Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Culture • Missions
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Evangelism • Missiology
NOTE: A companion workshop to these articles is available to multi-ethnic churches that provides information, exercises and interaction to encourage the implementation of those disciplines that promote healthy intercultural relationships. Please contact Mark at mark.naylor@twu.ca
Whose rules rule?
In the innovative cultural simulation game, Barnga, created by Sivasailam Thiagarajan, groups of people play a simple card game [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Prayer • Scripture • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • New Testament • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
Categories: CLTP • Cultural Issues • Missiology
Jarrod Haas is a student in the Cross-cultural Leadership Training Program, CLTP @ Northwest, working towards an undergrad level diploma in preparation for cross-cultural ministry among Asians. CLTP is a one year, mentored, experienced based program that prepares the student for Master’s level seminary studies as well as equips them for ministry either internationally [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • Discipleship • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Missions • New Testament • Northwest • Old Testament • Religion • Seminary • Theology
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Program Outline
FIRST STAGE: Diploma in Cross-Cultural Leadership - (30 credits)
Fall Semester (12 credits)
This Semester is completed in a Canadian intercultural ministry setting
CCT 401 The People of God and the Practice of Ministry (4)
CCT 402 A Biblical Theology of World Missions (4)
CCT 403 World Religions (4)
Spring Semester (12 credits)
This Semester is completed with the Gateway Trax [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2008 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Culture • Discipleship • God • Gospel • Jesus • New Testament • Old Testament • Seminary • Translation
Categories: Bible • Blogs • Ethics • New TestamentTalk
Paul’s choice of words in his letter to Christians in the province of Galatia reflects careful intention. The issues he confronts are extremely serious, the opponents powerful and persuasive, and his audience somewhat befuddled. Strong warnings mingle with cries of frustration as he encourages these believers to keep running well the [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Leadership • Missiology
The Power Distance Contrast
In Pakistan there is a strong tradition of "holy men" who are called Pirs. One day I had a visit from a young man who informed me that he was the Pir of his village. I was puzzled by this because he was dressed in modern clothes and did not have the [...]
Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Seminary
Categories: Church • Culture
In the book UnChristian (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007), which deals with research from the Barna group, David Kinnaman refers to a survey which asked the participants to agree or disagree with the statement, “Christian churches accept and love people unconditionally, regardless of how people look or what they do” (p. 185). 20% of [...]
Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Bible • Culture • God • Gospel • Scripture • Seminary
Categories: Bible • Bible Story
My friend and mentor, Grant Lovejoy, sent me a link this morning to the new website for Chronological Bible Storying. The website offers the methodology, research, and reports from the field into this powerful way of preaching to oral and indigenous cultures.
According to the website, "Chronological Bible Storying (CBS) is the process of encountering [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Marriage • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Evangelism • Missiology
It feels impolite and invasive to challenge someone on a personal level
I am uncomfortable with direct methods of evangelism that early on present the hearer with an invitation to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. Part of my unease has to do with my Canadian upbringing. It feels impolite and invasive to challenge someone on [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Culture • God • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest
Categories: _Uncategorized
“Leadership Training for the sake of Ministry…”
The Leadership Culture Church: What are the marks of a Leadership Culture Church? How does a congregation design a blueprint for developing leaders from the ground up?
“The Local Church is by design the most effective incubator of spiritual leaders [...]
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Culture • Gospel • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Evangelism • Hermeneutics • Missiology
Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends
Edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Charles A. Anderson, Michael J. Sleasman. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007. 285 pages, $29.99, paperback.
Most of our churches in the Fellowship are not missional, but communal in orientation. That is, their primary orientation towards the community in which they are placed [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Jesus • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Evangelism • Missiology
The Common hunger of Humanity
What we as human beings search for and value in life is the “meaningful” and the “good.”
With regard to the “meaningful,” we are always trying to make sense of our world. Hopelessness, which is what we seek to avoid, is the antithesis of the “meaningful” and happens when the [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Cross • Culture • God • Jesus • Seminary
Categories: Bible • Cultural Issues • Culture • Hermeneutics • Missiology
Three ways to understand the Bible
My wife, Karen, heard a message by a young woman with no theological training on Jer 29:11, “I know the plans I have for you….” The young woman spoke of the verse as if it was addressed to us today and talked about the plans God has for us. Although [...]
Posted on November 5th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Culture • God • Gospel • Missions • New Testament • Old Testament • Translation
Categories: Cultural Issues • Culture • Missiology • Seminary • Translation Issues
I am slow. I have come to the realization – at least a full decade after more perceptive and observant thinkers – that we are no longer in the information age; we are in the networking age. Facebook is not about information, but about connecting. Due to the ease of access and overwhelming quantity of [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2007 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other tags: Cross • Culture
Categories: Culture • Hell
Tonight is Halloween.
The weather reports in our area give a 60% chance for rain this evening. Visibility will be worse than usual. I expect that we’ll all need to drive home especially carefully in the darkness tonight. Children, normally safe at home after dark, will be costumed and out tonight; more mindful of the prospects [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Leaders • Scripture • Seminary • Theology
Categories: Evangelism • Faith • Preaching
J. P. Moreland of Talbot Seminary was the keynote speaker at this year’s meetings of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. He took the opportunity to offer a proposal for “apologetic preaching.” While such an approach is not new, Moreland seemed to suggest that apologetics could and should take a much higher place in our thinking about [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • Culture • God • Jesus • Marriage
Categories: Christian Life • ChurchTalk • Culture • Evangelism
In a recent issue of Mcleans a lead article raised the alarm that our Canadian commitment to multiculturalism may be eroding. The key question that Canadians are debating is this: what reasonable accommodations should Canadians make to cultural and religious minorities? Where should the limits be drawn? The writer claimed that many in Canada are [...]
Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • New Testament • Prayer • Scripture • Translation
Categories: Bible • Bible Study • Christian Life • Culture
There is, today, a proliferation of articles, books and speakers discussing the topic of “hearing God”. Several well known evangelical preachers and leaders have weighed in with their contributions. I did a web search on the words “hearing God” and was fascinated by what came up. Page after page listing web sites, books, articles and other [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Bible • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus
Categories: Christian Life • Culture • Godliness
On my way to work this morning the radio station to which I was listening had an announcement regarding some of the up-coming fall TV shows. I found myself reacting to the announcer’s casual monologue. What he was describing was entertainment comprised of watching godless and adulterous relationships, of watching actors and actresses portraying a society whose [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Missions • Religion • Seminary • Translation
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The following are resources that are particularly helpful for those with responsibility to facilitate their church’s involvement in missions.
Websites with resources to help you develop your church’s involvement in missions
Interactive world maps
great interactive resource to develop a practical perspective on regions of the world from a missions perspective
Global Mapping International provides missions related maps and [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • God • Leaders • Ministry • Missions • Northwest • Seminary
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Support, Workshops and Resources
Many churches are presently involved in short term missions projects. These STM trips provide “teachable moments” that can be utilized to expand a person’s commitment to what God is doing in the world. Northwest Baptist Seminary and FEBInternational would like to be of service to our FEBCC churches by enhancing their efforts [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Ministry • Missions • Prayer • Scripture • Seminary
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Significant Conversations
… where “heaven overlaps with the earth.”
God loves words
He started the world with words
Let there be light!
His words became conversations
Adam, where are you?
And his conversations continued
I am the LORD your God, I delivered you. You are my people
But when God wanted to speak his deepest message of love, [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Northwest • Seminary • Theology
Categories: _Uncategorized
Contact Mark Naylor at mark.naylor@twu.ca for further information. All workshops, seminars and interactive programs are available to our FEBBC/Y on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland upon request and dependent upon Mark’s schedule. There is no fee attached to these programs, although there may be some incidental costs.
Resolving Intercultural Conflicts
Gleaned from the experiences of [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Jesus • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Religion • Translation
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Resources
Intercultural Network Canada has a number of interesting and innovative resources for developing effective cross-cultural relationships. Their mission is to cross cultures to reach, resource and release ethnic leaders for Jesus Christ. For those who like to throw parties as a means of creating new friends, check out the Party Hints Package.
How does one Grow as [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • Leaders • Leadership • New Testament • Northwest • Old Testament • Seminary • Theology
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Master of Arts in Christian Studies [MACS] - (51 credits)
The MACS is offered by Northwest Baptist Seminary through its participation in the ACTS Consortium (Trinity Western University). All ACTS rules and protocols apply. The degree can be completed in two years (though a student can take longer if desired). [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Culture • God • Ministry • Missions • Religion • Theology
Categories: _Uncategorized
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Posted on September 6th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Culture • God • Translation
Categories: Bible • Translation Issues
As a missionary involved in Bible translation for the past 18 years, I was disappointed with the tone of the article “‘Packer’s Bible’ now bestseller” appearing in the BC Christian News, August 2007 Vol 27 #8 < http://www.canadianchristianity.com/bc/bccn/0807/01bible>. During the course of celebrating the growth in sales of the English Standard Verson (ESV) – a welcome [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • Culture • God • Jesus • Ministry • Prayer
Categories: Board • BoardTalk • Church
Referee? Dictator? Coordinator? Coach? Parent? The role of the chairperson in a church board gets stereotyped in many unfortunate and misleading ways. Perceptions of this role will significantly affect how people act when appointed and how individuals respond to a person in this role. As Jesus framed it, every role in his kingdom is a [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Cross • Culture • God • Seminary
Categories: Hermeneutics • Missiology • Translation Issues
“That’s just NOT right!” exclaimed a woman in a Bible study I was conducting. The object of her disapproval was Naomi’s instructions for Ruth to approach Boaz while he was sleeping (see Ruth 3). She was correct in that she recognized the inappropriateness of such an action within our society. She was incorrect because she failed to recognize [...]
Posted on August 8th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Bible • Culture • God • Leaders • Leadership
Categories: Godliness • Leadership
In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. Judges 21:44
Eli the priest of God at Shiloh was the default leader of Israel at the opening of the book of 1 Samuel. He was elderly and his two sons, Hophni and Phinnehas, performed the regular priestly duties at [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2007 by Mr. Loren Warkentin
Other tags: Bible • Culture • God • Leaders • Prayer • Religion • Seminary
Categories: Children • Leadership
As the dark years of Israel’s history, recounted for us in the book of Judges, draw to a close and we see the transition of national identity from cowering fugitives into a great kingdom - a remarkable leader is used by God to bring Israel back to Himself. That leader is the prophet and judge [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • Culture • God • Holy Spirit • Leaders • Leadership • Ministry • Theology
Categories: Book Reviews • Church
George Cladis, Leading the Team-Based Church. San Fransisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1999. vii-xv, 1-189.
According to Cladis the best of kind of leadership model for the North American church in this postmodern era is the ministry leadership team. He begins by grounding his model in Trinitarian theology. Then he defines seven specific characteristics, based on his understanding [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Cross • Culture • Discipleship • God • Jesus • Ministry • Prayer
Categories: Evangelism • Missiology
One of the primary responsibilities of the cross-cultural Christian worker is to discover how God’s revelation of himself in both the written word (the Bible) and the living Word (Jesus) resonates with the cultural group with whom she or he is developing a relationship. In our ministry among the Sindhi people, we discovered that [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Marriage
Categories: Evangelism • Missiology
A number of years ago after delivering a sermon I was rebuked by a young woman. It would be nice to say that this was a unique occurrence, but unfortunately, such is not the case. I had made some disparaging remarks about the “Four Spiritual Laws,†a tract that provides a four step understanding [...]
Posted on June 28th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Church • Cross • Culture • Ministry
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
In The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003), Joseph R. Myers challenges evangelicals to think creatively about how people belong. He utilizes the work done by Edward Hall explaining that there are four “spaces†or levels of connecting in which people relate and commit: Public, Social, Personal [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Marriage • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
What is the appropriate relationship of a Christian to a local church? How should followers of Christ “belong”? This is an important consideration when ministering cross-culturally, because cultural forms shape the way people understand “belonging”. For example, a helpful, if somewhat simplistic, diagram is provided to demonstrate three levels of relationships in which people experience [...]
Posted on June 14th, 2007 by Dr. Archie Spencer
Other tags: Church • Culture • Theology
Categories: Theology • Top 10
Reason #5.
The fact is, much of what remains of western culture can be traced back to the philosophical and theological roots of the early Church and its encounter with Greeco-Roman culture. To not know the theological aspect of what has been the predominant source of culture is to be only half educated in respect to [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Bible • Cross • Culture • Gospel • Scripture • Theology
Categories: _Uncategorized
Mark completed his Master of Theology through the University of South Africa in 2004. About his thesis on Contextualized Bible Storying Mark writes:
"Chronological Bible storying is a method of presenting the gospel cross culturally and is especially effective among oral cultures. The weakness of the Chronological Bible storying method is that it generally assumes [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Discipleship • God • Gospel • Ministry • Missions • Prayer
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First semester:
The student
has developed an understanding of the worldview of the ethnic group with whom they are working
has a positive relationship with their mentor who has made an impact in personal, intellectual and spiritual development
recognizes the need to contextualize biblical truths
has established positive and challenging non-Christian and Christian relationships within the ethnic community.
has had opportunity [...]