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Dan Sheffield is a full-time cross-cultural worker supported by FMCiC churches through Giving Streams. He serves as International Urban Ministry Facilitator for The Free Methodist Church internationally. Dan's work involves researching, training leaders and developing resources that encourage the emergence of effective urban outreach and holistic ministry in Canada and around the world in cities like Mumbai, Budapest, Manila and Mexico City. He works internationally alongside both missionaries and national leaders, as well as with Canadian churches developing local church-based global involvement.
Dan and his wife, Kathy, served as missionaries in South Africa, working in multicultural church planting and community development from 1994 to 1999. From 1991 to 1994 Dan served as Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Evangelism at Queensway FMC in Niagara Falls, ON. They have two children, Jamila (1986) and Jared (1992). They attend Buchanan Park FMC in Hamilton, Ontario.
Years of Service: 13
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THE MULTICULTURAL LEADER - ORDER HERE Dan Sheffield (Toronto: Clements, 2005) ISBN 1-894667-30-1/120 pages Trade Paper $14.95 US / 19.95 CDN
This book is intended as a resource and training tool for multicultural ministry practitioners and other professional Christians working in an urban ministry context. Along with the growing interest in the intentional development of multicultural congregations there is also a significant lack of practical resources to support such ministry. Dan Sheffield brings a missiologist¹s perspective to this discussion that has been shaped by his experience in North America¹s multi-ethnic reality, by church planting experience in urban South Africa and by ongoing work with pastors in multi-ethnic megacities as diverse as Manila, Mumbai, and Budapest.
The Multicultural Leader specifically deals with the role of congregational leadership in embedding the multicultural vision as a way of "seeing." The author draws from social theory, biblical studies, theological reflection, leadership studies, social research and intercultural communication skills to develop a profile of leaders necessary to initiate and sustain the multicultural congregation. The author¹s conclusion is that leaders in multi-ethnic congregations must move through a personal development process from ethnocentrism to ethno-relativism in order to truly serve as enablers of multicultural congregations.
Dan Sheffield is Director of Global and Intercultural Ministries for The Free Methodist Church in Canada. He has served as a church-planting pastor in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and adjunct lecturer at the Evangelical Seminary of Southern Africa, where he taught spiritual formation and conflict resolution to a multi-ethnic student body.
Contact Information Email address: sheffield{at}fmc-canada{dot}org |
