This book by Nate Mirza, International Student Ministry Staff with The Navigators, is published by Dawson Media, a subsidiary of The Navigators (pub. 1993, revised and updated 2005).
This website introduces you to a host of available resources of the oldest organization focusing exclusively on international student ministries in North America.
"Crosscultural specialist Patty Lane shows us how to develop hands-on relational skills that help build crosscultural friendships, providing practical resources for navigating multicultural environments with sensitivity and savvy."
Practical suggestions for getting a booktable started for Muslim student outreach or including literature for Muslims on an existing booktable on campus.
Recent email exchanges on a network of workers among international students in North America has yielded some interesting recommendations of publications in the area of cross-cultural learning.
Evangelistic Bible studies (EBS) and the friendships that develop through them are common means that God uses in bringing international students to faith in Christ.
Some topics: Look at the Work as a Whole, Analyze the Needs of International Students, What Should Our Group Aim to Achieve?, Evaluate the Potential Resources, Plan the Best Ways to Meet the Aims, Organize Prayer.
How the Cornell International Christian Fellowship is organized...including "Putting Things in Perspective: A Typology of Campus Christian Groups" and "Practicalities of Developing a Fellowship."
This is a guide for those who are leading a cross-cultural Bible study with international students and what some helpful suggestions on how to lead the group effectively.
Offers questions to stimulate reflection and discussion of major ideas in the Bible, focusing on the gospel message from both Old and New Testaments. Includes notes for small group leaders.
Originally a handout for a seminar on this subject given by Dr. Archie A. MacKinney to a North American Conference of the Association of Christians Ministering To Internationals (ACMI) during the 1980s, with a 2002 update.
A guideline for sharing your Christian faith using the "Broken Family Diagrams." Also included are questions for studying "The Central Message of the Bible."
Here are seven things about God and a few things about ourselves as Christian believers that help immensely in relating to and communicating with Muslims.
Topics: What is a host family, why be one, understanding international students, practical suggestions, hospitality hints, entertaining your guest, some organizational things, encouragement.
