Missionary Sending Agencies

Humanitas is not a missionary sending agency. Rather, we partner with missionaries in existing organizations who wish to start a Classical Christian school in their community. Missionary sending agencies, broadly speaking provide the following services. We do not seek to replicate them.

Missionary sending agencies recruit, train, and send full-time missionaries.

If you are interested in serving as a missionary, please do not look to us for these services. There exist many different organizations with various strengths and weaknesses. You would be wise to investigate more than one and to speak with someone who currently serve on-field with each organization you contact. Whether you prefer decades of institutional wisdom from established institutions or the flexibility of entrepreneurially minded, your organization should provide cross-cultural training necessary for service abroad.

Missionary sending agencies (usually) provide member care.

Although we are aware of the need for member care, your sending organization should fill that role. We do not.

Missionary sending agencies develop a plurality of national partners.

We prefer to partner with missionaries. Missionaries have the benefit of bridging between contexts in ways that American-based organizations do not. Missionaries need not be North American but should have significant experience working with North Americans.

Choosing depth over breadth, we do one thing: start Classical Christian Schools to strengthen the church. We do not pursue outreach but discipleship.