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

By: Livermore, David A, 1967-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books, c2013Edition: Updated ed.Description: 190 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780801015199 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Short-term missions | Cultural intelligenceDDC classification: 266.023 73
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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Books Books Grand Bay Branch Library
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Non-fiction 266.023 73 Liv (Browse shelf) Available 4196G
Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library
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Non-fiction 266.023 73 Liv (Browse shelf) Available 7203P
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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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