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Cultural Vantage Points Infographic

Most cultural problems arise when Westerners and Easterners radically misperceive each other’s cultural differences. The infographic “Cultural Vantage Points” identifies cultural differences in six areas of everyday life and it notes how cultural values are seen as immoral and misread by people of the other culture.

Local Church Global Engagement Through Partnership

Presented at the January 22, 2018 ECO Presbyterian Conference in Houston, Texas, Phill Butler spoke on the topic of the Local Church and it’s role in Global Engagement and Missions through partnership….

Partnering in China

Opportunities for ministry partnership with Christians in China are many, but these efforts at collaboration do not always end well. In this webinar we will examine the cultural and political challenges inherent in partnering in the Chinese context.

Giving Honor – A Key to Fruitful Cross-Cultural Partnerships

In this webinar, Werner Mischke looks at honor competition and rivalry in the church. He explores how “giving honor” across cultures and social status can help our networks become more fruitful…

Thinking like a Network 2.0

In this blog post by Curtis Ogden offers the following list of network principles to guide thinking and action. When applied, they can result in big differences and network effects…

Cultivating a Network Leader Mindset

In this podcast, UC Berkeley Associate Professor, Jane Wei-Skillern, identifies four counter-intuitive principles essential to effective collaboration and a network leader’s mindset…

Reconciliation – A Requirement for Successful Partnering – Russ Simons

Russ Simons, shares a story about the importance of reconciliation in the formation of a network or partnership…

Worth the Effort: Church and Network Collaboration

Ellen Livingood explores the value of churches and networks working together. She closes with next steps for churches and networks…

A Theology of Partnership in a Globalized World

In this article, Eleazar S. Fernandez examines the challenges of globalization, its implications for global missions, and proposes a theological framework with six guiding partnership principles.

Healthy Partnering – A Chinese Perspective

This article by Brent Fulton of ChinaSource discusses several of the consistent themes that emerged from a survey focused on healthy partnering in China…

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