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Andy interviews Jim Harries about the importance of using local languages and resources in mission, education, and theology.

In this episode, Andy interviews Jim Harries about the importance of using local languages and resources in mission, education, and theology. We discuss the challenges of communicating with and serving people from very different worlds/cultures and how often foreigners misunderstand or train Africans out of their local contexts and practices. Resources Related to the Episode: Vulnerable Mission for Practitioners Paul Planted, Apollos Watered, but God: Vulnerable Weakness in Ministry and Mission Theory to Practice in Vulnerable Mission by Jim Harries Innovative approaches and methods to cross-cultural training: The Elders' Council Vulnerable Mission with Marcus Grohmann A Collection of Jim's Writings and Research Alliance for Vulnerable Mission Website Contact us: Our Podcast E-mail: thedroppodcast@frontierventures.org Andy's Email: andy.b@frontierventures.org Andy's Instagram: andybettencourt823 Dave's Email: dave.datema@frontierventures.org Listen to Us: https://themissionsdrop.libsyn.com/site Visit Us: www.frontierventures.org www.missionfrontiers.org https://www.ijfm.org/ Follow Us: www.facebook.com/frontiervntrs www.instagram.com/frontierventures…

People in this episode

Host: Andy

Guest: Jim Harries

Topics covered

• language in mission
• cross-cultural communication
• local resources in education
• theology and culture
• misunderstandings in missions

Keywords

• local languages
• mission challenges
• cultural misunderstandings
• education resources
• theology
• cross-cultural training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Frontier Ventures, The Elders' Council, Alliance for Vulnerable Mission

Books & works: Vulnerable Mission for Practitioners, Paul Planted, Apollos Watered, but God: Vulnerable Weakness in Ministry and Mission, Theory to Practice in Vulnerable Mission by Jim Harries

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