AMBASSADORS - Amazon S3€¦ · RUSSIA----- 146 cultural miles USA----- 161 cultural miles...
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AMBASSADORS CROSSING CULTURAL DISTANCE 3 WAYS TO ENGAGE Ambassadors Neighbors Harvesters AMBASSADORS IS THE THIRD OF THREE GRAPHICS ON MISSION MOBILIZATION. Have you ever thought about the cultural distance between countries? Some countries that are far apart geographically may actually be very close culturally or vice versa. Ambassadors for Christ need to understand how much or how little cultural distance they are dealing with. QUESTIONS OF CULTURAL DISTANCE Which countries or regions have the smallest cultural distance from our country? Check your guesses with the Country Comparison tool at Geert-Hofstede.com. What can we do to travel that short distance and be good ambassadors? 1 How big is the cultural gap between the missionaries we send and the countries we are sending them to? Let’s pray for those who are facing huge cultural distances. 2 What cultural and experiential advantages do missionaries from the Global South have over those from Western countries that have done most of the missionary sending before? 3 “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” 2 Cor. 5:20 We are ambassadors of King Jesus who is reconciling all cultures to Himself through us. It is wise to be aware of our own cultural preferences, strengths and limitations as we serve his purpose. FOR COMPARISON the distance between the US and Russia is 283 cultural miles! 283 CULTURAL MILES ------------------------------ MOROCCO The cultural distance a Moroccan immigrant will have to travel to feel at home in these places: BRAZIL -------- 85 cultural miles NIGERIA ---------- 106 cultural miles RUSSIA -------------- 146 cultural miles USA ---------------- 161 cultural miles “Cultural Mileage” is a total of the distance between countries on six cultural scales (each 0-100) such as individualism, tolerance for uncertainty, etc. Short distance U.K. & USA 48 mi. Medium India & China 89 mi. Large Argentina & Germany 151 mi. Extreme Sweden & Japan 272 mi. Two totally opposite cultures would be 600 “cultural miles” apart (100 x 6). See geert-hofstede.com Guess where the vast majority of Brazilian missionaries go. Yes, it’s the US. Many work with Brazilians in the US, so the cultural distance is not the same. But look at the potential for Brazilians in Morocco. B R A Z I L SPONSORED BY To find more infographics from GMI, visit www.Missiographics.com Copyright © 2016 Center For Mission Mobilization used with permission by GMI Sources listed at www.missiographics.com/ambassadors www.Mobilization.org
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AMBASSADORS CROSSING CULTURAL DISTANCE
3 WAYSTO ENGAGE Ambassadors
Neighbors Harvesters
AMBASSADORS IS THE THIRD OF THREE GRAPHICS ON MISSION MOBILIZATION.
Have you ever thought about the cultural distance between countries? Some countries that are far apart geographically may actually be veryclose culturally or vice versa. Ambassadors for Christ need to understand how much or how little cultural distance they are dealing with.
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QUESTIONS OF CULTURAL DISTANCE
Which countries or regions have the smallest cultural distance from our country? Check your guesses with the Country Comparison tool at
Geert-Hofstede.com. What can we do to travel that short distance and be good ambassadors?
1How big is the cultural gap between the missionaries we send and the countries we are sending them to? Let’s pray for those who are facing
huge cultural distances.
2What cultural and experiential
advantages do missionaries from the Global South have over those from
Western countries that have done most of the missionary sending before?
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“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” 2 Cor. 5:20We are ambassadors of King Jesus who is reconciling all cultures to Himself through us. It is wiseto be aware of our own cultural preferences, strengths and limitations as we serve his purpose.
FOR COMPARISONthe distance between the US and
Russia is 283 cultural miles!
283 CULTURAL MILES
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MOROCCOThe cultural distance a
Moroccan immigrant will have to travel to feel at home in these places:
BRAZIL -------- 85 cultural milesNIGERIA ---------- 106 cultural milesRUSSIA -------------- 146 cultural milesUSA ---------------- 161 cultural miles
“Cultural Mileage”is a total of the distance betweencountries on six cultural scales
(each 0-100) such as individualism, tolerance for uncertainty, etc.
Short distance U.K. & USA 48 mi.Medium India & China 89 mi.Large Argentina & Germany 151 mi.Extreme Sweden & Japan 272 mi.
Two totally opposite cultures would be 600 “cultural miles” apart (100 x 6). See geert-hofstede.com
Guess where the vast majority of Brazilian
missionaries go.Yes, it’s the US. Many work with
Brazilians in the US, so the cultural distance is not the same. But look at
the potential for Brazilians in Morocco.
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To find more infographics from GMI, visit
www.Missiographics.com
Copyright © 2016 Center For Mission Mobilization used with permission by GMI
Sources listed at www.missiographics.com/ambassadors
www.Mobilization.org
