God's vision for the world is to see shalom restored, so that all people may live in communion with him, with each other, and with creation. This is the missio Dei, the work of God's kingdom in which every Christian is invited – and commanded – to partner, spreading the good news of reconciliation to every corner of the globe.
However, if this message is to be effectively enacted among all tribes and tongues and peoples and nations, then equipping believers for intercultural ministry must be taken seriously as a foundational aspect of church mission. In this contextualized study of Ethiopian churches, Dr. Mulugetta Demissie provides a biblical and missiological rational for equipping cross-cultural workers, while utilizing interviews, participant observation, and focus group discussion to identify the core challenges facing those ministering interculturally in Ethiopia. Drawing on his field research, Demissie develops a holistic instructional design model that would address head, heart, and hands in equipping intercultural workers as effective agents of mission and transformation – in East Africa and beyond. This is an excellent resource for all those engaged in training workers for the harvest, especially in contexts of culturally contextualized ministry.
