The Edmiston Center for Christian Endurance Studies promotes practical theological reflection on the challenges, skills, and stories of local and global Christians who endure on society’s margins.
Students enrolled in our 10-hour accredited curriculum will survey God’s work in the world through the lenses of Christians who have operated under challenging circumstances – from surrounding cultural hostility to outright persecution.
We offer courses in applied theology covering Kingdom prayer, biblical Christology and anthropology, global and local apologetics from a non-dominant view, ethics, church and mission history from the margins, domestic and global human rights, and discipleship/spiritual formation under difficult conditions.
Courses are designed for students who have either experience with, or a burden for, world Christianity and ministry in communities that exist on the margins, including missionaries, church planters, and lay leaders.