Our History & Purpose
The Institute for Global Outreach Developments is the product of a shared vision for education in the word of God that stems from the vast amount of need existing in the developing world. Beginning with only seven students and two instructors gathered around a single table, the student body quadrupled over the next two semesters, creating the need for additional teaching faculty. The continued arrival of new students has recently necessitated the expansion of our facilities as well. The educational paradigm at the institute compliments the overall vision of the movement, a truth that causes the movement educators to also participate in the classes offered.
Our Mission & Vision
Mission:
Equipping a globally conscious community to serve the poor and marginalized through education, advocacy and empowerment, without discrimination, demonstrating unconditional love.
Vision:
We are a movement that transplants communities of global denizens, who in solidarity with the poor and marginalized embody the ethics of justice and freedom to bring about societal transformation where education and autonomy exist for all, without discrimination. We do not value popular American ideals associated with violence, domination, neo-colonialism and the attitude that the country has favored nation status with God and is unaccountable to the voice of the global community. Instead, as an educated community who values the preservation of life as governed by the ethical teachings of the bible, we will empower global citizens to implement the justice of God in their societies, through non-violent activity focused on education and capacity development of the poor and marginalized, as demonstrated in the life and message of Jesus of Nazareth.
