Coaching ~ Across Cultures

Trinity Magazine
Winter 2007

How to Serve Across Cultures

an interview with Dr. Duane Elmer author of Cross-Cultural Servanthood (InterVarsity Press, 2006)

OPENNESS

Openness with people different from yourself requires that you are willing to step out of your comfort zone to initiate and sustain relationships in a world of cultural differences.

ACCEPTANCE

Before you can communicate acceptance, people must expect your openness--your ability to welcome them into your presence.

TRUST

To build trust, others must know that you accept and value them as people.

LEARNING

You can't learn important information from someone until there is trust in the relationship.

UNDERSTANDING

You can't understand others until you have learned about, from, and with them.

SERVING

You can't serve someone you do not understand.

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