"Any good missionary training program heavily stresses understanding the role of The missionary task at it's core is crossing cultural boundaries with the gospel.
A person's culture, while invisible to him, shapes virtually every dimension of his life. To leave one's culture and penetrate another demands careful preparation and serious reflection without which the missionary's outreach will become in- effective or even counter-productive."
"……………………..But cultural relevance can become an idol at the altar of which we may sacrifice good judgment or even biblical obedience. In the name of cultural relevance, how often do missionaries fail to disciple, "to teach them to observe everything" Jesus commanded?
(Commentary: Let's Take culture off the Throne, Gary Brumbelow, of interact Ministries, World Pulse, December 2003, pg 6)
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