Cultivating Christ-like Intercultural Relational Competency

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Cultivating Christ-like Intercultural Relational
Competency A Theological Primer, Or Why Bother?
Robert W. Kellemen, Ph.D. www.rpmministries.org
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Why?
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What About Bob?
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My Story/My Calling
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My Story/My Calling
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My Story/My Calling
Capital Bible Seminary
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My Story/My Calling
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My Story/My Calling
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The Big Question

• Does the Bible have a comprehensive theology
• or is this all just politically correct
  thinking?

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The Push Back Scenario
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The Big Idea

• Intercultural relating is not a PC Issue. Its a
  
• God Issue!
• Intercultural relating is everywhere in the
  Bible!
• We embrace intercultural relating because of
• the Word not because of the World.

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The Big IssueWhat Are We Talking About?

• Culture
• The shared life patterns of
• relating, thinking, acting, and feeling learned
  through social interactions that group members
  use to relate to one another and to others.

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The Big IssueWhat Are We Talking About?

• Intercultural Relational Competency
• The ability to relate like Christ when
  interacting with people whose patterns of
  relating, thinking, acting, and feeling are
  culturally different (diverse) from yours.

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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is God the Fathers
• Passion James 127-213 Romans 24-11
• Genesis 1613 Psalm 685 (Theology Proper)

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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is God the Sons
• Commission Matthew 2235-40 2818-19
• John 223-454 (Christology)

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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is God the Holy Spirits
• Provision 1 Corinthians 1212-27 Galatians
  
• 326-29 Ephesians 43-6 (Pneumatology)

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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is the Trinitys Eternal
• Relational Expression John 11-18 John
  1720-
• 26 (Trinitarian Theology)

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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is Salvations Mission
• Ephesians 211-22 Revelation 59 John 316
• (Soteriology)

With your blood you purchased men for God from
every tribe and language and people and nation.
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two
one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing
wall of hostility.
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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is Indicative of
• Sanctification Progression Colossians 31-
• 11 (Soteriology)

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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is Central to the
  Churchs
• Mission Acts 211-47 Acts 101-1130 Col.
• 311-17 (Ecclesiology)

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Taking Gods Worldview

• Intercultural Relating Is Gods Eternal Vision
• Revelation 79-10

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The End of the Story Revelation 79-10
After this I looked and there before me was a
great multitude that no one could count, from
every nation, tribe, people, and language,
standing before the throne and in front of the
Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were
holding branches in their hands.
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The End of the Story Revelation 79-10
And they cried out in a loud voice Salvation
belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and
to the Lamb.
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Michael Jordan and the End of the Story

• Ive read the end of the story and we win!
• The we is intercultural!Rev. 79-10

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Taking It Home with Us
Because God is moving all of history toward
Revelation 79-10, we must equip one another to
relate and minister interculturally now as a
TEAM in light of our eternal future.
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Taking It Home with Us
Since the Bible passionately, consistently, and
systematically emphasizes the centrality of
intercultural relating, we derive our mission and
motivation for relating and ministering
interculturally not from the world, but from the
Word.
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So What?

• Based upon what weve explored from Gods
• Word, how would you graciously respond
• to the push back?
• What are you motivated to do differently or
• more of because of what weve examined
• together?

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A Christ-Centered TEAM Approach

• T Taking Another Persons Earthly Perspective
• E Engaging in Hope-Building Conversations
• A Abolishing Barriers
• M Making Intercultural Peace

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Cultivating Christ-like Intercultural Relational
Competency A Theological Primer, or Why Bother?
Robert W. Kellemen, Ph.D. www.rpmministries.org