This is the final module of five modules. As we work in foreign places, we face many cultural hurdles. Thus, we need to know more about the cross-cultural implications of serving overseas, who we are, our own ethnicity, and our social and cultural antecedents. Also, communicating the Gospel to others is a translation process where we not only have to learn to speak the language and understand the people’s ways, but especially be able to distinguish between the gospel and the culture, between the universal and the particular, so that we do not over- or under contextualize. Finally, what should a church look like in a particular context, and what strategic principles should guide a partnership between churches so as to avoid paternalism and a one-sided benefactor/receiver relationship.
- Professor: K. Detlev Schulz