Students From KC Seminary Prepare for Global Mission Work
13 teams being sent into the field
Thirteen teams of students trained in Fusion mission programs at Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College in Kansas City will spend this summer sharing the gospel in in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The teams recently were commissioned during a special chapel service.
“The Fusion commissioning service is one of the most encouraging events in the academic year at Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College,” President Jason Allen said. “To see young men and women commissioned for international missions to hard places after completing an intensive nine-month training program is incredibly moving. These students are committed to taking the gospel to the nations, and I am so proud of them.”
The program equips believers for a lifetime of kingdom service by training future Christian leaders through a one-year immersive program. In 2022, the Fusion program was established at Midwestern Seminary to equip graduate students with further theological and practical preparation for career missionary service. At the end of each academic year, Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College sends several Fusion teams overseas and celebrates the completion of their training through the commissioning ceremony.
“This is one of the highlights of our academic year,” seminary Provost Jason Duesing said. “It’s so great to see so many family, friends, church members and others come here to support the sending off of these young men and women to the ends of the earth for the summer part of their Fusion program.”
Erik Odegard, assistant professor of intercultural studies and director of Fusion, explained the purpose of the ceremony.
“We want to take an opportunity to acknowledge that God has set these students apart for these few months to be witnesses to his glory among the nations,” he said. “They are called, as a transcendent cause over their lives, to make disciples of all nations no matter where the Lord might place them, no matter what job they might hold. This is their call for the rest of their lives, until we see Jesus appear and we meet him face to face.”
For more information about the Fusion program, visit https://spurgeoncollege.com/academics/fusion/.
–Alan Goforth | Metro Voice
