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Institute of World Mission Podcast
This podcast is a service to the global Adventist missions community. It is produced by the Institute of World Mission, a General Conference service. The themes and topics raised here will be especially relevant to adventist cross-cultural missionaries, expat employees, mission leaders, and generally to all Adventist missions enthusiasts.
Institute of World Mission Podcast
137, 5 Cultural Practices that Cause Ethical Challenges in the Mission Field (With Gerson Santos)
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Have you ever faced difficult ethical decisions while serving cross-culturally?
How did you deal with them?
In today’s episode, Alex Ott interviews Gerson Santos, associate secretary at the General Conference. Pastor Gerson presents five examples of cultural practices that can often cause ethical problems and that you should deal with carefully.
Toward the end of the episode, he presents three steps that can help you prepare for and face such challenges.
Click play and enjoy the interview.
Show Notes:
- Upcoming Live Event: Re-thinking Digital Outreach: A Strategy for Adventist Missionaries
- Hibbert & Hibbert, Training Missionaries
- Ethics in a Multicultural Context, Sherlon Pack-Brown & Carmen Braun Williams
- Ethics in counseling and psychotherapy, Elizabeth R. Welfel
- Conflict or connection: Interpersonal Relationships in Cross-Cultural Settings, Levi O. Keidel