TY - BOOK AU - McConnell, Douglas, 1951- TI - Cultural insights for Christian leaders: new directions for organizations serving God's mission SN - 9780801099656 AV - BR115.C8 8 M26 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Baker Academic KW - Christianity and culture. KW - Christian leadership. KW - Missions. N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index.; Thinking missiologically: implications for leadership and organizations -- Culture and human nature: the complex unity of human organizations -- Caring about members and others as people: notions of self and others -- Learning culture naturally: imitation and rituals -- Authority and culture: whom do you trust? -- Intercultural realities: four worlds of Christian organizations -- Leading in context: cultural influence and intercultural leadership - - Responding missionally: learning into practice. N2 - This volume helps leaders and leaders-in-training become students of culture who can then contextualize what they learn for their own organizational settings. Douglas McConnell, a respected leader in the worlds of missiology and higher education, enables readers to understand intercultural dynamics so they can shape their organizational cultures and lead their organizations in a missional direction. This is the latest volume in an award - winning series emphasizing mission as partnership with Christians around the globe. -- ‡c From publisher's description. ER -