F.
The Process of Change
A missionary should prayerfully determine which parts of a person’s cultural patterns must change when the person becomes a Christian. Somethings must immediately cease (for example, polytheism. Other things may take time to change (e.g. societal castes. Somethings may not necessarily change (e.g. dress codes.
19 See A Definition of Culture at the link http://community.gospelcom.net/Brix?pageID=14322 Link no longer available)
20 See A Definition of Culture at the link http://community.gospelcom.net/Brix?pageID=14322
( Link no longer available)
21
Don Richardson, Redemptive Analogy in Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds, Perspectives on the World Christian
Movement, The Notebook, (Pasadena, California William Carey Library,
1999) 285-289.
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