Student Missionary Program

Each year several Oakwood students go to foreign lands to serve as missionaries. The range of their responsibilities include religious leadership, teaching, and industrial/vocational work. For details, contact the Department of Campus Ministries, Oakwood University.

Following are the academic requirements for student missionaries:

1. Applicants must have attained at least sophomore standing (minimum 30 semester hours) with a cumulative grade point average of C or above, and no grade below C in all English composition and grammar courses.

2. Applicants must have a B average or above in the subject area that they are expected to teach as student missionaries.

3. Upon completion of a year of satisfactory service as a student missionary, the student shall receive three hours of elective credit on a pass/fail basis in the area of Student Foreign Service. Quality of service is determined by a written evaluation from the immediate supervisor or appropriate official over the student missionary. Students may opt for an additional three hours should they secure prior approval from the instructional department and the Academic Policies Committee establishing that more specialized mission services will be experienced, such as, but not limited to, teaching certain academic disciplines.