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How might we build relationships
with people; what activities, interests, or opinions do
they have that we could use to get to know them?
Cultural bridges
are those characteristics that could be used to build
relationships with people in the community.
Various activities,
interests, or opinions (AIO) represented among the
consumer behavior characteristics in the community offer
ways for believers to build relationships with people
and through that relationship impact them for Christ.
What values, attitudes or behaviors
might be a barrier to establishing relationships with
these kind of people? What might be a barrier to their
understanding or acceptance of Christ?
Cultural
barriers are those values, attitudes or behaviors (VAB)
of people in the community that might be a barrier to
Christians establishing a relationship with them.
Some cultural barriers tend
to become a barrier to people's understanding or
acceptance of Christ.
In addition,
characteristics of the people in the church or
programming of the church may become a cultural barrier
to reaching people as well.
What "themes" or topics arise out of
the cultures in the community that we could use in our
presentation of the gospel that would help them to
understand it better?
Cultural themes
are themes or topics that arise out of the culture of a
group that could be used to more effectively present the
gospel and the biblical message of discipleship.
Cultural themes enable the
message to become “relevant” to the hearers.
What places or events do these
people frequent where we could interact meaningfully
with them and develop relationships with them for the
sake of the gospel?
Shared places are those places or
events frequented by people in the community where
Christians could interact meaningfully with them and
develop relationships with them for the sake of the
gospel.
What are the social or community
projects in which people are involved that we could join
in with them as a means of develop relationships while
"serving with them"?
Shared projects are those social or
community projects in which people from the community
are involved that Christians could join in with them as
a means of developing relationships while "serving with
them."
What communication issues about
people in the community can we discern that may impact
the way in which an indigenous congregation would
communicate?
Indigenous
communication issues stem from cultural characteristics
of people that Christians can discern that may impact
the way in which the gospel is shared and disciplemaking
is conducted.
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