Cross Cultural Ministry

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Define cross cultural ministry  and identify the significance of this understanding for local churches and their community and global responsibility;
2. Describe a viable  philosophy and strategy for cross cultural ministry in  local church and mission organisation contexts;
3. Outline available methods for actively promoting the cause of global mission perspectives;
4. Identify the breadth of activities comprising the Church’s cross cultural ministry;
5. Analyse the challenge and opportunities of cross cultural ministry to people in Australasia and beyond;
6. Recognise personal and corporate responsibility for cross cultural ministry in the fulfilment of the great commission.

Subject Content

• What is ‘mission’
• The local church and missions
• Two structures of God’s redemptive mission
• The local church’s role in missions
• Making your church ‘breathe’ mission
• Ethnic and student ministry
• Obtaining relevant mission sources
• Developing a local church mission philosophy and strategy
• The by-products of missions – Through other cultures: Better theology
• For other cultures: God’s blessing on missions 

Prescribed Text 

• Primary readings provided