Global South Scholarships

“In North America, too many bemoan Christianity’s apparent decline in numbers and societal influence – as if God's redeeming work is also in decline. Far from it! ” said Doug Batson, Online Missionary Training School (OMTS) Director, in a recent interview. “In the Global South the Church is growing rapidly. In fact, many Global South Christians want missionary training, but it is seldom available to them. GFM’s ONLINE Missionary Training School immediately meets that need with extensive, high-quality, low- or no-cost training modules.”

Our Global Frontier Missions staff works tirelessly to curate quality training materials that will best equip well-rounded cross-cultural workers. While in-person training at our local bases is constrained by physical and economic limitations, our Online Missionary Training School has great potential for broader implementation as the world becomes increasingly connected.

“We are contacted continuously by people living outside of Western countries that are so hungry for training,” added Katie Czapala, OMTS Coordinator. Christians all over the world have a passion to obey the Great Commission, but in some places are hindered by economic barriers. “ GFM is committed to train those that have a heart for cross-cultural missions. ”

Global Frontier Missions is excited to now be offering scholarships for Global South participants in OMTS. 

Through this scholarship program, GFM seeks to enable churches and individuals to partner together for the advance of the Gospel. 

“Online Missionary Training School has been around for a while,” continued Katie, “ but we have recently seen great growth in our students, especially from those living in the Global South, or non-Western countries. We now even have Global South students that have come on with OMTS as Facilitators, to train the next batch of students. ‘From every nation to every nation’ is not just a catchy quote, but a Biblical mandate, and we intended on living that out through OMTS.”

This is merely a continuation of God’s plan all along, as we all follow in the footsteps of our Messiah and bring as many people as we can with us.

Individuals from all over the world have been chosen to be “priests and Levites” ministering before our God in the form of contemporary missions.

“The practices of global missions have been changing greatly over the last decade, and even more so since the world turned upside down with Covid,” said Katie. “ We've seen more and more people from all over the world looking to get trained, so that they can share the Gospel in the cross-cultural locations God has already placed them in . There are no visas or closed borders when it comes to online training and we want to use all that God has given us at this moment in history to equip as many people around the world to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth.”

If you or someone you know from the Global South would like the training in cross-cultural missions or if your church or small group would like to sponsor a student or cohort, find more information on the scholarship here.

Written by a GFM Staff Member