This course aims to instruct the local pastor in ways to maximize promotional effectiveness, and to motivate for missions. It also seeks to help the missionary in communicating missions ministry to his home constituency. The dynamics of communication will be studied as it relates to intercultural ministry and missionary relationships. The communication process will be elucidated, principles of cross-cultural communication illustrated, and aspects of interpersonal working relationships integrated. Theoretical models of communication will be supplemented with practical communication exercises, and the dynamics of leadership in committees and small groups will be examined.
Special attention is given to the principles and programme of PAOC missions.
Consideration is given to Old Testament preparation for the Christian mission, including Israel and the nations, and intertestamental missions diffusion under Judaism. The New Testament will be made a focus of study, including the evangelistic mandate, Jesus, His message and mandate, the apostolic understanding of mission, and the church's responsibility in mission. The insights of Cultural Anthropology that can provide for the task of effective cross-cultural communications and witness in the context of the Canadian and global cultural mosaic will be a focus of discussion. Missionary work is complex. Preparation at home and adjustments on the field are equally demanding.