Culture Brokers: Ministering Cross-Culturally

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