Moving beyond cross-cultural competency to cultural humility
In this webinar, Dr. Debbie Kramlich will speak about the essentials for transformative learning in ministry and mission. The webinar is jointly hosted by the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission (AVM), and the Rethinking Forum (RF).
Join us online for this webinar exploring the interplay of mission, cross-cultural learning, and cultural humility.
Date & Time: Thursday 23rd January 2025, 13:00 UTC
That will be morning in USA, early afternoon in Europe, and evening in Asia – check the time in your timezone here.
For details of how to join the webinar, register at EventBrite.
About the presenter: Dr Debbie Kramlich
Debbie, originally from the USA, has lived in Sweden, Germany, and currently lives in Thailand. Her Ph.D. looked at the role of the teacher in fostering and facilitating transformative learning. Since then she has taught and developed curriculum around effective learning and transformative adult education. This has given her experience in a wide variety of cultural and educational contexts. Currently, she presents at academic conferences, facilitates workshops for schools and universities, and also teaches several graduate courses. Part of her current research focuses on transformative listening.
Debbie is passionate about using the framework of cultural humility to guide her in living respectfully as a learner of new cultures and enjoys helping others follow the same path.
About AVM and RF:
For this webinar, the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission (AVM) partners with the Rethinking Forum (RF).
The Alliance for Vulnerable Mission encourages cross-cultural workers to make themselves vulnerable to the people they serve – mainly by using local languages and local resources in ministry. This webinar is a platform to listen, ask questions and engage in conversations focused on this theme.
Prioritising cultural and missiological humility, the Rethinking Forum seeks to strengthen the witness of Christ to the Theravada Buddhist world. We want to address barriers and overcome hindrances to the Gospel. This includes taking a critical look at what lessons can be learned from the past, and deconstructing unhelpful approaches (such as neocolonialism and western worldview). Likewise, we seek to learn from and engage with new movements to Christ taking place on the ground and culturally appropriate foundations and expressions of faith. We aim to become vulnerable towards those we are there to reach, seeking to discover what God is doing beyond our limited frameworks.
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