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WHEN YOU CROSS CULTURES - World Evangelical Alliance

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“Jim Chew is a disciplemaking missionary at heart! This is vintage wisdom<br />

from a seasoned and esteemed Christian statesman. Jim deeply understands<br />

the enormous impact of cross-cultural dynamics in global missions today. From<br />

contextualisation to the proclamation of the Gospel, from philosophical<br />

worldview to emotional adjustments, from discipleship training to tentmaking,<br />

Jim gives us a steady compass to meaningfully engage pertinent cross-cultural<br />

issues today. I readily recommend this insightful book - don’t leave home<br />

without it!”<br />

REV EDMUND CHAN<br />

Senior Pastor, Covenant <strong>Evangelical</strong> Free Church, Singapore<br />

Author, Built to Last, Growing Deep in God<br />

“This book brings with it the author’s wealth of experience both from<br />

having lived as a cross-cultural missionary as well as one who is to this day<br />

coaching and mentoring cross-cultural missionaries across Asia. The numerous<br />

personal stories and that of Jim’s friends and colleagues are a reflection of this.<br />

The unique contribution of this book is that it is written by an Asian,<br />

from an Asian perspective, with Asian experience, narrating stories and<br />

addressing issues of missions in the Asian world. Jim spells out the issues and<br />

dilemmas on the mission field and brings a biblical perspective to it. With real<br />

life case studies and practical suggestions, Jim brings us into the living room of<br />

the mission field. He takes away the mystery of going to the mission field and<br />

plants our feet firmly on the ground.<br />

Although Jim has written the book for missions and church leaders and<br />

prospective missionaries it is also relevant to all of us. Today, in many of the<br />

countries we live in, cross-cultural missions is at our doorstep. For those who<br />

are serious about taking the gospel to the nations I highly recommend a reading<br />

of this book.”<br />

i<br />

ALAN CH’NG<br />

Asia Director, The Navigators

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