Cross-Cultural Ministry Resources: International Students, Jewish Outreach, Urban Ministry
Sometimes God will take us out of our comfort zones by getting us involved in ministry with people from different cultures --- from the suburbs to urban ministry, hosting international students, Gentiles reaching out to Jewish people, and other ethnical or cross-cultural opportunities
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Cross-Cultural
General Information about Cross-Cultural Ministry
Articles:
- 25 FAQs re. the Multi-ethnic Church
- Cross-Cultural Activities for Churches
- How to Start a Cross-Cultural Ministry at Your Church
- Working Through Cultural Differences
Books:
- A Beginner's Guide to Crossing Cultures: Making Friends in a Multicultural World by Patty Lane
- Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church: Mandate, Commitments and Practices of a Diverse Congregation by Mark DeYmaz
- Called to Reach: Equipping Cross-Cultural Disciplers by William Yount, Mike Barnett
- Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out & Fitting In Around the World by Duane Elmer
- Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility by Duane Elmer
- Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World by David A. Livermore
- Effective Intercultural Communication: A Christian Perspective by A. Scott Moreau, Evvy Hay Campbell, Susan Greener
- Ethnic Blends: Mixing Diversity into the Local Church by Mark DeYmaz, Harry Li
- Leading Across Cultures: Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church by James E. Plueddemann
- Ministering Cross-Culturally, 3rd edition: A Model for Effective Personal Relationships by Sherwood Lingenfelter & Marvin Mayers
- Planting Churches Cross-Culturally by David Hesselgrave
International Students
Help with Ministry to International Students
Articles:
Books:
- Global Youth Ministry: Reaching Adolescents Around the World by Terry D. Linhart, David Livermore
- Paradigm Shift: Why International Students are so Strategic to Global Missions by Jack D. Burke, Ph.D. M.Div.
- The World At Your Door by Tom Phillips and Robert W. Norsworthy
Jewish
Outreach Ministry to Jewish People
Books:
- Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus by Michael L. Brown
- Jews Don't Need Jesus - and Other Misconceptions: Reflections of a Jewish Believer by Avi Snyder
- To the Jew First: The Case for Jewish Evangelism in Scripture and History ed. by Darrell L. Bock, Mitchell Glaser
- What The Church Owes The Jew by Leslie Flynn
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Urban
Resources for Engaging in Urban Ministry
Articles:
Books:
- A Heart for the City: Effective Ministries to the Urban Community by John Fuder
- A Heart for the Community: New Models for Urban and Suburban Ministry by John Fuder, Noel Castellanos
- A Theology As Big As the City by Ray Bakke
- Christ + City: Why the Greatest Need of the City Is the Greatest News of All by Jon M. Dennis
- Cities of Tomorrow and the City to Come: A Theology of Urban Life by Noah J. Toly
- For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel by Matt Carter, Darrin Patrick, Joel Lindsey
- Linking Arms, Linking Lives: How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities by Ronald J. Sider, John M. Perkins, Wayne L. Gordon, F. Albert Tizon
- Loving the City: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City by Timothy Keller
- Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development by Wayne Gordon, John M. Perkins
- Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right by John Perkins
- Revolution and Renewal: How Churches Are Saving Our Cities by Tony Campolo & Bruce Main
- Shaped by the Gospel: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City by Timothy Keller
- Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America by Robert D. Lupton
- Urban Ministry: The Kingdom of God, the City & the People of God by Harvie Conn & Manuel Ortiz
- Why Cities Matter: To God, the Culture, and the Church by Stephen T. Um, Justin Buzzard, Timothy Keller
May God stretch you and use you in the lives of people different from you or your church.
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