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Duane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "Missionaries could be more effective if they did not think they were better than us." The last thing we want to do in cross-cultural ministry is to offend people in other cultures. Unfortunately, all too often and even though we don't mean it, our actions communicate superiority, paternalism,...

“Missionaries could more effectively minister the gospel of Christ if they did not think they were so superior to us.” Several said virtually those exact words, and others made statements approximating it. I was stunned. I assumed, at first, that I was just talking to a few discontented people. But over time I realized their motives were pure and their comments were made out of deep concern for the integrity of the gospel in their country.
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