The Cross-Cultural Partnership Survival Guide - E-book - ePub

Susan Jamison has a problem.  Newly hired as the Outreach Director of Fragrant Hills Church, her primary task is to build healthy partnerships with local immigrant congregations.  Susan quickly realizes the complexity of the cultures involved, her unpreparedness to relate to them, and her church's lack of readiness to thrive in a multicultural society.  Discovering few sources of practical guidance, she quickly feels overwhelmed and inadequate. Will Susan be able to build healthy partnerships with diverse immigrant ministry leaders, and guide her monocultural church into a multicultural future? The author skillfully intertwines his personal journey and real-world stories with the fictional narrative of Susan's dilemma.  Readers will discover practical steps to build the kind of healthy cross-cultural partnerships essential for the future of American Christianity.