGE MEMBERS
There are currently 11 federally recognized Work Colleges, nine are members of the Work Colleges Consortium. These institutions are small, private, liberal arts colleges with modest enrollments that range from about 150 to approximately 1,600 students. Each school is unique and operates the work program in a slightly different fashion. However, “work-learning-service” is a central component of each work college. Student work, coupled with robust academics and a spirit of service, is the common denominator shared by all the work colleges.
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