Help Our International Students Succeed

A Call For Help

ILT is educating international students who need credentials to do the work God has called them to do. These students are not able to pay the full tuition cost but rely upon donors to help with this overwhelming cost. Their tuition amount for this fall semester totals $55,000, and we would appreciate your help in supporting ILT’s international calling and the calling of its students.

ILT’s unique online educational model is a great option for international church leaders and teachers, allowing them to remain in their home countries and work in their ministries as they earn the necessary credentials. We have been able to train and support many international students from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Myanmar, and Madagascar. Most of these students have been church body leadership or seminary faculty.

Pastor Jordan is from South Sudan. Because of civil war, Jordan was forced to move, with many South Sudanese people, to a refugee camp in Gambelia, Ethiopia. They started a college and seminary there, and ILT works with this school to provide theological support and to train faculty members. Jordan is seeking a Ph.D. degree to give him the credentials to help train pastors in Ethiopia.

ILT is helping many students from Madagascar to earn credentials they will use to teach in their college and seminary. Voaly is getting his MA while serving at the Malagasy Lutheran Church in Madagascar. Jean is an ILT student getting his PhD, Daniel is getting his STM, and Lucas is getting his MDiv. ILT has provided education to members of the Malagasy Lutheran Church with the help of a long-standing partnership with a nonprofit group, Friends of Madagascar.

Martin is a leader in the Lutheran Church of Myanmar. In this role, he not only oversees the pastors and congregations of this church body, but also their schools. Martin is currently seeking a Ph.D. with ILT’s Christ School of Theology to have the credentials he needs for this role. Another ILT student, Lal, is also studying for his PhD within the Lutheran Church of Myanmar.

Paul is getting his PhD while serving in Ethiopia, and John is studying for his PhD from the Evangelical Worship Center in Nigeria. An accredited degree from an American school goes a long way to help with their own teaching and accreditation.

Please consider sending a check to ILT, PO Box 833, Brookings, SD 57006 to help fund the tuition for these dedicated international students. Click to DONATE today, and be sure to select the International Fund button.