One of the biggest challenges in global mission work is money?not merely the need for it, but working through cross-cultural differences surrounding how funds are used and accounted for. Cross-cultural missteps regarding financial issues can derail partnerships between supporting churches and agencies and national leaders on the ground. North Americans don?t understand how cultural expectations of patronage shape how financial support is perceived and understood, and Western money often comes with subtle strings attached. So local mission work is hampered by perceived paternalism, and donors are frustrated with lack of results or accountability. How do we build financial partnerships for effective mission without fostering neo-colonialism?Cross-cultural specialist Mary Lederleitner brings missiological and financial expertise to explain how global mission efforts can be funded with integrity, mutuality and transparency. Bringing together social science research, biblical principles and on-the-ground examples, she presents best practices for handling funding and finance. Cross-cultural partnerships can foster dignity, build capacity and work toward long-term sustainability. Lederleitner also addresses particular problems like misallocation of funds, embezzlement and fraud. This book is an essential guide for all who partner in global mission, whether pastors of supporting churches or missionaries and funding agencies.
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Foreward by Duane H. Elmer
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Partnership, money and cultural intelligence
Part I: Core Cultural Concepts
1 Is it ‘mine’ or ‘ours’?
2 Communication and harmony
3 Other confusing issues
Part II: Uprooting The Harmful
4 The path to premature judgments
5 Paternalism couched in accountability
6 Common unintended consequences
Part III: Partnering In Better Ways
7 Biblical foundations for accountability
8 Contextualizing processes
9 Fostering dignity and mutuality
10 Building capacity and sustainability
Part IV: Redeeming Conflict
11 Choosing your method carefully
12 Options if designated funds are misallocated
13 Options if embezzlement or fraud occurs
Conclusion: How to tell if Christ is Lord of your partnership?
Epilogue: Finding grace in the big picture
Appendices
Appendix A: Learning from the ‘Sister Church’ partnership
Appendix B: Facilitating a culture of fiscal integrity
Appendix C: Recommendations for further reading
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
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Duane H. Elmer (Ph.D., Michigan State U.) is director of the Ph.D. program in educational studies and is the G. W. Aldeen Chair of International Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. In addition to traveling and teaching in over 75 countries, he has provided cross-cultural training to Fortune 500 companies, relief and development agencies, mission organizations, churches and educational institutions. He has also conducted peace and reconciliation efforts in several countries. Recently, he led faculty development workshops at over 25 European and Middle Eastern schools on the theme of Teaching for Transformation. He has taught at Durban Bible College (Durban, South Africa), Michigan State University and Wheaton College and Graduate School.
His articles have been published in journals such as Moody Monthly, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Christian Education Journal, Discernment, and Christianity Today. His books include An Analysis of Hebrews: A Programmed Instruction, Building Relationships, With an Eye on the Future: Church and Development in the Twenty-First Century, Cross-Cultural Conflict and Cross-Cultural Connections.
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