Prospectus Checklist

Table of contents
  1. Initial Prospectus Checklist
    1. Initial Prospectus Checklist PDF
    2. Initial Prospectus Form
  2. Detailed Prospectus Checklist
    1. PDF Checklist
    2. Detailed Prospectus Link

Initial Prospectus Checklist

The Center for Great Commission Studies (CGCS) sponsors several mission trips each year. We go, literally, around the globe. Some trips will focus on evangelizing the lost, while others will concentrate on discipling national leaders to reach their own people. Some trips will be to unreached people groups, while others will be to fields yielding a great harvest. At the center of this variety, however, is a unifying focus: that healthy, reproductive churches are planted among every people group of the world. SEBTS mission trips aim primarily to equip students to fulfill their lifetime roles in the Great Commission and, secondarily, to assist IMB missionaries in their strategic tasks. Considering this goal, professors are encouraged to organize trips in conjunction with IMB and/or NAMB personnel. Those wishing to organize trips through other field partners must seek approval and offer justification for such trips in the mission trip prospectus.

Faculty and adjuncts can submit a proposal for a trip fitting the overall goals and focus of SEBTS mission trips. The Director and the Associate Director of the CGCS review all mission trip prospectuses. Therefore, professors must submit their initial prospectus to the CGCS at least one calendar year before the date of the trip. This timeline allows professors and students to plan for the trip, for SEBTS to advertise the trip, and for travel agents to find acceptable ticket fares. Please address any questions to the CGCS about how to prepare this mission trip prospectus.

Listed below is a checklist of information that you will need before you submit a mission trip prospectus with us. To accurately fill out the mission trip prospectus, please ensure that all information is detailed and fully filled out. There is a downloadable PDF of this list below.

  • Proposed trip dates
  • Trip location
  • Estimated Number of Students
  • Total cost per person (to the CGCS, not what a student might pay)
  • Justification for selected location and target audience
  • Justification if not working with Company or NAMB
  • Trip’s purpose. Specific details needed as this is used to promote the trips.
  • Strategy outline
  • Visa Information (Do those entering need a visa, and if so what is the cost?)
  • Immunization information
  • Flight information (Proposed itinerary and cost)
  • Housing Costs
  • Food Costs
  • In-Country/On the Ground Travel Costs

Initial Prospectus Checklist PDF

For a downloadable PDF of this checklist, click here.

Initial Prospectus Form

For the initial mission trip prospectus, click here.

Detailed Prospectus Checklist

The Center for Great Commission Studies (CGCS) sponsors several mission trips each year. We go, literally, around the globe. Some trips will focus on evangelizing the lost, while others will concentrate on discipling national leaders to reach their own people.

With this detailed prospectus, faculty and adjuncts can submit a finalized proposal for a trip fitting the overall goals and focus of SEBTS mission trips. Professors must submit their detailed prospectus to the CGCS at least four months before the date of the trip. This timeline allows professors and students to plan for the trip, for SEBTS to advertise the trip, and for travel agents to finalize acceptable ticket fares. Please address any questions to the CGCS about how to prepare this mission trip prospectus.

Listed below is a checklist of information that you will need before you submit a mission trip prospectus with us. To accurately fill out the mission trip prospectus, please ensure that all information is detailed and fully filled out. There is a downloadable PDF of this list below.

  • Proposed trip dates
  • Trip location
  • Estimated Number of Students
  • Visa Information (Do those entering need a visa, and if so what is the cost?)
  • Immunizations
  • Flight information (Proposed itinerary and cost)
  • Housing Costs
  • Food Costs
  • In-Country Travel Costs
  • Total cost per person (to the CGCS, not what a student might pay)
  • Proposed Syllabus. For an example, click here.

PDF Checklist

For a downloadable PDF of this checklist, click here.

For the detailed mission trip prospectus email Walter Bowen.

Professors, for more information, check out the Professor Expectation page and Professor FAQ page.

For more information on student requirements, feel free to check out the Student Expectations page and Student FAQ page.