Book Reviews
Multicultural Teams
Dr.Lianne Roembke
Dr. Lianne Roembke of Campus Crusade for Christ International has completed a landmark study on multicultural mission teams. Based on her doctoral dissertation, this book is filled with significant data, relevant insights, and practical ways to help multicultural teams work well.
What others have said about this book:
"This important book comes out of years of experience. It needs wide circulation among all who want 1 Corinthians 13 to be a reality in their ministry and life."
Geroge Verwer, Founder of Operation Mobilisation
"Dr. Lianne Roembke of Campus Crusade for Christ International has completed a landmark study on multicultural mission teams. Based on her doctoral dissertation, this book is filled with significant data, relevant insights, and practical ways to help multicultural teams work well."
Dr. Ken Williams, International Personnel Training Consultant
"I have been working in multicultural mission teams for the past eighteen years and can honestly say all the various issues of that wild and wonderful partnership are dealt with most ably in this book. I keep a ready stack to give to our new team leaders and quote liberally from it in some of our training materials. All new missionaries should read the section of language learning - a stimulating challenge to all of us who are seeking to incarnate the gospel cross-culturally.
Pam Wilson, West and Central Asia Training Consultant, Operation Mobilisation
"The theological and anthropological underpinnings of the book lay a foundation for the practical discussion and guidelines for multicultural team life. This book is well-written, scholarly, and most of all helpful. Dr. Roembke's contribution helps to fill in the gap on multicultural mission teams."
Dr. Kelly O'Donnell, Psychologist and author of Missionary Care
"Ms Roembke is concerned by the conflict that characterizes multicultural mission teams and combines the best cross-cultural communication theory to bring resolution to such conflict. Her work thoroughly develops the theoretical aspects of cross-cultural communication yet is highly practical and readable."
Dr. Marvin Mayers, Wheaton College, Retired Professor of Anthropology
"Thankyou so much for your book. I dipped in at once and was fascinated! I want to order several copies, one for each of our WEC home-bases. Our people need this book!"
Dr. Helen Roseveare, WEC International
"I read your book last week with great interest and much profit. Thanks you for this enrichment to the worldwide mission movement. I was particularly impressed with your emphasis on the orientation of the multicultural team to the host country. My complimentes for such open, honest words. Thanks for all your hard work."
Dr. Detlef Blöcher, Director of the German Missionary Society (DMG)
"I have enjoyed reading your book. Excellent work. As a twenty-two year veteran in Southeast Asia, I can appreciate your great insights."
Dr. Michael P. McCarty, Southeast Asia Field Director, Church of the Nazarene
The book is available as follows:
Building Credible Multicultural Teams (William Carey Library, 2000)
Orders@wclbooks.com
$17.99
and in German:
Multikulturelle Teams: Risiken und Chancen
Giessen: Verlag Campus für Christus, 2000
campusverl@aol.com
distributed also through Haenssler Verlag
www.haenssler.de
€ 12.95
For more information, contact her at Lroembke@aol.com.
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