#64. Urban Missions for 2023: Encouraging Urban Missions to Muslims: Common Mistakes and a Way Forward

Seth Bouchelle highlights how the command to love our neighbor and the great commission fuse in modern urban settings.

He challenges assumptions about cross cultural ministry and the examples modeled by Jesus.

Seth is the co-author of Mosaic: A Ministry Handbook for a Globalizing World and the author of Lost Faith: A Practical Theology for Post-Christendom Ministry.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• How studying Islam could be a stumbling block in building relationships with Muslim people
• About the impact of honor-shame dynamics
• The importance of not curbing your assumptions

ABOUT THE GUEST: 

Seth Bouchelle has been planting churches among diaspora populations in NYC since 2014. Currently, he serves as director of Equipping for the Exponent Group. The focus of the Exponent Group is to “help organizations build healthy disciples that multiply the gospel.”

Through this role Seth works to train evangelists and advance disciple making skills within urban churches and nonprofits.

Seth is the co-author of Mosaic: A Ministry Handbook for a Globalizing World and the author of Lost Faith: A Practical Theology for Post-Christendom Ministry.

SCRIPTURE RELATED TO EPISODE:

• Leviticus 19: 34; Love the Foreigner
• Matthew 22: 38-40; Love Your Neighbors
• Matthew 28: 16-20; The Great Commission
• 1 Corinthians 3: 9; Coworkers with Jesus
• 2 Corinthians 5: 11-21; Ministry of Reconciliation

RELATED LINKS:

• Contact Seth Bouchelle at The Exponent Group
• Mosaic: A Ministry Handbook for a Globalizing World, Seth Bouchelle co-author
• Lost Faith: A Practical Theology for Post-Christendom Ministry by Seth Bouchelle

TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:

02:03 - Topic: Why Muslim Evangelism Requires Its Own Skills and Ethnography

03:06 - Ministry through the Generations

04:42 - Why Should More Christians Reach out to Muslims in Their Cities?

06:21 - Where to Start in Outreach and Evangelism

06:55 - Studying Islam for Ministry

07:14 - Curbing Assumptions

08:09 - Honor and Shame, Knowledge and Kindness

10:36 - Common Mistakes of Short-Term Missions Teams

11:23 - Honor Shame Dynamics in Relationships

13:02 - Some Problems with Being a Teacher

13:30 - Engaging as a Learner and Honoring Your Neighbor

14:32 - Teaching versus Discipleship

17:08 - Respect, Politeness, Silence and Cross-Cultural Dynamics

19:56 - Repeating Mistakes in Missions

20:26 - Unraveling Missions from Colonialism

21:29 - Sharing the Gospel across Generations

22:36 - Biggest Hurdles for Muslims to Become Christian

23:00 - Is Multicultural Really Multicultural?

25:57 - What Does It Mean to be Godly?

26:59 - Incarnational Missions

28:30 - Contact Seth Bouchelle

30:40 - A Stand-up Comedy Routine from a Missionary

32:36 - Joke: Huh, Huh, Haha, Haha

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