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100 1 _aMcConnell, Douglas
_d[1951- ]
245 _aCultural insights for Christian leaders : new directions for organizations serving God's mission /​
_cDouglas McConnell
260 _aGrand Rapids, Michigan :
_bBaker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group,
_cc2018.
300 _axviii,
_b200 pages ;
_c23 cm.
490 _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. -- From publisher's description.
650 _aChristianity and culture
650 _aChristian leadership
651 _aMissions
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