{"id":7360,"date":"2017-08-30T07:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T11:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7360"},"modified":"2017-08-29T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:27:47","slug":"article-using-proverbs-in-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7360","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Using Proverbs in Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: International Mission Board<\/p>\n<p>As you interact with people from other cultures, consider how you may be able to use [statements of local] wisdom as a bridge to gospel conversation. Keep these questions in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What proverbs do you hear them using?<\/li>\n<li>What do these statements reveal about what is valuable and meaningful to them?<\/li>\n<li>Are there distinct similarities or differences between their worldview and yours as a follower of Christ?<\/li>\n<li>Are there parallels in Scripture to the truths expressed in their proverbs? Or are there statements in Scripture that offer a counterpoint or complement to traditional wisdom?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bb Read the rest of the article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/2017\/08\/21\/9-fascinating-proverbs-to-help-you-understand-an-african-worldview\/\" target=\"_blank\">9 Fascinating Proverbs to Help You Understand an African Worldview<\/a>. Notice the good job the author and publisher did pairing pithy proverbs and short explanations with compelling photos to bring the content to life. Could you use a similar approach in a newsletter or presentation?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/2017\/08\/29\/know-your-culture-6-keys-to-good-cultural-exegesis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Know Your Culture: 6 Keys to Cultural Exegesis<\/a> (also from IMB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: International Mission Board As you interact with people from other cultures, consider how you may be able to use [statements of local] wisdom as a bridge to gospel conversation. Keep these questions in mind: What proverbs do you hear them using? What do these statements reveal about what is valuable and meaningful to them? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7360\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ARTICLE: Using Proverbs in Ministry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7361,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions\/7361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}