Leading Cross-Culturally By Hollywood Lindfelter

For this book review we read Leading Cross-Culturally: Covenant Relationships for Effective Christian Leadership by Sherwood Lingenfelter. In this book Lingenfelter informs the reader of how to be an effective leader in a multicultural setting. In this book we are able to see multiple ways on how to be an effective leader, and are able to learn the dos and the do nots of leading another culture. The reader is able to learn these dos and do nots through different case studies that the author presents in each chapter to make a point about being a Christian leader. Later on in this paper you will see references to some of the chapters where the case studies have been used to point out different topics of being an effective Christian leader. These
Lingenfelter stresses these things through the cases studies so we can have effected missions and be able to set a group of locals that will be able to take the place of missionaries. He breaks this book into parts so each set of chapters address different areas. These parts are sectioned into Inspiring People, Building Trust, Pathways to Empower, and Leading Cross-Culturally. These parts helps us understand the different sections of each of these goals so we can be effective leaders. In these we are able to dissect different values and attributes for each of the
This book gives us guidance on how our vision should be shaped, carried out, and observed by others. For us to be successful in our mission we have to share our vision that hopefully God has given us. We see in chapter 5 how we need a vision that is Christ centered and not just community centered, then in chapter 2 we see how important it is to share our vision so it can be carried out and made greater by the power of the Lord than we ever imagined. I never realized how important it is to go into a mission with a specific vision in mind. We need on our minds focused on what we can establish so the gospel of Jesus Christ can spread where we are ministering. I love how in chapter 2 the author brings out how our visions should be focused on the Kingdom. I believe it is important to make sure that the vision we are carrying and telling is in line with God’s Word and direction, along with it being Jesus centered. We see throughout the book how important it is for Jesus to be the center of our vision so we can impact people both spiritually and the ways that we are trying to help them. I love how in chapter 5 Lingenfelter stressed how we should not just serve their physical needs, for if we do this we are just like any other secular business that could come in. As Christians, we should with everything we do promote and