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The Essence of the Church and Cross-Cultural Ministry
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Facilitators: Dave Guiles and Dr. Sherwood Lingenfelter
Monday – Tuesday (Dave Guiles) The Essence of the church: understanding how the apostles revealed the church to the diverse world of the First century, and principles for presenting the true nature of the church to the diverse world in which we live and minister today.
Wednesday – Thursday (Sherwood Lingenfelter) The Essence of cross-cultural Ministry: understanding the fundamental issues involved in developing effective cross-cultural ministries today. Friday (Guiles/Lingenfelter) Applications: developing practical applications to implement effectively the principles shared in the previous two modules.
GOALS:
- To understand and be able to describe the Biblical essence of the church.
- To find principles to realize this essence in the diverse world in which we live.
- To understand fundamental issues the church faces as it crosses cultural boundaries.
WHO WILL BENEFIT:
- Any pastor who wants a solid biblical basis upon which to evaluate the local church.
- Mission-minded people who want to relate and biblical ministry in their communities.
- Missional people who want to share the gospel intentionally and effectively in other cultures.
Click HERE to register for this class.
SHERWOOD G. LINGENFELTER is Professor and Provost and Senior Vice President at Fuller Theological Seminary. Before his appointment at Fuller, he served as Professor of Intercultural Studies and Provost and Senior Vice President at Biola University. He holds a B.A. from Wheaton College and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh. He has served as consultant to the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) in Papua New Guinea, Borneo, Philippines, Africa, and Latin America. He also contributes regularly to mission conferences and to missionary candidate training for evangelical mission organizations. His publications on missions include Ministering Cross-Culturally (1986), Transforming Culture (1992, 1998), Agents of Transformation (1996), and with Bobby Gupta, Breaking Tradition to Accomplish Vision.
DAVE GUILES graduated from Grace College with a degree in Christian ministries. After earning an MDiv. Degree at Grace Theological Seminary, Dave and Sue served as missionaries in Argentina for twelve years where Dave was team leader and church planter in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dave was the principal author of a strategy for equipping believers to launch reproducing churches that is now being used throughout the world and is known as the ACTS (Apostolic Church-planting Team Strategy). He became Grace Brethren International Missions’ Executive Director in April of 2000. Dave has been networking with mission and international leaders from the FGBC in an effort to implement a more aggressive approach to church planting around the world. Dave and Sue reside in Winona Lake, Indiana, with their four children.
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