One
of the most significant traits of effective pastors is their success in mentoring
their laity. This is particularly true in complex culture. No one person can
mentor everyone. It is at this point, training becomes significant. In complex
culture, that affiliation might be linguistic, cultural, generational,
ideological, or racially related. If you are planning cross-cultural events, it
might also be helpful as you help your people to be respectful of people whose
language, culture, race, generation, or ideology is other than their own.
Here is a chart to help you plan and implement a
training process, particularly as the need to reach out to people of diversity
increases. I am not certain of its origin, but I have found it very useful. The
people to be trained will enter the process with different levels of expertise.
In addition, any training needs to instruct the trainee from cognitive, affective,
and implementation perspectives. Depending on your circumstances, this chart
will help you to plan your training sessions.
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