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09-04-16 Cross Cultural Ministry John 4:11-22

“Cross-Cultural Ministry” (Pt. 2)

John 4:11-20

In his encounter with the Samaritan woman Jesus illustrates for us how we can have a ministry which crosses social and cultural boundaries.  Today we see Jesus demonstrate two more principles which can assist us in Cross-Cultural Ministry.       

IV God uses our a________ to p__________ the essentials so we can cross cultural boundaries in ministry. (4:11-15)

V God uses our willingness to c___________ the issues of the h________ to enable us to cross cultural boundaries in ministry (4:16-20).  

-If you want to condemn this woman you can find good reasons for doing so, but there are three better reasons for not condemning her:

1. First, we don’t know her h____________.

2. Second, in condemning her we condemn _________________.

3. Third, __________ did not condemn her.

08-28-16 Cross Cultural Ministry John 4:1-10

“Cross-Cultural Ministry”

John 4:1-10

There are times when we invite people to learn about Jesus and they refuse, not because they have no interest, but because we have unknowingly set a barrier in front of them.  Some of the biggest barriers we unintentionally place between people and Jesus are cultural barriers.  Jesus had to deal with social and cultural barriers, and as we see how he dealt with these barriers we learn how we can deal with them. What do we learn from Jesus about cross-cultural ministry?      

I God uses c_______________ we would never imagine to lead us to cross cultural boundaries in ministry (4:1-4).

II God uses our h___________ to enable us to cross cultural boundaries in ministry (4:5-8)

III God uses our s____________ to people’s n_________ to enable us to cross cultural boundaries in ministry (4:9-10).