1. Befriending the Unreached Next Door
Activity: Make initial contacts and arrange for follow-up visits.
2. Enjoying and Navigating Cultural Diversity
Activity: Learn more about the cultures in new friendships and how to understand and respect differences.
3. Coming Close to the Heart of Refugees
Activity: Meet refugees and listen to their stories.
4. Tangibly Helping New Arrivals
Activity: Do something tangible to help someone of another culture.
5. Being a Spirit-Filled Disciple
Activity: Experience a retreat to draw closer to God.
6. Building Bridges to People of Other Religions
Activity: Visit a mosque, temple, or synagogue. Talk with people who are not Christians about their needs, values, and beliefs.
7. Sharing Life-Changing Stories and Experiences
Activity: Share testimonies and stories in a culturally-appropriate way with people who are not Christians and invite them to experience something new spiritually. Invite them to learn the main Bible stories.
8. Leading Up Step-by-Step
Activity: Share the gospel with your international friends. Know possible Bible studies for different religious backgrounds and help your international friends start studying.
9. Making Disciples Like Jesus
Activity: Write out the areas of Biblical truth and qualities of discipleship in which your new friends need to grow and begin or continue a plan to disciple them.
10. Partnering to Redeem the Culture
Activity: Discuss areas of your international friends’ cultures and your own culture in light of Bible principles to grow more like Jesus.
11. Building the International Body of Believers
Activity: Start a Discovery Bible group that includes non-Christians or support an ethnic church plant.
12. Effectively Managing Cross-Cultural Conflict
Activity: Practice and use skills for resolving conflict with others, especially with someone of another culture.
13. Celebrating God’s Glory and Seeking for More
Activity: Promote this training and coach a core group of four or more to do what you did.
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