83% of American churchgoers have no idea what the Great Commission is.
When Jesus gave us the Great Commission in Matthew 28, he invited us into his global redemption plan for all people. He commissioned the Church and invited all believers to play their part.
But here’s the problem: 83% of believers sitting in church every weekend have no idea what the Great Commission is. They’re missing out!
This is why we created The Missions Course.
About The Missions Course
The Missions Course is a six-lesson course designed to help introduce your church to the Great Commission. It was created in the local church for the local church to be a trusted resource.
Sharing missions with your church doesn’t have to be hard.
We know how much you have on your plate. When you host The Missions Course, you get direct support from our dedicated team. We've worked to make hosting The Missions Course as easy as possible.
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1. Choose your format
The Missions Course is highly flexible, meaning it can accommodate churches of any size, anywhere! You can host The Missions Course as a Video Course or In-Person with live speakers! Choose your format today.
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2. Host your course
We handle nearly all logistics for your course. All you need to do is get church members in the door, and we'll handle the rest!
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3. See Your Church Transformed
Whether you have a church of 100 members or 1,000, The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
We keep the main things the main thing.
We know how important it is to present biblically sound content to your church. We’ve diligently gathered trusted speakers from across the missions space to keep The Missions Course focused on what matters most.
Lesson 1
The Thread
From Genesis to Revelation, we discuss God’s purpose to see His glory praised, through Jesus, among the nations
Lesson 2
Acts & The Great Commission
We unpack the launch of the church in the book of Acts as God’s method to equip the saints, and send them into the world.
Lesson 3
Missionaries to Know
We explore stories of five modern missionaries that every Christian needs to know about: Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, William Carey, etc.
Lesson 4
The Unfinished Task
We reveal the unfinished task of world evangelization in clear detail
Lesson 5
Church Planting
We hear the story of a missionary who planted a healthy church, and learn about the principles of church planting
Lesson 6
Your Role
We discuss what it means to be a global Christian, and the next steps each of us can take
Speakers
Tanner Callison
Tanner Callison
Tanner Callison gained a heart for God's global mission in college and has been mobilizing with The Traveling Team since 2014. Over the years Tanner has spoken to over 35,000 students at over three hundred private and public universities in the U.S. His work with Gen Z has led him to further study, writing, and engagement with Gen Z, including publishing "Gen Z Misunderstood: Changing the Narrative on Today's Misfits and Dreamers." Tanner is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, and Western Seminary with a Masters in Global Leadership along with a Masters in Biblical and Theological Studies. Tanner and his wife, Amber, both serve in leadership for The Traveling Team. They have one son, live in Portland, Oregon, and are members of Hinson Baptist Church. ',
Brad & Beth Buser
Brad & Beth Buser
Brad and Beth spent over 20 years planting a church among the Iteri people in Papua New Guinea. After the Iteri church could function on its own, they returned to San Diego where Brad was the Missions Pastor at Clairemont Emmanuel. In that role, he observed a disturbing increasing attrition rate among missionaries and, along with some other like-minded Pastors and others in the mission community, identified the need for quality cross-cultural training for missionary candidates. After years of research and prayer, RADIUS was born. Brad is the primary Church Planting instructor at Radius and together he and Beth lead and disciple a Community Group. They also travel extensively around the U.S. speaking at conferences and churches. Brad and Beth have 4 married children and enjoy spending as much time as possible with them and their 10 grandchildren.
Brooks & Nina Buser
Brooks & Nina Buser
Brooks and his wife, Nina, planted a church among the Yembiyembi people in Papua New Guinea. In 2016, they returned to San Diego. Brooks now serves as president of Radius International.
Claude Hickman
Claude Hickman
Claude Hickman is the executive director of The Traveling Team. Starting in 1999, he and his wife, Rebecca, spent seven years mobilizing students across 49 of the 50 states. Claude is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and wrote three books: Live Life On Purpose, It’s All Backward, and Rebel. He lives with his wife and two boys in California, where he is a regular teaching pastor at Sandals Church. Claude continues to develop leaders, speak around the nation, and awaken God’s people to his purpose.
Dr. Jon (Jonathan) Hardin
Dr. Jon (Jonathan) Hardin
Dr. Jon Hardin is the National Communications Specialist for Frontiers. He has served in full-time missions work for over 25 years. Jon regularly speaks and teaches in churches, conferences, and various training events around the world--he has taught over 35,000 students in various mission courses. Jon has a passion for seeing local churches and ordinary Christians step into strategic roles in the global missions enterprise.
Jon is an ordained minister, holds a PhD from the VU University in Amsterdam, and did post-graduate studies at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague. He is also a graduate of Denver Seminary. Jon is a CPA and prior to going into full-time ministry he worked for IBM Corporation for nine years.
Nathan Allen
Nathan Allen
Nathan Allen is the Global Missions Pastor at New Heights Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas and the Director of Global Outfitters. He has a bachelors in History and Political Science from the University of Arkansas and is currently pursuing a Masters in Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary. He is married to his wife Holly and has two little girls named for missionaries. Nathan is a sought after expert on the History of Missions for his passion for God's glory among the nations and his ability to make history come alive. He was a college mascot, has a brain for memory and music, and makes some mean southern BBQ.
Sean Cooper
Sean Cooper
Sean Cooper has spent the last 15 years traveling the entire Continental U.S. casting mission vision to the church at large. He and his wife Meredith have four children Haven, Harlie, Sullivan, and in utero. Sean graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in Communication. He has short term mission exposure in India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Ukraine. For 13 years Sean served on staff with The Traveling Team, a collegiate missions mobilization organization. Currently he serves on staff with GlobalServe International, a mission sending agency that works to plant churches among the hardest unreached language groups in the world. When not teaching, he loves to cycle and spend time with his family. He is currently working on a Masters Degree from Reformed Theological Seminary.
Rick Davis
Rick Davis
I have been married to my wife Nicky for 30 years. We have 4 kids (two foster and two adopted, all from Southeast Asia). We planted and pastored churches among Southeast Asian refugees for 20 years in the US before joining a church planting team and saw a church planted among an unengaged people group in Southeast Asia. I am also the co-founder of Engage Global, which is a mobilization ministry providing missions training and equipping for local churches.
Kiley Ham
Kiley Ham
I am thankful that the Lord blessed me with a Godly wife, Tami, and three awesome children. I was saved and became a part of Colonial Heights in the 1980's, and then joined the staff in 2012. It's such a privilege to try to be on the mission of "making disciples" here and across the globe and being able to also call it "my job."
Greg Sanford
Greg Sanford
Greg and Dawn, after graduating with a degree in Intercultural Studies, began their ministry with the mission in Latin America in 1977. After studying Spanish and serving for a year at the support center, they began their ministry with the Yanomami people group.
The Yanomami people live deep in the Amazon Rainforest with little or no contact with the outside world. After learning the language of the Yanomamis, the Sanfords carried on a church planting ministry for 12 years.
Since 1991, Greg has served as a mission representative and conference speaker, sharing many of the couple's experiences among the Yanomami people. Along with his representation responsibilities, Greg serves as director of the Wayumi Program in central Pennsylvania. Greg has also traveled around the USA and to other parts of the world, giving seminars on Ethnos360's chronological teaching program to other mission organizations and Bible colleges.
The Sanfords have two daughters, one son and eleven grandchildren. Their oldest daughter, Tammy, and her husband, Jamie, are with Ethnos360 serving in South America, making her a third-generation missionary. Their son Lane, who also served as a third-generation missionary, and his wife, Karrie, served for years with Ethnos360 in Papua New Guinea, planting a church amongst the Siar people. Their youngest daughter, Wendy, married to Ben Hazen (son of missionary parents who served in Africa), now serve together in youth ministry at a church in central Pennsylvania.
David & Emily Rimestad
David & Emily Rimestad
David and Emily, along with their three kids are a part of the church planting team who just recently brought the Gospel to the Maliyali people group of Papua New Guinea. Currently, the Rimestads are stateside assisting the local church in providing perspective and helping them send more missionaries for the sake of those who haven’t heard the Gospel yet. Growing up, David and Emily didn’t know there was an unfinished task and never realized that the mission of God had anything to do with them. The Rimestad’s along with their coworkers lived among them, learned their language, created a literacy program and this last year taught them the story of redemptive history. From Genesis to Revelation, they were able to share the good news of what God has done for all peoples in all places, once and for all.
What people are saying
An essential course for churches trying to educate their members on the subject of missions
Whether you have a church of 100 members or 1,000, The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
David Platt
Lead Pastor Mclean Bible Church, Founder of Radical
An essential course for churches trying to educate their members on the subject of missions
Whether you have a church of 100 members or 1,000, The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
David Platt
Lead Pastor Mclean Bible Church, Founder of Radical
An essential course for churches trying to educate their members on the subject of missions
Whether you have a church of 100 members or 1,000, The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
David Platt
Lead Pastor Mclean Bible Church, Founder of Radical
An essential course for churches trying to educate their members on the subject of missions
Whether you have a church of 100 members or 1,000, The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
David Platt
Lead Pastor Mclean Bible Church, Founder of Radical
An essential course for churches trying to educate their members on the subject of missions
Whether you have a church of 100 members or 1,000, The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
David Platt
Lead Pastor Mclean Bible Church, Founder of Radical
An essential course for churches trying to educate their members on the subject of missions
Whether you have a church of 100 members or 1,000, The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
The Missions Course will help each of them find their role in the Great Commission and take steps toward it.
David Platt
Lead Pastor Mclean Bible Church, Founder of Radical