Wilberforce International Institute

Bringing hope, healing, and prosperity to the world

In a world brimming with corruption, poverty, spiritual and intellectual confusion, and authoritarian dictators, Wilberforce International Institute has championed the vision that international students are perfectly positioned to bring the truth of a Christian worldview back to their home countries. In the coming decade, we are working to expand our reach so that more nations experience the redemptive change and fullness of God’s transformative power.

Will you help us make this transformation a reality?

Long-Term Mentoring

Wilberforce has employed a strategy that focuses on the training and mentoring of international students to become redemptive change agents. Mentoring has involved foundational training through the Wilberforce online course Comparative Worldviews and the development of redemptive projects for their home societies. Early on, we made the strategic decision engage in long-term mentoring, which meant that staff and mentors traveled to visit mentees in their home societies, reengaging with them to build on the original foundation.

Developing a community of thought and practice

We are an organization that prioritizes redemptive efforts that flow out of a Christian worldview, thus the Institute is devoted to developing communities of thought and practice. In the 2019, the Board approved the launch of an Education Working Group, and in 2021 an Africa Working Group. These working groups provide in-depth and specialized training and strategies for critical masses of mentees who are working in the areas of education and/or whose ancestral heritage is African. The Institute has further worked to create a community of thought and practice through the publishing of articles, blogs, and books, as well as speaking to other international students and groups around the world. A new book, The Redemptive Change Agent: How a New Vision for Christian Discipleship Can Help Nations Flourish Rather Than Flounder is currently being published by Wilberforce.