Introducing MOVE100
GlobeServe has adopted the goal known as Move100 to strengthen and increase global ministry effectiveness and field fruitfulness through the establishment of 100 church planting movements among the 500+ UPGs we are engaging by 2033. MOVE100 provides two important catalysts to our partners: first, it brings the power of a shared vision to engage unreached peoples; second, it networks resources to help partners to accomplish this vision. The MOVE100 Scholarship is one such resource.
The Purpose of the Move100 Scholarship
The MOVE100 Scholarship is funded by generous donors who have desired to deliver a full financial grant for master’s level missions education through Bethany Global University. The scholarship grant is available only to GlobeServe partners who are active members of a GlobeServe Hub and who are actively engaged in mission to at least one Unreached People Group.
About BGS
Bethany Graduate Studies (BGS) is the online graduate studies department of Bethany Global University. BGS offers accredited master’s level degrees in Intercultural Leadership, Intercultural Education, and Intercultural Studies. These MA degrees provide advanced missiological and leadership training which will contribute to the students’ understanding of and effective ministry engagement with their adopted Unreached People Group/s.
The Provisions of the Scholarship
The full-tuition cost of a BGS master’s program is more than $12,000. The MOVE100 scholarship will be applied to 100% of BGS program fees and tuition costs. In addition, the award will cover the costs of textbooks and materials needed to participate in the course work. The scholarship award is a high value investment intended to enhance the effectiveness and fruitfulness of our partners who are working strategically among Unreached People Groups.
Scholarship awards will be paid directly to Bethany Global University on behalf of the student on a per- course basis.
The Criteria for Application
The Move100 scholarship is open for application to any affiliated partner of Bethany International and/or GlobeServe who is currently active in a missionary role as:
- a frontline worker engaging at least one Unreached People Group
- a trainer of frontline missionaries with a focus on unreached peoples
- a mission leader with work among the unreached.
The applicant must have already started work among an Unreached People Group in order to be considered for the scholarship.
Definition of an Unreached People Group
MOVE100 evaluates UPGs on the basis of the Joshua project definition of an unreached or least-reached people as “a people group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize that people group.” The criterion of less than 2% Evangelical Christian is the uppermost number that will be considered for application, while UPGs considered “unengaged” (Evangelical Christian populations of one half of 1% or lower) are preferred.
Expectations
If accepted the applicant will be required to engage in focused research and writing throughout their enrollment that adds to the MOVE100 knowledge base for one or more UPGs, including the progress of engagement as defined by the included document 7 Stages of Effective Engagement among Unreached People Groups.
MOVE100 applicants must gain admission to Bethany Graduate Studies through formal application to the program before the MOVE100 scholarship award will be granted. If you have not already done so please complete your program application:
- Master of Arts in Global Ministry Master of Arts Global Ministry | Bethany Global University
- Master of Arts in Education (focused on adult education) Master of Arts Education | Bethany Global University
- Master of Arts in Leadership Master of Arts Leadership | Bethany Global University
The Criteria for Maintaining Scholarship Standing
In order to maintain standing as a recipient of MOVE100 Scholarship funds the student must…
- Maintain at least a B average.
- Enroll in at least four out of five quads per year. Any quad that a recipient will not be enrolled in course work must be pre-approved by the scholarship coordinator.
- Work with the scholarship coordinator throughout the program to comply with scholarship criteria.
- Continue engagement with the UPG during the entire time during which the student is receiving the scholarship. An exception could be made in instances of persecution or loss of a visa, etc. but a new UPG should be chosen for engagement in those circumstances.
- Initiate original research related to the UPG which may be published for MOVE100 and contributes to the overall benefit of GlobeServe and its regional and national hubs as well as the scholar’s sponsoring organization. A criteria guideline for the thesis will be provided to the scholar. Our preference is that the recipient’s program track includes a thesis with research that benefits the MOVE100 project, but the student agrees that BGS will direct the student to a course-driven program if it is more beneficial to the student’s ministry outcomes.
- Develop and work toward specific ministry outcomes as determined by the student’s ministry role and context.
Inability to comply with scholarship criteria at any point in the program may lead to forfeiture of the award.
Process
The prospective scholar should request their GlobeServe Hub coordinator to write a letter of introduction to the GlobeServe Training Coordinator stating why they believe the prospective scholar is a candidate for the program. The GlobeServe Training Coordinator will forward this to the Scholarship Committee for review. Once the Scholarship Committee has approved, the Scholarship Coordinator will contact the student directly with an invitation to apply BOTH to BGS and for the Scholarship.
The prospective scholar must be approved as a student by BGS and as a scholar by the Scholarship Committee to receive the scholarship.