Our Mission
In anticipation of Jesus’ soon return, our purpose is to:
- Cultivate mission vision
- Prepare cross-cultural workers
- Nurture missionary witness for effective service in God’s harvest
As your partners in cross-cultural service, our goal is to bring you continual learning and support opportunities.
Learning Opportunities
The Institute of World Mission is the missionary training branch of the General Conference Secretariat. Through Mission Institutes, Reentry Retreats, online mission classes, and other types of training, we design learning paths to help you:
- Live successfully in another culture
- Witness effectively to the unreached
- Communicate cross-culturally
- Resolve cross-cultural conflicts
- Lead multicultural teams
- Stay mentally and physically healthy while living in another country
- Transition your family to an international setting
Support Opportunities
Missionaries and others interested in cross-cultural ministry must deal effectively with the challenges of adapting to and working in new cultures. Often this task can cause personal and family stress, which can result in physical, mental, relational and ministry challenges.
The Missionary Care team is specifically tasked to provide spiritual and psychological support to Adventist cross-cultural missionaries.
- Pastoral and spiritual support with Ken and Ivanette
- Psychological and spiritual support with Ann Hamel
How to Begin
We invite you to explore the links below. Some pages will require you to have a membership account (see below). Each link is a gateway to a journey of growth in your cross-cultural ministry.
- Attend a Mission Institute
- Explore our blog
- Listen to the podcast
- Register for a webinar
- Take an online class
- Read a recommended mission book (coming soon)
Best First Step
You can enter into a fruitful partnership with us by creating a FREE membership account on the IWM website. It will give us more opportunities for mutual learning, conversation and support.
Unlock Your IWM Membership
Want to go deeper?
We present to you the IWM Featured Theme Pages.
Each page is a collection of all resources on this website—webinar sessions, blog posts, podcast episodes, courses and series—around a specific topic of interest.
Below is a quick sample. Slide to the left or to the right explore the featured topics.
Just keep in mind, you will need to create a free IWM membership account or be logged in to access these Featured Theme Pages.
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If you have ever visited an administrative official in another
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Our mission is to help you live, serve and witness cross-culturally.
