Bridges to PeopleXulon Press, 2007 - 288 pages Bridges to People is designed and written as a practical tool for Christian people and Christian ministry leaders desiring to accomplish effective ministry among the present global culturally diverse society existing in North America and throughout the world. Focusing on the possibilities of developing healthy growing multi-ethnic church congregations, Bridges to People will serve as a catalyst in helping people and churches become mission focused - missional. This tool will empower readers to develop a comprehensive ministry approach. Utilizing demographic historical and ethnographic research, contextualization, church growth strategies, evangelism thinking, visionary thinking, and leadership values, Bridges to People will guide readers to accomplish the task of communicating the gospel with meaning and effectively minister to the whole life needs of people living in culturally diverse communities. Sean O'Neal has traveled throughout the world working among many people groups including African American, Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Pakistani, East Indian, Latino, Korean, West Indian, American Born Caucasian, Filipino and Haitian. Sean has worked as local church youth pastor, urban missionary, consultant, conference speaker, local church pastor, and currently serves in regional church leadership. While serving as the Senior Pastor of the Narragansett Church of God in Chicago the church experienced exciting growth in attendance including ministry among 12 different ethnic groups, the planting of two new church congregations including a Latino ministry primarily reaching first and second generation Mexican people, and a Bulgarian Church. Sean earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from Lee University in Intercultural Studies, a Master of Arts degree in Urban Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the Doctor of Ministry degree in Urban Missions from Westminster Theological Seminary. |
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Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | xi |
FULFILLING | 35 |
GROWING THE MULTICULTURAL LIFE GIVING | 57 |
Figure Page | 82 |
COMMUNITY MINISTRY IN A CHANGING WORLD | 89 |
Results of Churches That Do Not Change | 91 |
BUILDING PEOPLE BRIDGES | 105 |
A ThreeCulture Model of Missionary Communication | 117 |
Spiritual Experience Category 6 | 170 |
People Group Demographic Data Worksheet | 179 |
The Black Nazerene Church of Quiapo | 199 |
Five Goal Areas of Contextualization | 205 |
DEVELOPING MINISTRY | 225 |
RESURRECTION | 247 |
APPENDIX | 255 |
Indiana Policy for the Hispanic Mission | 265 |
COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE WITH | 155 |
Spiritual Experience Category Questions | 164 |
Descriptive Questions Equal Descriptive Observations | 271 |
Common terms and phrases
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