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Crossing Cultures with Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil
Added: 02/02/11
(3 votes, average: 9.67 out of 10)
Loading ...“As America continues to become more ethnically-diverse, it is very likely that people of other ethnicities will move into your community. How should you try to connect with these new neighbors? Should you try to treat them just like you do people of your own ethnic group? Try to blend in with their cultural group? Try to be “color blind” to their cultural differences? This session explores these types of questions and helps trainees to understand the pros and cons of eight typical, cross-cultural mindsets. It emphasizes Jesus’ interaction with the Samaritan woman in John 4 as a model of how we should interact with people of other ethnicities.”
Harmonizing Cultures with Dr. Michael Emerson
Added: 02/02/11 (2 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10) Loading ...“Why is it so difficult for people of different ethnicities to share in Christian community (churches, universities, small groups, youth groups, etc.) together? One of the primary reasons is our different cultural preferences. Dr. Emerson explains that each person has a deeply seated habitus or “all-encompassing set of preferred tastes, smells, feelings, emotions, and ways of doing things”. Habitus differences often cause a great deal of tension in multi-ethnic congregations as members struggle with how to answer questions like: How should we worship?, Train our children?, Conduct our church life?, Minister in the community? Each person’s habitus leads them to a different conclusion. This session provides a biblical and practical framework for understanding and working through habitus differences. Special emphasis is placed on Acts 15–a good example of how the early church leadership prayerfully worked through their habitus differences with the leading of the Holy Spirit.”
The Art of Inclusion with Dr. David Anderson
Added: 02/02/11 (1 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10) Loading ...“This session helps trainees see how the insider/outsider dynamic effects a variety of situations in a local congregation. It presents a framework for practicing “the Art of Inclusion” with the ethnic minorities and other groups in an organization that may be easily overlooked. It helps Christians understand how they can apply the biblical principles of showing favor to outsiders (1 Corinthians 12) and avoiding giving favoritism to insiders (James 2) in a way that promotes a healthy, unified community.”
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