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TRAINING IN MULTICULTUREAND CROSS CULTURES

Dr. Trevor B. Neil


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Dr. Trevor B. Neil

Training in MulTiculTural and cross culTures

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Preace

Multicultural Evangelism is theological, historical, anthropological,

sociological, and statistical. Its purpose is to invite pastors whounderstand the times and know what the church should be

doing, to take a second look at the Great Commission with the

global vision and mission in view. Secondl, its purpose is to

invite ministers to an open vision and an open door polic to

the rare opportunit that presents itsel as one witnesses the

ullment o the scripture that sas that man will run to and ro

in the orm o immigration and migration o people rom all walks

o lie (Da 12:4; Am 8:12). Our present da distress o nations is

an open door opportunit or the church to reach people with

the gospel o hope on our own tur as well as abroad (Lu 21:25).

The world does not understand the times or the reasons wh

people are running to and ro. The church must be graciousl

evangelistic, not ethnocentric. The Prophets, Apostles, and Christ

identied the pride o lie, the lusts o the esh, and the lust o the

ee to be o the world and shall shortl pass awa. Thereore, theproblems and the pride o the world must not be the attitude o

the church. We are not here to clean up the world or to preserve

this present worlds social behavior toward its ellow man. We are

here to pick out a people or His name and to prepare them or a

new world without ethnocentric problems and the pride o the

sinul, carnal, sensual esh (Lu 20:35; He 2:5; Re 21:1; 2 Pe 3:6; Is

65:17; 66:22; 1 Jn 2:16-18; Ja 3:15).

Onl Pastors, the Priests o God, are qualied to bring about this

change within the local churches. Thais change is to, bring down

walls, partitions, principalities, powers, and spiritual wickedness in

high places, and start reecting Heavens congregation that John

saw in the book o Revelation (Re 21:24; 5:9-11; 7:9-10).

Finall, a ew wise men o God have overcome societal

ethnocentric impasses b development o ethnic daughter workswithout creating a new institution o religious ghettos or the


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Table o Contents

TRAINING IN MULTICULTURE AND CROSS CULTURES

ProblemDefinition............................................................... 1

BenefitsofCrossCultureTraining................................... 2

ReflectionbytheTraineronSelfAwareness............... 3

TrainingLearningObjectives ........................................... 7

Rationale.................................................................................. 7

TheTrainersPresentationObjectives .........................11

EvaluationoftheSessionsImpact ...............................13

TRAINING

LESSON 1 Pastors are Ambassadors o Christ ........................19

LESSON 2 Origin o Cultures ........................................................25

LESSON 3 A Lesson Learned about Multiculturalism ..........33

LESSON 4 Understanding other Cultures ................................41

LESSON 5 Ambassadors or Christ .............................................45

LESSON 6 Removing Barriers as an Ambassador ..................51

LESSON 7 Be a Church without Barriers to Minorities ........55

LESSON 8 Integration Strategies ................................................57

LESSON 9 Communication across Cultures ............................59

LESSON 10 Practicum Ministries ...................................................61


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Problem Denition

The Great Commission made it a Christian imperative to

interact with all cultures. Conict due to assumptions and othermaladaptive behaviors can lead to roadblocks to evangelism into

ethnic neighborhoods.

Here are problems that plague those untrained in cross culture

interpersonal relations:

1. Absence o eective cultural training

2. Without diagnostic tools or dealing with culturaldierences

3. Inappropriate attitudes when working with culturalminorities

4. Inabilit to resolve misunderstandings betweencultures

5. Not equipped to avoid oending other cultures6. Inabilit to inluence others rom dierent cultures

7. A lack o cultural sensitivit

8. Negative impact due to preconceived belies

9. Misunderstanding o other nationalities

10. Wrestling with other cultures value sstems


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Benets o Cross Culture Training

1. Sel awareness : Strength; Weakness; Opportunities;

Threats

2. Clear lines o communication beneits

3. Conidence with meeting new challenges

4. Abilit to diuse conlict

5. Breaking down culture barriers

6. Building Bridges

7. Winning riends and inluencing others

8. Empath skills are developed

9. Ambassadors or global evangelism

10. Understanding o other culture terms o reerence


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Refection by the Trainer on Sel Awareness

Rationale

As a trainer, ou must rst be aware o our own hang-ups,

belies and bias, beore ou can tackle multi-cultural issues. The

questions are designed to make ou more aware o our strength,

weakness, threats and opportunities in dealing with multicultural

issues.

Goals

Be our own sel censorship.

Learning Objectives

Gain the abilit to know our mind which ou so oten speak

As an instructor

Respond to what ou reall mean when dealing with visible

minorities and ou come across as uzz in our communicationto the other part who is eeling the impact o our demeanor.

I.e. how should other cultures interpret how ou come across to

them during interaction? Whh y m?

1. Do ou mean to be bias or racist?

2. Do ou mean black or colored?

3. Do ou mean nationalit or race?

4. Doyoumeantoshowyourpreferenceorprejudice?

5. Do ou mean to be discretionar or discriminator?

When having to interact directl with other nationalities or

the rst time, which o the ollowing experiences denes the

relationship?


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c. Mild depression

d. Acceptance

e. Avoidance

. Accommodations

Which sentence best describes our true belies? True or alse?

a. I am an active racist

b. I am a past racist

c. I am a inactive racist

d. I am no longer a racist

e. I was never a racist

you strongl believe that: True or alse?

a. Hispanics in USA are all here illegall in USA?

b. Black is bad?

c. North American Natives are drunks?

How would ou respond to the ollowing statements?

True or alse?1. Its ok to run around with some one that belongs to a

racist organization?

2. you hate to see mixed couple marriages because it wasnot the wa it was meant to be?

3. Do ou believe there are much more phsicaldierences between races beside color o skini.e.superior race traits

4. Nature shows preerence to whites over blacks


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Test our acquaintances1. Who is the prime minister o England?

2. Name the president o USA

3. Who do ou eel more comortable with

a. White babsitter

b. Black babsitter

4. Name one Arican leader

a. Name an Chinese leader

b. Name a Caribbean leader

5. Name one Arican countr

a. Name a north American countr

6. Name one amous black leader

a. Name a amous white leader

b. Name a amous Hispanic leader

7. Who carried the cross with Jesus

a. A Jewish man

b. A black man

8. What color was Jesus mother

a. black

b. brown

c. white

Test our sensitivit1. Racist commercials are in good taste

2. Stereotping is oka o other nations


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Training Learning Objectives

At the end o the training the student will be able to:1. Deine Culture

2. Identi the needs or reaching across cultures bevangelism

3. Work with cultural dierences

4. Demonstrate positive cross culture interpersonal

communication skills5. Implement biblical models o multicultural evangelism

6. Appl various proven methods or strategies indiusing cultural issues

7. Works competentl with the challenge o inner-citevangelism

8. Building bridges that crosses linguistic and ethnic

barriers9. Assist others to work around cultural boundaries and

road blocks

10. Motivate others to have Churches without ethnic andlinguistic walls

Rationale

Cross Culture Evangelism into Afro American Communities

Is a Christian Imperative

The world is rapidl removing boundaries and diferences to orm

a new unied world order without national boundaries. This is an

opportunit or the church to do the same. One bod but man

diverse members unied in Jesus Christ.

The Aro-American evangelism training manual was created to

i th i t t d i ti i b hi i t ti


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The church can get its oot in the door. Cultural diversities must

be aced or Christs sake. It takes leadership to ace cross cultural

orientations and pattern o thinking. In travel and dail living,culture shock is declining and the world is connecting. Readiness

exists to explore the ROAD NOT TRAVELED BEFORE.

A cultural bridge called Aro-American Ministries is prepared to

take us across the gul that exists.

In Acts, case studies sael navigate us across diferent cultures.

Examples abound on how to avoid the pitalls, ruts, and trapswhile making use o rare opportunities to cross into meaningul

cultural relationships b taking down ethnic walls o the past.

Acts is lled with models o how to cross communicate, relate

and reduce apprehension between cultures. Genuine trust can

be established and met with true acceptance i we are willing to

ADAPT and CHANGE in the best interest o soul winning and the

CAUSE.

Challenge of Inter-city Evangelism - Transit, congestion, delas

and high speed people movers, create a challenge or Evangelism.

A special, coordinated efort is needed to achieve and to meet

the needs o those individuals traveling in high densit corridors.

The goal is to design methods to achieve an intercit outreach

or lost souls. The challenge involves working with diversities,

demographics, and understanding the mission to all cultures in

mass evangelism. Another goal is to develop church marketingor inter-cit growth.

Strategic Thinking for Multicultural Evangelism

Maturit o the multicultural congregation is the ke to strategic

thinking. Understanding cultural temperaments is essential

to reaching other cultures. Knowledge o mores, values, and

predisposition provides the ground work or developing

a strateg to cross culture outreach. The goal is to impact

other cultures b strategicall icebreaking and b connecting


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