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Definition of Culture
The Willowbank Report says the broad definition of culture is the patterned way in which people do things together
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.”Culture includes the beliefs, values, customs, and institutions that hold a society together

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Cultures in the Bible
When the Gospel is proclaimed, it is presented to a particular people in a particular place at a particular time. In order for the Gospel to have maximum impact, it must be contextualized—presented in away that can be accepted by a particular culture. The Bible is Gospel—Good News to those who want to know that God is actively working throughout history to bring redemption to mankind. So the Biblical writers and prophets proclaimed the word of God in the languages of the listeners Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. They also were sensitive to the cultural understanding of the listeners. For example, the Book of Hebrews was written to Hebrew Christians, so it has many references to the Hebraic writings of the Old Testament. Due to the Jews being taken captive to Babylon, the common language of the Hebrews became Aramaic. So some Scripture is written in
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Aramaic. Paul the Apostle wrote to Greeks, so he explained things in his letters in away that Greeks could understand. The Willowbank Report refers to the concept of dynamic equivalence. That is, in presenting the Gospel, missionaries should seek to preserve the truth of Scripture while using language and concepts that are familiar to the listener. In planting churches and initiating worship, essential Scriptural mandates must be maintained. But in matters where Scripture is silent, indigenous churches must be given freedom to develop their own organization and styles of worship.

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