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A 12 page research paper that discusses the significance of culture and God's stance towards culture, as indicated by scripture, and the role that this plays in cross-cultural missionary work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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stance towards culture and how it should affect the behaviors of missionaries evangelizing among various cultural groups. While Paul considered himself to be solely under the law of Christ, this
passage indicates while living among Jews, he lives under the Law of Moses, but when living among Gentiles, he lives as one of them, so that he can "win those
not having the law" to Christ (1 Corinthians 9:21). In short, Paul was willing to "become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save
some" (1 Corinthians 9:22). As this indicates, Paul realized that in order to win converts to the Christian faith, he had to work within the boundaries of their culture, whatever
that culture might be. In other words, a scripturally based approach to presenting Gods message means that the presentation should take into account the "culture of the receiving people" (Kraft,
1996, p. 2). Many of the early Jewish Christians insisted that Gentiles should become like them, that is, subject themselves to the Law of Moses, before they could be Christians;
however, as indicated by the ministry of Paul, this approach misrepresents God and His divine intention (Kraft, 1996). Within the anthropology of Christian witness, it is clear that the evangelizers
of the Christian message should be open to cultural differences, as Paul made it clear that accepting Christ generates life-changing differences in behavior, but these changes need not include cultural
change. The Book of Acts shows indicates repeatedly that God did not dictate that conversion to Christianity had to include cultural change; however, this is a lesson that is
consistently forgotten, as Christians tend to revert to the "assumption that becoming Christian means becoming like us culturally" (Kraft, 1996, p. 2). The importance of avoiding this crucial error in
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