This game is a role-play, designed to be a fun and interactive learning experience. Participants ‘pack’ their bags with their host culture’s values. The game centers on the lively and often revealing exchange between the returnee and the customs officer.
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.
Here is a very special workbook to help Christian international students begin to prepare for returning to their home country. It asks most of the questions an international should think about before returning.
"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."
"Finding Strength for the Journey" is a series of thirty Bible studies that provide personal encouragement to Christian workers and a tool for care of others.
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.
Chawkat Moucarry, a Syrian Christian, considers our general attitudes to foreigners, looks at what the Bible says about aliens and summarizes the responsibilities Christians have towards foreigners living in their countries.
Bibliography and resources useful for ministries among international students, including books, materials available, and some of the organizations offering publications and/or training.
An updated list of resources available for International Student Ministries in North America, including books, media sources, and organizations doing ministries among internationals.
An updated list of resources available for International Student Ministries in North America, including books, media sources, and organizations doing ministries among internationals.
Practical suggestions for getting a booktable started for Muslim student outreach or including literature for Muslims on an existing booktable on campus.
International student leadership teams face many cultural barriers to success. Professor Arasaratnam shares insights on overcoming some of these obstacles.
This CD-ROM includes searchable Chinese Bibles and Commentaries in both Simplified and Traditional scripts, Mandarin audio scriptures, and 200 additional Christian books and works in Chinese.
Christian academicians and professionals in universities globally are associating together to encourage the "Shaping of Minds of 21st Century Leaders."
This article by John R.W. Stott is based on the sixth Oliver Beghin Memorial Lecture, delivered at Perth, Melbourne and Canberra during the spring of 1979. It was originally published under the title, "The Authority and Relevance of the Bible in the Modern World."
This article by John R.W. Stott is based on the sixth Oliver Beghin Memorial Lecture, delivered at Perth, Melbourne and Canberra during the spring of 1979. It was originally published under the title, "The Authority and Relevance of the Bible in the Modern World."
"eManna" is a helpful website for internationals and others who have recently become Christians...to help them meet God in the Scriptures, with new passages and commentaries on them each day onliine.
Valerie Ong shares how she went from international student to staff while her staffworkers, Brian and Sandi Asker, describe their role in helping Valerie grow into a chapter leader and staffworker.
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.
The themes of this article are: Principle ways people have used to understand the Bible; Ten Unifying Themes of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation; Covenants and Promises of God in the Bible.
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."
The current international students in Canada come from countries all over the world. Susan Fish describes the work of the International Student Ministry staff in the province of Ontario, Canada.
ISI's home page has some free downloadable material including some Bible studies. The first few are for unbelievers and the others are useful for believers.
The track is designed for Christian international students and scholars plus North Americans who are currently involved in friendship and ministry to internationals.
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.
Interested in English as a Second Language (ESL)? Here is a resource, especially for those trying to learn how to help students needing to improve their English language skills (or start "from scratch").
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.
Power BibleCD is an "All-In-One" package. It's ability to create verse notes and topical lesson notes has given it an edge in comparison with some other packages.
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.
Here is a special list of introductory books by Terrell Smith on understanding Islam and being an effective witness for Christ with Muslim students on campus.
A short term of study abroad is an excellent way for a North American teacher or student to learn the culture of another people and some skills of cross-cultural communication.
