Team Member’s Manual (NEW EDITION)

$29.00

The discipleship journey for short-term teams. See below for details.

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Description

What’s in the Team Member’s Manual

Facilitate long-term growth in your short-term missions team members through this enriching and interactive curriculum. The content will help you equip team members to serve with humility and confidence. As you disciple your STM teams through this process, they experience long-term transformation and make a deeper impact in the community where they serve.

The Team Member’s Manual is divided into 10 training sessions that correspond with the Team Leader’s Manual. Each session includes spiritually rich devotions, practical articles, team-building components, collaborative worksheets, debriefing questions, and interactive assignments. CULTURELink helps your teams grow in their cross-cultural understanding, team development, and healthy engagement as they learn together.

The 10 training sessions are:

1

Getting Started

Long-term Engagement and Vision, Pre-field Paperwork, Prayer and Financial Support Discovery
2

Cultural Research

Exploring the Territory, Conducting Cultural Research, Facing Cultural Giants
3

Becoming Cross-Cultural

Cross-Cultural Sensitivity, The Attitude of Christ Jesus, Understanding Worldview, Understanding Culture Shock, Understanding Cultural Disposition
4

Ministry Preparation

A Humble Spirit, Your Spiritual Story, Sharing Through an Interpreter, Language Learning, Team-Specific Ministry
5

Team Building

One in Spirit and Purpose, Handling Team Conflict, Team-Building Simulations, Team Policy Development
6

Travel, Packing, and Health

Travel Lightly, Living Sacrificially, Heart of Traveling, Jet Lag, Packing List & Travel Tips, Health Guidelines
7

Final Countdown

Reflections on Servanthood, Overcoming Fear, Last-Minute Reminders
8

Living the Experience

Going Into All the World, Names of God, Culture Shock Revisited, Preparing to Say Goodbye, Living the Experience Journal
9

Debriefing and Re-entry

An End and A Beginning, The Five-Step Debriefing Process, Top Ten Re-entry Fantasies, Understanding Re-entry, Sharing Your Story
10

Home and Looking Forward

An Eternal Perspective, Developing a World Vision, Biblical Heroes, Next Steps: Where Do You Go From Here?
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