What is this Course about?

This is the foundational course of the missions track of Touch Glocal's training.  The objective of this course is to help the student to gain a biblical view of culture, to master a model of analyzing culture,  to acquire basic skills in cultural learning and to gain an appreciation of five major cultural worldviews: modern, post-modern, Islamic, Chinese and Buddhist. 

Module Topics:

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2.BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CULTURE

  3. GOD'S ATTTUDE TOWARD CULTURE
  4. THE CULTURAL ONION
  5. WORLDVIEW AND CULTURE

  6. THE MODERN WORLDVIEW

  7. THE POST-MODERN WORLDVIEW
  8. THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW

  9. THE CHINESE WORLDVIEW
10. THE BUDDHIST WORLDVIEW

11. TECHNIQUES OF CULTURAL LEARNING

12. IDENTIFYING CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

Who is it for? Every cell member who needs a general introduction to how to penetrate the various cultures found in today's society.

How is this Course delivered?

This course will be delivered to you via Internet, either 52k modem or high speed. If you have problems receiving it or if you use a Mac computer, we will send you the presentations on a CD.

After enrolling, you will be given a password to go to the Student Web Site:

You will Receive:
• Lectures
• Course Manual

• Reading Assignments
• Weekly Quizzes