Mind the Gaps is intended to empower churches, to complement and enhance the efforts of the member care department of mission sending agencies, and to reduce the attrition rate of missionaries by encouraging them and helping to develop their resilience. It provides a distinct contribution to existing missionary care literature because it is collaboratively written by an experienced and practicing missionary care team from a local church. They share their experiences, both positive and negative,...
AUTHOR(s): Wilson, Consultant Radiologist at the Nuffield Orthopedic Center and Clinical Lecturer David J.
PUBLISHER: Whitaker House ISBN: 978-0-578-16053-5
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This model for effective personal relationships in a multicultural and multiethnic world has proven successful for many. On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, this edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect Sherwood Lingenfelter's mature thinking on the topic and to communicate with modern readers, helping them minister more effectively to people of different cultural and social backgrounds.
By: Sherwood Lingenfelter and Marvin K. Mayers
AUTHOR(s): Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. , Mayers, Marvin K.
PUBLISHER: Baker Academic ISBN: 978-0-8010-9747-8
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Although Jayson Georges has written on the important topic of honor-shame in the past, this book, coauthored with Mark Baker, takes an understanding of honor-shame dynamics to another level. Every message bearer working in non-Western cultures needs to read and apply the insights and principles of this book if they are to avoid the typical cultural blunders too often committed by too many. Within are crucial insights for effective crosscultural ministry.
By: Jayson Georges and Mark D. Bake...
AUTHOR(s): Georges, Jayson , Baker, Mark D.
PUBLISHER: IVP Academic
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What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Western biases to the text.
By: E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien
AUTHOR(s): Richards, E. Randolph , O'Brien, Brandon J.
PUBLISHER: IVPress
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Hope and Help in Member Care. Culture shock. Marital strife. Depression. Addictions. Disillusionment. Organization and team tensions. Family trauma....
Edited by: Jonathan J. Bonk, J. Nelson Jennings, Jimbong Kim, and Jae Hoon Lee
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