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Culture Brokers: Ministering Cross-Culturally

Culture Brokers: Ministering Cross-Culturally. Culture is the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge, activities, and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions. Building blocks of culture:. Building blocks of culture: Fear. Building blocks of culture: Fear Shame.

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Culture Brokers: Ministering Cross-Culturally

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  1. Culture Brokers:Ministering Cross-Culturally

  2. Culture is the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge, activities, and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions.

  3. Building blocks of culture:

  4. Building blocks of culture: • Fear

  5. Building blocks of culture: • Fear • Shame

  6. Building blocks of culture: • Fear • Shame • Guilt

  7. Three primary cultures:

  8. Three primary cultures: • Fear-based

  9. Three primary cultures: • Fear-based • Shame-based

  10. Three primary cultures: • Fear-based • Shame-based • Guilt-based

  11. Guilt-based Cultures

  12. Guilt-based Cultures Right vs. Wrong

  13. Guilt-based Cultures The issue is guilt vs. innocence

  14. Fear-based Cultures

  15. Fear-based Cultures Humans fear humans

  16. Fear-based Cultures Humans fear humans Humans fear supernatural

  17. Fear-based Cultures Struggle for power

  18. Fear-based Cultures The issue is fear vs. power

  19. Shame-based Cultures

  20. Shame-based Cultures Honor is the highest virtue

  21. Shame-based Cultures The issue is honor vs. shame

  22. Culture Brokers:Ministering Cross-Culturally

  23. Culture brokers

  24. Culture brokers “…the act of bridging, linking, or mediating between groups or persons of different cultural backgrounds for the purpose of reducing conflict or producing change” (Jezewski, 1990).

  25. Culture brokers “A cultural broker is defined as a go-between, one who advocates on behalf of another individual or group” (Jezewski & Sotnik, 2001).

  26. Culture brokers 1. Liason

  27. Culture brokers • Liason – bridging two worlds

  28. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide

  29. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide – helping people understand the ins and outs of the community

  30. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator

  31. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator – easing historical tension between US and other country

  32. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator • - trust

  33. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator • - trust • - time

  34. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator • Catalyst

  35. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator • Catalyst – influencing people’s behavior, values, understanding

  36. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator • Catalyst – influencing people’s behavior, values, understanding…and faith?

  37. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator • Catalyst • Learners

  38. Culture brokers • Liason • Cultural guide • Mediator • Catalyst • Learners – listening and loving people toward the Kingdom

  39. Getting started

  40. Getting started 1. Pray

  41. Getting started 1. Pray – ask God to lead you to someone who is seeking.

  42. Getting started • Pray • Listen

  43. Getting started • Pray • Listen – shows care; gives insight into person’s heart

  44. Getting started • Pray • Listen • Observe

  45. Getting started • Pray • Listen • Observe – watch how they dress, mannerisms, accessories

  46. Getting started • Pray • Listen • Observe • Dialogue

  47. Getting started • Pray • Listen • Observe • Dialogue – take an interest in them

  48. Culture Brokers:Ministering Cross-Culturally

  49. Getting started • Pray • Listen • Observe • Dialogue – take an interest in them

  50. Questions for Internationals

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