PDF-(BOOS)-Making Disciples Across Cultures: Missional Principles for a Diverse World

Culture affects how we make disciples We often unconsciously bring our own cultural assumptions into ministry and mission not realizing that how we think and operate is not necessarily the best or only way to do things In todays global environment disciplemaking requires the cultural humility and flexibility to adapt between different cultural approaches Charles Davis former director of TEAM provides a framework for missional disciplemaking across diverse cultural contexts He shows how we can recalibrate our ministry efforts like adjusting sound levels on a mixer board to accommodate different cultural assumptions With ontheground stories from a lifetime of mission experience Davis navigates such tensions as knowledge and behavior individualism and collectivism and truth and works to help Christian workers minister more effectively Ministry teams church planters pastors and missionaries working interculturally at home or overseas can be part of Gods movement of making disciples Discover how the body of Christ grows in the unity and diversity of the global church. CHALLENGE. Congress of Apostolic Ministries. May 26, 2014. Introduction. Matthew 28:18-20. Then Jesus came to them and said, . “…go . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to . Jerry D. Porter. Northwest Nazarene University. Nampa, Idaho – October 15, 2010. Disciple Making. Our Highest Goal: . To Be Like Jesus. Disciple Making. To Make. Christlike Disciples in the Nations. Disciples Making Disciples. Everyday Discipleship. “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me” (. Lk. . 9:23).. A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master…” (Mt. 10:24, 25a).. “The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony.”. - William Shakespeare, . Richard II. de Talleyrand . Perigord, 1754-1838. “I am suffering the pangs of the damned.”. Francois . An open discussion on leaving a legacy to the next generation that will out last and out live us all!. DISCIPLES WHO MAKE DISCIPLES . Jesus said… come to me and I will make you fishers of men!. 2014 General Assembly Motion. TS 820 The Practice of Ministry. Houston Graduate School of Theology. By. : Craig Van . Gelder. , Ph.D.. Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2016. Archeology of the Word “Missional”. 1883 use by C.E. Bourne calling Bishop . thoffman.fbc@gmail.com. The Greatest Problem. The greatest problems for the church are not from secular ideologies or Atheist philosophies, or even other religions. . The . real problem for the church is where it has always been. It is in the midst or God’s people, not in the circumstances surrounding them. . A Webinar Developed for . Churchnet. Missouri. by Pinnacle Leadership Associates. Introduce participants to the missional church concept.. Consider the type of leadership needed for missional ministry.. The Contemporary Missional Story. Lesslie Newbigin – Missionary to India – 1974. The Gospel & Our Culture Network – 1980’s. A network in North America that followed the work of Newbigin in Great Britain.. John 17:6-8, 17-19. The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus. It began with concern for bringing glory to God. It involved bringing Jesus’ earthly work to conclusion. It included concern for the disciples’ needs. missional. church. C T Samuel. MISSION . IS A KEY . BIBLICAL. AND . THEOLOGICAL. CONCEPT . MISSION IS PRIMARILY . THE. ACTIVITY OF . GOD. AND ONLY SECONDARILY AN ACTIVITY OF THE . CHURCH. .. Christian mission needs to be set into a . Traces its theological roots to Karl Barth. Primarily motivated by the work of . Lesslie. . Newbigin. , British missionary. The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission. (1978); . Foolishness to the Greeks: Gospel and Western Culture. At last ... an indispensable and practical handbook for health care, social work, and public health professionals who encounter diverse cultures every day.Immigrant, minority and refugee populations make up a quarter of our population, but special challenges await the doctors, nurses, clinical care providers, social workers, public health professionals and others who care for our diverse population on a daily basis. Some groups lack health insurance, arrive with no medical records or present with unfamiliar conditions. Access to care can be daunting, and often there are significant language barriers. At a fundamental level, basic concepts of what good health is, where disease originates and how to treat illness can vary dramatically from group to group. Health Matters, based on the highly successful handbook from Iowa that has helped scores throughout the nation and abroad, shows how providers - and their institutions - can achieve a level of cultural competence essential for their work. Included in this comprehensive guide are summaries of the experience of 14 cultural groups strategies for developing culturally appropriate care and critical information on the cultural patterns, health practices and underlying belief systems of underserved groups.Health Matters is an essential guide for anyone delivering health care in our rapidly changing communities. Good Morning. Today we hear how Jesus prayed for his disciples – asking God to protect them and to help them to follow his word. Let us think a bit more about this means for us today. . Opening Prayer.