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Serving with eyes wide open : doing short-term missions with cultural intelligence / David A. Livermore.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, c2013.Edition: Updated edDescription: 190 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801015199 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266/.02373 23
LOC classification:
  • BV2082.S56 L59 2013
Contents:
Looking through a wide-angle lens: globalization and the church -- One world: snapshots of the globe -- One church: the changing face of Christianity -- Conflicting images: the North American perspective versus the majority world church perspective on short-term missions -- Motivation: "missions should be fun!" -- Urgency: "just do it!" -- Common ground: "they don't fly planes in India when it rains" -- Bible: "just stick to the Bible and you can't go wrong!" -- Money: "they're so happy" -- Simplicity: "you're either for us or against us!" -- Sharpening our focus and service with cultural intelligence (CQ) -- Try, try again: CQ drive -- Seek to understand: CQ knowledge -- On second thought: CQ strategy -- Actions speak louder than words: CQ action -- Heart of the matter: Shema.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Looking through a wide-angle lens: globalization and the church -- One world: snapshots of the globe -- One church: the changing face of Christianity -- Conflicting images: the North American perspective versus the majority world church perspective on short-term missions -- Motivation: "missions should be fun!" -- Urgency: "just do it!" -- Common ground: "they don't fly planes in India when it rains" -- Bible: "just stick to the Bible and you can't go wrong!" -- Money: "they're so happy" -- Simplicity: "you're either for us or against us!" -- Sharpening our focus and service with cultural intelligence (CQ) -- Try, try again: CQ drive -- Seek to understand: CQ knowledge -- On second thought: CQ strategy -- Actions speak louder than words: CQ action -- Heart of the matter: Shema.