Lesson 5
Trainer’s Lesson Plan
Meeting 5
Preparing for Cross Cultural Ministry Part BApproximately 3 Hours
This meeting is the extension of Preparing for Cross Cultural Ministry. During this lesson you will add a new dimension, Spiritual Warfare to your Spiritual Formation time that will add to your cultural understanding of you host country.
You will complete your cultural preparation through the discussion of in-country medical, health, and safety issues.
Additional Reading can be found on the Resource CD for Lesson 5.
1. Getting to Know One Another Approximately 15 Minutes
Objective:Continue building relationships among team through interaction. Demonstrate that
talking is not the only way to understand another culture.
Learning Sequence:Follow instructions for Me Speak No English on the Lesson 5 Resource CD
Materials Needed:Lesson 5 Resource CD
Getting to Know One Another Me Speak No English
2. Corporate WorshipApproximately 15 Minutes
Objective:Establish a natural pattern of prayer and worship among your team members in order to model sincere prayer and worship on the mission field.
Learning Sequence:Using instruments available or voices alone sing worship songs together. Choose a team member to open and close the time with prayer.
Materials Needed:Instruments
Songbooks or songs of your choice that will model your team’s Christian faith to your receiver hosts on the mission field. Musician who can also lead music on the mission field.
3. SpiritualFormation Through Bible Study Approximately 30 Minutes
Objective:Establish understanding of spiritualwarfare and the damage it can do to thwart the success of the team. Present the material in a manner that won’t threaten new Christians but will strengthen their appreciation of the power of God.
Learning Sequence: Using the Spiritual Preparation for Lesson 5 Power Point on the Resource CD walk through the slides asking for questions at regular intervals.
Give each team member a copy of Spiritual Warfare and assign verses to team members and ask them to read the verse out loud and provide a brief explanation of the meaning of the verse to the rest of the team.
Materials Needed: Lesson 5 Resource CD
Spiritual Formation Spiritual Warfarecopies
Lesson 5Power Point Presentation SpiritualWarfare, What is it?
4. Knowledge BuilderApproximately 30 Minutes Objective: Complete Cross Cultural preparedness by adding the practical components of Language, health, medical and Safety Issues
Learning Sequence: Project the Lesson Five Power Point presentation and walk your team through the slides. Make it clear to your team that there are no exceptions regarding the instructions on the slides. Ask for questions to make sure the team understands the issues clearly.
Materials Needed:Lesson 5 Power PointPresentation
Knowledge Builder
5. Cultural LearningApproximately 20Minutes
Objective: Continue to build your team’s understanding that the differences in culture do not make one culture better that the other.
Learning Sequence:Print copies of Lesson 5 CulturePotential Tension in Ministry from the Resource CD for each member of the team. Assign four people to read the Potential Tension topics. Assign four different people to lead an open discussion in which they ask the questions under each Potential Tension topic. It is important that each team member participate in the open discussion as their participation in the discussion will add to their awareness of thecultural differences they will experience.
Materials Needed:Lesson 5 Resource CD.
Culture Potential Tension in Ministry for each team member
6. LanguageApproximately 20Minutes
Objective: Experience sounds and written words of a foreign language in a comfortable, supportive and sometimes humorous environment.
Learning Sequence:Follow the lead of your language teacher. Continue to practice names and
phrases of your host country. Add the names of communities you will encounter during your travels.
Use a map of your host country to learn the spelling and the location of the areas.
Materials Needed:Practice sheets from previous lessons
Map of your host country
7. Practical PreparationApproximately 15Minutes
Objective: Continue to build a solid team by providing necessary information to the team as group.
If someone has missed a meeting make it a point to contact them personally to give them any
changes in your preparation.
Learning Sequence:Report to the team the balance in your budget. Collect Waivers and check
Passports. Make 5 copies of each team members’ passport and keep the copies. You will disperse
them before the team leaves.Give each team member a copy of the Team Covenant you developed
and have them sign it. You keep the signed copies.
Update team members about any changes in the project or logistics.
Materials needed: Team Covenant you developed at your last meeting.
8. Project PreparationApproximately 15 Minutes
Objective: Maintain cooperation among team members in the development of the project.
Learning sequence: Continue to develop the project implementation by discussing with the team the arrangements you have made with your on site coordinator.
Materials needed: Provide any new information about your team’s project.
9. Debriefing and ClosingApproximately 20Minutes
Objective: Continue to develop camaraderie and trust among team members through sharing ideas,
asking questions, and worshipping together.
Learning sequence: Go around the room and ask for feedback regarding the training, potential
worries about on-the-field ministry, specific questions or concerns regarding on-the-field ministry.
Materials needed:None
Closing:Close each training session with one or two songs and a time of open prayer.