Equipping Summer 1 2024
Training global servants for cross-cultural ministry
The Equipping course is more than just a class that will download information to you — it's a community that will help you grow and thrive before and after you arrive at your new location.
Learn principles of cross-cultural communication, including how shame, fear, and guilt-based cultures affect the understanding and presentation of the gospel.
Identify characteristics of ineffective and effective teams, and how to organize, communicate, and cooperate with others toward a shared goal.
Discover aspects of your own personality, beliefs, and worldview in order to more effectively share the gospel at a true heart level.
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Equipping Orientation Video (watch before Monday)
4 Week Overview
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 1
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 1
Guidelines for Life Mapping Activity
Due Tuesday: Memorize 2 Corinthians 4:1-3 (HOS)
Due Wednesday: Read "Ugly Americans or Ambassadors of Christ" (Ethnocentrism)
Due Wednesday: Review "Cross-Cultural Connections" (Views of Culture)
Due Wednesday: Read "HOS Foundational Concepts"
Due Thursday: Fruit to Root (HOS)
Due Thursday: Read "Do Missionaries Destroy Cultures?" (Views of Culture)
Due Thursday: Read "Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism "
Due Thursday: Review "Cross-Cultural Connections" (Views of Culture)
Watch before Friday: Participant Observation
Due Friday: Value Cards
Due Friday: Complete "Personal View of Culture" Reflection Paper (Views of Culture)
Due Friday: Read "Know Your Own Culture: A Neglected Tool for Cross-Cultural Ministry" (Tools for Cultural Awareness)
Due Friday: Review "Cross-Cultural Connections"
Due Friday: Complete the "Proud Hearts and Humble Hearts" worksheet
Weekend Assignment: Participant Observations
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 2
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 2
Due Monday: Report participant observation 1st weekend
Due Monday: Complete the Book of Ephesians Assignment (Spiritual Warfare)
Due Monday: One Question Survey
Due Monday: Read "My Father’s Shirt" (Righteousness of God — HOS)
Due Tuesday: Memorize 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 (HOS)
Due Wednesday: "Spiritual Warfare" Reflection Paper (Spiritual Warfare)
Watch before Wednesday
Due Wednesday: Review "The 3D Gospel" Pages 9-74 (Social Context)
Due Wednesday: Read "The Holiness of God" (HOS)
Due Thursday: Complete the "What is Truth" Exercise
Due Thursday: Read these articles, "Are Tattoos Worse than Adultery?"...
Tips for your weekend worship visits
Due Friday: Ethnographic questions
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 3
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 3
Due Monday: Worship Service Survey
Due Monday: Complete "Worship Service" Reflection Paper (Tools for Cultural Awareness — Ethnography)
Due Monday: Complete "International Conversations" Reflection Paper (Tools for Cultural Awareness — Ethnography)
Due Monday: Read "The W-Spectrum" (Contextualization)
Due Monday: Read "Dignity & Depravity: The Problem with Wounds" (Self-Reliance — HOS)
Due Monday: Complete "Sons, Daughters, or Orphans" Exercise (Self-Reliance — HOS)
Due Tuesday: Memorize 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 (HOS)
Due Tuesday: Read "Preparing Missionary Couples for Cultural Stress" (Moveable Missionaries) (Optional for singles)
Due Wednesday: Read "Understanding Our Adoption" (Acceptability — HOS)
Due Wednesday: Read Articles-- for everyone (Family Matters)
Due Wednesday: Read Article-- only for those with children (Family Matters)
Due Thursday: Read "Effective Followership - The Overlooked Role" (Team Dynamics)
Due Thursday: Read "The Heart of Addiction" (Self-Satisfaction — HOS)
Due Friday: Read "Idolatry: Its Nature and Effects" (Idolatry — HOS)
Due Friday: Complete "The Idolatry Worksheet" (Idolatry — HOS)
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for Equipping - Week 4
Before Monday: Class Notes Needed for HOS - Week 4
Due Monday: Read "Repentence - Wordly Sorrow vs Godly Sorrow" (Repentance — HOS)
Due Tuesday: Memorize 2 Corinthians 4:10-12 (HOS)
Due Thursday: Review "Cross-Cultural Connections" (Culture Stress & Expectations)
Due Thursday: Read "Culture Shock!" (Culture Stress & Expectations)
Due Thursday: Review "Cross-Cultural Connections" (Re-Entry)