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Dan Seely
FALL 2025| 3 CREDIT HOURS | RESIDENT Module
Issues in Intercultural Ministry follows on the heels of the principles learned in Mission and Evangelism and seeks to further explore key insights gleaned from the worlds of cultural anthropology and intercultural communication to help students develop an intentional and successful intercultural ministry which will enable them to make disciples of Jesus Christ of men and women from all nations.
Learning Outcomes
As a result of taking this course, the student will be able to:
- Recognize the unseen impact culture has in shaping a person’s values, thinking, and behavior and how cultural differences often lead to misunderstandings and
- Identify their own cultural assumptions which shape how they view the world around them and which influence how they approach the Scripture.
- Become more proficient in communicating the truth of the gospel to peoples from different cultures by learning important principles of intercultural
Dr. Dan Seely (Missions Pastor at Colonial Baptist Church) and his wife Karis have been a part of Colonial for more than 20 years. Shortly after they were married in 2000, they moved to Hampton Roads for Dan to study at VBTS. While working on his M.Div., Dan served for one year as a pastoral intern at Colonial. Read more....
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10% – Attendance/Videos and Participation
10% – Cultural Value Assessment
40% – Reading
40% – Cultural Reflection Paper
- Elmer, Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006 (198 pages)
- Hiebert, Paul Anthropological Insights for Missionaries. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1985. (298 pages)
- Hiebert, Paul Transforming Worldviews: An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. (333 pages)
- Stallter, Thomas The Gap Between God and Christianity: The Turbulence of Western Culture. Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, 2022. (279 pages)
