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050 _aBR115.C8 8
_bM26 2018
100 _aMcConnell, Douglas, 1951-
245 _aCultural insights for Christian leaders :
_bnew directions for organizations serving God's mission
_cDouglas McConnell.
260 _aGrand Rapids, Michigan :
_bBaker Academic,
_c©2018
300 _axviii, 200 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23cm.
440 _aMission in global community
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aThinking 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.
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aChristianity and culture.
650 _aChristian leadership.
650 _aMissions.
760 _bNew Hamma book titles (January, 2019)
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