{"id":226,"date":"2019-08-26T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T06:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiagatewaytraining.com\/?p=226"},"modified":"2023-08-03T06:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T06:53:18","slug":"creating-a-culture-of-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiagatewaytraining.com\/?p=226","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Culture of\u00a0Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/asiagatewaytraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Alex.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiagatewaytraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Alex.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asiagatewaytraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Alex-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alex Thu from Myanmar joined the Asia Gateway Training (AGT), which was held at the Seminari Theology Malaysia in June this year, to learn more about missions, culture, and the various concepts related to mission work. He shared several interesting facts he learned in AGT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>God\u2019s Mission (or its principle) is both in the Old and New Testament. It is not solely a New Testament concept;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Culture plays a large role in missions and contextualization of the Gospel within that culture is important;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>God\u2019s Mission is about tolerance. Christians must be able to accept other people\u2019s beliefs. We are to be at peace with others (but not at the expense of disobeying God.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alex\u2019s mission field is in South East Asia; sharing the Gospel to Buddhists and Hindus through education. He works with an organization that offers education to pre-school children and provides free tuition.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He believes that the principles of respecting cultures, presenting Christianity in a local context, and accepting other religions (living in harmony with other systems of belief) will serve him well as he continues to do mission work. \u201cI must learn to accept other cultures because people live and are shaped by their own culture,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alex believes that in order to be effective in our communications with others, we must see the importance and need to respect, fellowship and understand other religions. He hopes to have good relationships with others of different religions so he can effectively share the good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can\u2019t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a \u201ccrappy first draft\u201d. Anne makes a great point \u2014 just start writing, and worry about editing it later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you\u2019re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog\u2019s focus \u2014 writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. 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