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020			_a978-0-87808-082-3 _cpbk.
020			_a0-87808-082-1
084			_aAc
100	1		_aOksnevad, Roy _eVerfasser _4aut
240			_aOriginally published under title: Risen from ashes to Christ
245			_aCultural baggage _ban Iranian example of coming to Christ out of oppressive societies _cRoy Oksnevad
264		1	_aLittleton _bWilliam Carey Publishing _c2018
300			_axviii, 190 pages : illustrations
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references
520	1		_aEvery person coming to Christ has baggage, but a first-generation believer, especially one coming from little or no connection to Christianity, has an uncommon amount of cultural baggage that they bring with them. This book tackles a variety of issues and sees specific examples play out in the Iranian church as a prime example of these challenges. The Burden of Baggage explores how cultural upbringing is expressed in the personal, interpersonal, family, leadership, and spiritual nuances of church life-contributing to both strengths and weaknesses. Church teaching must shift the emphasis away from the self as perceived by the community in terms of honor and shame, instead encouraging people to give up their honor through humility, and refocus their attention on God and loving others. Readers will walk away knowing they are not alone in their struggles as they deal with gut-wrenching issues that often aren't solved in one generation.
650		4	_aKonversion <Religion>
650		4	_aMission unter Muslimen
650		4	_aChristentum
650		4	_aIslam
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