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Title: Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter, Marvin Keene Mayers ISBN: 0-8010-5632-2 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: September, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Seeing with different eyes...
Comment: This text is one of the better guides for cross-cultural ministry that I have found. In its relatively few pages (only 120 pages), it contains a wealth of information based on some easily-remembered and applied principles.
Increasingly in the world today, no matter what profession one chooses, there will be people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures -- even in the smallest of towns, people from different social strata will interact and come together in certain venues, and church and chaplaincy settings are among those. Cross-cultural ministry is not something reserved to those going off in foreign mission fields, but has an impact right here at home, wherever home may be.
One of the key concepts here is the dealing with conversation and conflict. The way people interact differently can lead to conflict -- not necessarily open violence (although sometimes that can happen), but rather the kind of tension that is caused when people don't understand each other. What we sometimes fail to forget is that people attribute importance and moral force to their actions and those of others, and will react not only to what is being said and done, but to their own interpretations of the meanings of those words and actions. This is derived from cultural influences -- shared culture as well as personal and family culture.
Lingenfelter and Mayer look at key concepts -- differences in the way we look at time, judgement, crisis management, goals, self-valuation, and vulnerabilities. For example, in urban cultures, people tend to lead fast-paced lives more frequently than those in small-town cultures; a person moving from one setting to another may find it irritating to be in such a setting, and perhaps not even know why.
The authors bring in examples from around the world (Yapese-Micronesian, Latin American, African, etc.) as well as different groups in North America for comparison and contrast. This is not a book of stories, but rather essays that illustrate the basic principles, which are in turn supported by stories and examples, including some of the authors' own experiences. This is in concert with the incarnational model the authors put forward, a way of growing into the culture, and being part of a culture respected and held as valid as any the outside observer or participant might naturally hold.
Ultimately, Lingenfelter and Mayers invite people to work toward being 150% persons, drawing on Malcolm McFee's observation about Native Americans (in particular, the Blackfoot) who were not quite completely Native Americans any longer, but rather about 75%, and that they had assimilated sufficiently into the dominant culture that they fit 75% in there, hence 150%. This is what we must do, working to incorporate other cultures into ourselves while retaining the best and most important of our own.
This is a very useful book, full of insight and helpful suggestions, key ideas and meaningful stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent resource for anyone ministering cross culturally
Comment: Great book, not just a bunch of mission stories. These principles in this book will impact your ministry and your cultural sensativity.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Have For Anyone Ministering Cross Culturally
Comment: I found this book while I was browsing Amazon back in the Spring of 2002. I sent away for a used copy of it, and I'm glad I did.
The author of this book spent a good deal of time on the Island of Yap, which is in the South Pacafic, in Micronesia. He documents his cross-cultural experiences in this book. He tells of both the good and bad of his experiences and how it strengthened him as both a Christian and minister of the gospel. He also tells of the barriers he had to cross in order to effectivey share the gospel to the people of Yap. Overall, this book is a cross between a "how-to" and a cross cultural autobiography.
Like Rev. Lingenfelter, I am also involved in cross-cultural ministry. And even though I've never been to Yap, I can understand what he went through. If you do any type of cross-cultural ministry here in America or anywhere else, youshould read this book. It may not have all of the answers you need. But it will indeed get you pointed in the right direction.
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Title: Anthropological Insights for Missionaries by Paul Hiebert ISBN: 0801042917 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $23.99 |
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Title: Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry by Duane H. Elmer ISBN: 0830816577 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally, Second Edition by David J. Hesselgrave ISBN: 0310368111 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 30 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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Title: Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting in Around the World by Duane Elmer ISBN: 0830823093 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnation Model for Learning and Teaching by Judith E. Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. Lingenfelter, Milada G. Broukal ISBN: 0801026202 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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