Missions and Anthropology
What We Offer
The purpose of the major is to prepare students for Kingdom work in cross-cultural settings. Anthropology provides ethnographic skills and an understanding of culture; missiology clarifies the gospel of Jesus and the mission of God. Together, the two disciplines create a unique degree that emphasizes the dialog between Christ and cultures.
Faculty have Ph.D. degrees in archeology, anthropology and missiology. They also have extensive cross-cultural experience with Native American Indians, Philippinos, Palestinians, and (Asian) Indians. And they take a personal interest in students.
Students receive classes in anthropology, missions, cultural geography, Bible, linguistics, and contemporary issues. They go abroad for field experiences with any of Eastern’s 22 affiliated programs.
What our Graduates Do
Alumni are working around the globe, including in Africa with community development, Azerbaijan with the Peace Core, Philadelphia with children’s literacy, Wycliff doing Bible translation, and elsewhere. Careers include:
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“It was during my sophomore year at Eastern, while taking a class entitled "People and Places," that I first became aware of the millions of children who make their homes in the streets of large cities throughout the world. Since that time it has been a dream of mine to live among such children, to learn to know and love them, and to share with them the love of Christ. This past semester that dream came true. As I listened to the children sing and pray with us, I came to understand that the Kingdom of God belongs to them every bit as much as it belongs to me.”
