Hey I’m Rick:
…a blog rookie
…a missionary with Cadence International
…former director of the Schweinfurt Hospitality House, Germany
…current Director of Mobilization & Training for Cadence
…delighted husband and father of two
…once a youth pastor for six months.
Grab a cup of coffee and have a look around. Email me any questions you have about serving as a missionary with Cadence — please — I want to add a FAQ page, but need a little frequency.
Hey Rick,
What are the educational requirements to serve with Cadence?
Travis
Hey Travis — It’s great to hear from you!
To serve as a long-term career missionary with Cadence, the educational requirements are a Bachelor’s degree and 30 credit hours (semester) of Bible. Sometimes that is included in a degree if you attended a Bible college.
To serve on a short-term basis, those requirements don’t apply, but we are still looking for spiritual maturity and a passion for the Word.
Rick- What training does Cadence offer once onboard?
I don’t think we are as strong as we could be when it comes to training, but here is what we do and what we hope to do:
Phase I: Immediately after Candidacy school, newly appointed missionaries stay for a week of training that includes financial software, partnership development, personnel policies, communications, and other practical orientation stuff. We are using Kingdom Come Training for the bulk of our PD training now – http://www.kingdomcometraining.com.
Phase II: Once your support is strong enough and you are ready financially to go to the field, you would return to Denver for another 3-4 days of training. This includes more cultural training and preparing your family for ministry. By cultural, we mean a few things: military culture, the country you will be living in, and issues specific to the type of ministry you will be involved in (House, Malachi youth ministry, singles ministry, etc.)
Phase III: Veteran field missionaries and field directors provide support and mentoring. Someday we would like to have training centers in place where you would complete an internship under veteran missionaries for a couple months prior to moving on to your field assignment.
Phase IV: Ongoing professional/ministry development through education, seminars, and spiritual enrichment and member care retreats.
I LOVE IT!! Seeing this picture on your blog has made my morning.