Vanguard University: Missions Course: 15 Credits: $115

Vanguard University offers a 15 credit hour spiritual formation/missions course for $115:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spiritual-formation-in-a-missional-context-class-tickets-124190624501?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

 

Note: This is one of five courses needed to complete the program, so it is probably $115 for 3 credit hours.

 

Interesting. Seems like there's more of a commitment than just the class - they're intending you to go overseas and plant churches. I don't know anything about this organization. Can people take just the one course or even the 5 course program with no intention of the other half of the commitment (converting the "un-reached")? It's not something that interests me, but for others who are I'm curious.

 

Yeah.

"Missiology of Unreached People Groups". What could possibly go wrong?! Oh, wait... https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2018-13.html

Best regards,
Mac Juli

 

Not bad.. but is this university accredited?

 

https://www.vanguard.edu/about/history

They are accredited by an organization called the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. I might have to do a little bit of research, but that organization seems on the level.

 

Yes, WASC is one of the 6 regional accreditors. So Vanguard U has RA. Mission One Eleven delivers the programming and Vanguard will accept that 15 "units" of transferrable credit, which it sounds like is 3 credits per course, of which each costs $115 (unless I've misread the Event Brite) - https://www.eventbrite.com/o/mission-one-eleven-30092448862

For someone interested in this sort of thing getting 15 credits is pretty neat, but I strongly question if they'd be accepted anywhere else so you might need to earn a whole degree through Vanguard, who charge $35,850 per academic year. (https://www.vanguard.edu/admissions/financial-aid/basics)