Frequently asked questions

Church mission committees, short-term mission teams and the pastors and leaders who guide them. You don't need any background in missions. You need a willingness to learn together.

Each session takes about an hour: most have three or four short lessons, with a quiz after each one, and a discussion guide. Mission Committee Essentials has five sessions, Short-Term Teams has six and Coming Home Well has four. Most groups take one session a week.

No. Anyone can take a course alone. But the courses were written for teams, and every session ends with a discussion guide for about 20 minutes of conversation together.

Individual courses are $19 per person, or $29 for Short-Term Teams and Coming Home Well together. A group of up to 10 people can take one course for $89. The Church License is $349 a year and covers as many people in your church as you like, for every course. If four or more groups will take a course this year, the license usually costs less.

Yes. When a learner finishes every session of a course, a certificate is issued automatically, with a code anyone can use to verify it.

Leaders see who has started, how far each person has come, quiz averages and certificates. Leaders never see personal reflections or individual quiz answers.

If you ask within 14 days of purchase and have completed less than 25% of the course, we will refund you. See the refund policy.

No. The courses are written for any church that wants to send well and go well, whatever its tradition.

Each lesson is a short video of 5 to 9 minutes, with a reading, a short quiz and a reflection question. You can stop and pick up where you left off.

Use the Login link at the top of the page. Your courses are under My Courses.