Become a more effective cross-cultural servant through pre-field training
Equipping for Cross-Cultural Life & Ministry
Four Week In- Person Course
Cross-cultural living and ministry create unique stresses on the individual cross-cultural worker and family in a variety of ways. We will address those issues and seek to prepare you to successfully navigate those critical areas. We will address the practical and theoretical tools needed for ministry in a cross-cultural context.
What You Will Learn:
- Explore the unique stresses of moving overseas and provide tools to help in the transition.
- Identify how expectations play a role in cross-cultural adjustment.
- Identify the special stresses affecting marriages and ways to maintain and improve a healthy marriage.
- Discover the unique needs of Third Culture Kids (TCK’s) and learn how to help them develop into normal, healthy, productive adults.
- Analyze the special needs of single workers and find ways to help singles and married couples relate well together.
- Identify and discuss the strengths & weaknesses of the various educational options for families and their children.
- Clarify the unique roles and needs of both men and women on the field with special emphasis on helping women find fulfillment and a sense of purpose.
- Explore the phenomenon of culture shock, its causes, its effects on relationships, and ways to cope with the effects.
- Introduce the basic theoretical perspectives and research tools for cross-cultural study.
- Learn how to apply principles and data of social organization to formulating mission strategy
In this course, you will learn, among many other things, about yourself and the complexity of how to enter a new culture. Although you will gain new tools, the focus is on the skill of the Master Carpenter. Success in cross-cultural ministry is not what you can do, but what He can do through you.
Learn cultural sensitivities, customs, practical survival skills, and joining a team. These courses are designed to use just-in-time learning to help you apply all that you learned while attending the equipping course.
