| Cultural Insights for Christian Leaders: New Directions for Organizations Serving God's Mission Contributor(s): McConnell, Douglas (Author), Sunquist, Scott (Editor), Yong, Amos (Editor) |
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ISBN: 080109965X ISBN-13: 9780801099656 Publisher: Baker Academic OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Dewey: 261 |
| LCCN: 2017055470 |
| Series: Mission in Global Community |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Christianity Today Book Award Winner This volume helps leaders and leaders-in-training become students of culture who can then contextualize what they learn for their own organizational settings. Douglas McConnell, a respected leader in the worlds of missiology and higher education, enables readers to understand intercultural dynamics so they can shape their organizational cultures and lead their organizations in a missional direction. This is the latest volume in an award-winning series emphasizing mission as partnership with Christians around the globe. |
Contributor Bio(s): McConnell, Douglas: - Douglas McConnell (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor of leadership and intercultural studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as dean of the School of Intercultural Studies and as provost at Fuller. McConnell spent fifteen years as a missionary in Australia and Papua New Guinea, taught at Wheaton College, and served as the international director of Pioneers. In addition to his leadership and teaching responsibilities at Fuller, he continues to be actively involved as a mission advisor and workshop leader worldwide. He has edited several volumes and is coauthor of The Changing Face of World Missions. |