Following Sherwood Lingenfelter's successful books on ministering, teaching, and leading cross-culturally (with combined sales of over 200,000 copies), Teamwork Cross-Culturally casts a vision for how teams made up of diverse peoples can serve in unity as the body of Christ despite the complicated problems that arise. The book equips leaders to respond to divisive issues so that multinational mission teams can do the work of ministry in ways that honor God. Real-life examples of teamwork challenges from around the world demonstrate that "in Christ" responses are achievable.
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1 What Are Wicked Problems and In-Christ Solutions? |
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Part 1 Biblical Foundations for In-Christ Responses |
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2 Paul's Wicked Problem and In-Christ Defense |
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3 Biblical Essentials for Teamwork in Christ |
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Part 2 "In the World" Deceptions and Disagreements |
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4 Uncertainty about Power and Authority |
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5 The Deception of Elegant Solutions |
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6 The Deception of Investment Returns |
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7 Can You Disagree? Can You Work Together? |
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8 Tensions between Personal Identity and Role |
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9 Balancing Convictions, Rights, and Loving Others in Christ |
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Part 3 Five Leaders, Four Journeys, Four Metaphors of Leadership for "Mission with" in Christ |
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10 Enabling In-Christ Participation |
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11 Equipping Multinational Ministry Teams |
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12 Unequal Partners, Clumsy Compromise |
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13 Koinonia Teamwork in Central Africa |
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Part 4 Leadership Challenge, Steadfast Hope |
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14 The Leadership Challenge of Wicked Problems |
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15 "Mission with"--Steadfast Hope |
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| Bibliography |
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| Contributors |
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Sherwood G. Lingenfelter (PhD, University of Pittsburgh), a senior statesman among evangelical anthropologists, is provost emeritus and senior professor of anthropology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has written numerous books, including Leading Cross-Culturally, Teaching Cross-Culturally (with Judith E. Lingenfelter), and Ministering Cross-Culturally (with Marvin K. Mayers) as well as several volumes on anthropology.
Julie A. Green (d. 2020; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) served with SIL for more than 35 years. Her area of expertise was multinational teams.
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