Serving with eyes wide open: doing short-term missions with cultural intelligence

Part 1: Looking through a wide-angle lens: Globalization and the Church

One world : snapshots of the globe

One church : the changing face of Christianity

Part 2: Conflicting images : Americans' vs. Nationals' perspectives 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!"

Part 3: Sharpening our focus and service with cultural intelligence (CQ)

Seek to understand : knowledge CQ

On second thought : interpretive CQ

Try, try again : perseverance CQ

Actions speak louder than words : behavioral CQ

Heart of the matter : Shema.

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.