Training ESL Ministry Leaders for Effective Cross-Cultural Evangelism at Farmdale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to train ESL ministry leaders for effective cross-cultural evangelism at Farmdale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, through an eight-week training course. The project aimed to strengthen the teachers and volunteers of the C.O.F.F.E.E. ESL ministry by addressing the challenges and opportunities inherent in cross-cultural gospel engagement. Chapter 1 introduces the project and discusses the methodology of how the research was conducted. Chapter 2 discusses the theological basis for cross-cultural evangelism and provides a biblical and theological framework for this project. Chapter 3 engages with sociological considerations concerning the populations in which this research was conducted. Chapter 4 addresses the specifics of how this project was implemented in the context of Farmdale Baptist Church with the ESL ministry. This chapter concludes with a detailed explanation of the data garnered from this research and an in-depth analysis of the data from this research project. This project contributed to the missional effectiveness of Farmdale Baptist Church’s ESL outreach through this cross-cultural evangelism training.