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23 Articles:

"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."

International Friendship, by Paul Little, contains 17 pages of help for friendship and witness among international students: Attitudes common among internationals, barriers to friendship we may carry, and many practical suggestions for establishing contact with international students, building friendships, witnessing, and hospitality.

This interview is addressed to international students in a campus fellowship like Inter Varsity or those thinking of starting and leading an "International Student Fellowship" on a campus in North America.

A testimony to the way God enables a witness for Christ in the midst of a loving relationship in which truth is freely shared.

The story of an American Christian couple who meet an Arabian Muslim couple in the United States and their developing friendship over three years.

This is the story of a Muslim student's experience in coming to faith in Jesus Christ on a North American campus.

American students take note! You could have a world impact without ever "going overseas."

This article examines some of the barriers to beginning and continuing friendships with international students.

Avoiding cultural mistakes, understanding what culture is, learning about cultural differences

The first contact, conversation tips, building contacts into friendships, keeping the friendship growing. 4 pages.

Ideas, guidelines, do's and don'ts, areas to be sensitive, and conversation topics.

A list of 20 ideas

15 suggestions for discovering and getting to know international students.

This article was written many years ago by an international student at a Christian liberal arts campus in the USA. It still rings true today for many campuses!

Includes a list of some helpful books.

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.

What evangelism is and what it is not, how to find natural opportunities to share the Good News

A brief description of how to relate well to Muslim friends with suggestions for effective witness to Jesus Christ.

A book for Christians on cross-cultural marriage preparation "designed to help you describe yourself and to broaden your understanding about how individuals from differing backgrounds approach life." It will assist you in answering the question, "Is this person right for me?"

"If the ability to make friends cross-culturally is not cultivated as a student, it does not become any easier after graduation."

An article about the international student outreach ministry that took place in a University of California at a Los Angeles (UCLA) dormitory.

Kevin Smith, staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship-USA, writes here out of his experience experience at the University of Arkansas.

Practical tips for building friendships with international students

 
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