Seminar Details
January 16-18, 2020
Eastside Baptist Church
Christian Activities Center (Student Building)
2450 Lower Roswell Rd.
Marietta, GA 30067
Designed to train leaders to train teams, our seminars are highly relational, informative, and interactive. CULTURELink’s hands-on training allows team leaders the opportunity to experience being part of a team themselves prior to assuming their leadership roles.
Whether providing disaster relief, correcting social injustices, meeting physical needs, or expanding and developing Christian ministries, CULTURELink’s practical training and resources prepare teams to successfully integrate into new cultural environments.
Seminar Instructor
Led by an experienced CULTURELink instructor, seminar participants are guided through ten training sessions that equip them to prepare their teams before, during, and after their cross-cultural experience.
This seminar will be taught by Larry Ragan, founder of CULTURELink. Larry brings experience from over 50 countries. He has led professional exchanges, English language classes, outreaches, prayer teams, building projects, disaster relief teams, and more. He has led or overseen more than 250 teams.
Additionally, Larry teaches for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement courses. He previously served as a Missions Pastor and Teaching Pastor at two different churches. Larry and his wife, Karen, also served as missionaries in Budapest, Hungary. They live in Atlanta with their two kids, a dog, four cats, one fish, and one frog…the animal count changes daily.
*On occasion, the class instructor changes due to scheduling conflicts.
Seminar Schedule
THURSDAY • JANUARY 16
6:30 – 7:00PM: Registration
7:00 – 9:30PM
- Short-term Missions Training Philosophy
- Session 1: Getting Started
FRIDAY • JANUARY 17
8:00 – 8:30AM: Continental Breakfast
8:30AM – 12:00PM
- Session 2: Cultural Research
- Session 3: Becoming Cross-cultural
12:00 – 12:30PM: Lunch
12:30 – 5:00PM
- The Seven-Step Process
- Session 4 & 5: Ministry Preparation & Team Building
- Session 6: Travel, Packing, and Health
- Session 7: Final Countdown
SATURDAY • JANUARY 18
8:00 – 8:30AM: Continental Breakfast
8:30AM – 1:00PM
- Session 8: Living the Experience
- Session 9: Debriefing and Re-entry
- Session 10: Home and Looking Forward