Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence (Updated)

Livermore, David A.

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Change the way you see and do short-term missions. Taking a bird’s eye view of the global realities of the 21st Century church, Livermore challenges assumptions about cross-cultural work and encourages our communities to interact in Christ-honoring ways. Helpful in any kind of cross-cultural encounters at home or abroad.

Your passport to learning how short-term missions can best serve Christ’s kingdom

Short-term mission trips are a great way to impact the kingdom. Yet they can lack effectiveness because of mistakes or naiveté on the part of participants. In this insightful book, David A. Livermore calls us to serve with our eyes open to global and cultural realities so we can become more effective cross-cultural ministers. Winner of an Outreach Resource of the Year Award in global outreach from Outreach magazine, Serving with Eyes Wide Open is a must-have book for anyone doing a short-term mission or service project, whether domestic or overseas. Now updated throughout to reflect the changing mission field.

 

About the Author

David A. Livermore (PhD, Michigan State University) is executive director of the Global Learning Center at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. In addition, he is research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and a senior consultant with the Cultural Intelligence Center. Livermore has traveled to more than seventy-five countries and is the author of the award-winning Serving with Eyes Wide Open as well as numerous articles and training manuals. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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    Paperback
  • ISBN
    9780801015199
  • Page Count
    190
  • Publisher
    Baker Book House
  • Publication Date
    November 2012

Endorsements (5)

"This is a must, not only for church mission committees, but for anyone who participates in short-term--or long-term--missions."

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Ruth A. Tucker

author, From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions

"Livermore draws on his formal training, personal experience, theological insight, and contemporary research to challenge our cultural understanding of short-term mission experiences and their impact on our service and ministry."

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Terry Linhart

chair, department of religion and philosophy, Bethel College (Indiana)

"Livermore does a terrific job of looking at the world today, asking stimulating questions about our approach to missions and giving practical insights into cultural intelligence."

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Daryl Nuss

executive director, National Network of Youth Ministries

"A challenging, well-supported, and carefully crafted tool that will transform your missions and service ministries into opportunities."

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Chap Clark

professor of youth, family, and culture, Fuller Theological Seminary; author, Hurt 2.0

"Every youth worker thinking of leading a short-term trip needs to read this book!"

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Mark Oestreicher

partner in the Youth Cartel

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Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence (Updated)

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Your passport to learning how short-term missions can best serve Christ’s kingdom

Short-term mission trips are a great way to impact the kingdom. Yet they can lack effectiveness because of mistakes or naiveté on the part of participants. In this insightful book, David A. Livermore calls us to serve with our eyes open to global and cultural realities so we can become more effective cross-cultural ministers. Winner of an Outreach Resource of the Year Award in global outreach from Outreach magazine, Serving with Eyes Wide Open is a must-have book for anyone doing a short-term mission or service project, whether domestic or overseas. Now updated throughout to reflect the changing mission field.

 

About the Author

David A. Livermore (PhD, Michigan State University) is executive director of the Global Learning Center at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. In addition, he is research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and a senior consultant with the Cultural Intelligence Center. Livermore has traveled to more than seventy-five countries and is the author of the award-winning Serving with Eyes Wide Open as well as numerous articles and training manuals. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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