You Don't Have to Cross the Ocean to Reach the World: The Power of Local Cross-Cultural Ministry - Softcover

Boyd, David

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9780800794477: You Don't Have to Cross the Ocean to Reach the World: The Power of Local Cross-Cultural Ministry

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ISBN 10: 0800794478 ISBN 13: 9780800794477

Publisher: Chosen, 2008

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The key to reaching the nations with the gospel is to first reach the stranger who dwells among us. With this strategic principle, David Boyd set out to plant a church that focused on identifying and equipping bicultural people to share God's love across borders of race, culture, and language. The result is a way of doing church that honors Christ's call to reach every nation with his message of salvation while making connections between previously disconnected people. You Don't Have to Cross the Ocean to Reach the World shows readers in any country how to reach the world through building multicultural congregations. With a firm biblical foundation, compelling case studies, true stories, and practical suggestions for implementation, this is the ideal book for everyone who wants to reach the world for Christ by starting at their own front door.

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Check your cultural baggage at the door Today's Christian has an unprecedented opportunity to go into all the world for Christ--without leaving home! You can bypass the usual hindrances of language study, visa application and fund-raising. How? By helping your church become a multicultural congregation. As you follow the biblical yet revolutionary steps outlined in this book, you will enter the most effective world missions endeavor known today. Join those who are welcoming ethnic vitality into their congregations and spreading the Gospel with a 21st-century model. The challenges you face will pale in the light of truly effective results for the Kingdom of God! "Boyd's book is the best I have read on cross-cultural ministry. He also shares how one can grow a multicultural congregation in the face of the old-school missiological principle that only homogeneous churches grow. So whether you read this to be equipped for the mission field or to grow a multicultural church, your life and paradigm will never be the same." --from the foreword by Dr. Ch� Ahn, senior pastor, Harvest Rock Church; president, Harvest International Ministry "Fresh analysis and practical insight for the growing number of individuals and churches throughout the world pursuing the multiethnic vision."--Dr. Mark DeYmaz, pastor, Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas; author, Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church "Finally someone is doing multicultural ministry, not just talking about it! Discover in this book the secrets of being in and growing a multicultural church. David's work on the subject of the stranger is revolutionary."--Dr. Ed Delph, author, Church@Community and Making Sense of Apostolic Ministry

About the Author:

David Boyd has ministered and pioneered cross-cultural ministries in many countries over the years. He is senior pastor of Jesus Family Centre in Sydney, Australia, with his wife, Chih Yunn.

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