This blog summarizes the insights shared by three alumni and professors about the ProDev program. Their advice highlights how ProDev goes beyond traditional work-study, offering a transformative experience that combines personal growth, professional development, and meaningful work.

In this episode of College Conversations, Jeff Sherrod, Gregg Garner, and Laurie Kagay discuss the concept of calling and its relationship to occupation, exploring whether calling is an internal discovery of one's passions or an external directive from God. They emphasize the importance of understanding calling through a biblical lens, highlighting the communal aspect of calling rather than solely individual pursuits.

The launch of the program: WorkWell, in East Africa this summer has employed 6 teenage workers with one of the most important jobs there is - cooking! This team of Ugandan WorkWell employees has had the opportunity to cook meals for the team of summer interns as well as ministerial leaders from Kenya and Uganda who have been traveling and ministering with the summer interns.

How The Institute is making Biblical Education possible for students in the developing world.

The challenges of pursuing a biblical education in the developing world and how you can help!

While there are numerous things that can be done to develop ones cultural sensitivity there are just as many things NOT to do. Keep reading to learn some key things to avoid on your journey toward enriching your cultural awareness

Misunderstandings can cause serious conflict, and a huge factor in how we go about understanding people is by the culture we were raised in. Thus, it's common to have misunderstandings when people from different cultural backgrounds interact. Keep reading to learn how to enrich your cultural awareness…

If you’re an aspiring development worker or missionary, there are a lot of films with lessons and ideas which will make watching it worthwhile. Here are four lists categorized by documentaries on broad social issues, documentaries on specific people or situations, movies based on or inspired by true stories, and fiction movies. Remember to use discernment and openness to God as you explore concepts that may be foreign, surprising, or even jarring to you…