RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 27 April 2025 Lesson 35 – Cross-Cultural Missions (Part 1)
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RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 27 April 2025 TOPIC: Cross-Cultural Missions (Part 1)
OPENING PRAYER: Dear Lord, save lost souls from their sins. (Scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 27 April 2025 HYMN)
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: The teacher should review the previous week’s lesson.
BIBLE PASSAGE: Matthew 20:18-20 (KJV)
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
MEMORY VERSE: “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” – Mark 16:15 (KJV)
LESSON INTRODUCTION: Cross-cultural missions mean reaching out to people of other cultures with the gospel of Jesus Christ (Acts 13:1-4). The practice of cross-cultural missions is the secret behind the civilization and developments we have today. This is because cross-cultural missions go with enlightenment and education. Therefore, cross-cultural missionaries are those who go to an area or cultural environment different from their own to propagate the gospel. It should be noted that cross-cultural missionaries are not those going abroad to plant churches meant to reach their country/tribesmen living overseas. This is an international church planting venture which is not cross-cultural. A cross-cultural missionary’s main target is the indigenous population in the foreign land (1 Corinthians 9:20-23).
LESSON AIM: To teach cross-cultural missions.
TEACHING OBJECTIVES: Through this study, students are expected to:
- Understand the meaning of cross-cultural missions.
- Learn different approaches to cross-cultural missions.
- Know the requirements for cross-cultural missions.
TEACHING PLAN: To achieve the above-stated objectives, the teacher should:
a. Allow the students to recite the memory verse, read the Bible passage, contribute to the discussion; do class activities and the assignment.
b. Allow the Assistant Teacher to see to the well-being of the class, and mark attendance and assignment.
c. Teach the lesson outline, summarise, conclude, evaluate the lesson and give an assignment.
TEXT REVIEW: Matthew 28:18-20.
Some directives were given to the disciples when Jesus declared that all power was given to him in heaven and on earth. Identify any three of them
i. …………………………………
ii. ………………………………..
iii. ……………………………
LESSON OUTLINES:
- THE CALL TO CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONS
- THE HEART OF A CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONARY
1. THE CALL TO CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONS
A. The call to cross-cultural missions is in various forms and God can use anyone who makes him/herself available, irrespective of “age,” economic, academic, professional, or social status.
B. The call could take different forms:
i. Apostolic calling: Here, an itinerant missionary ministers to a particular people group in a particular location per time e.g. Apostle Paul (Romans 1:1).
ii. Full-time Missionary: A person who has accepted God’s call leaves his/her comfort zone to live, learn, and influence a community for a long time with the gospel of Christ.
iii. Tent-making or Bi-vocational Missionary: A person who has a passion for missions uses his job as a tool to enter a community to finance missions with his/her work and win souls for Christ. (Acts 18:1-4).
iv. Social Ministry Missionary: Someone with the heart of missions rises to the pressing needs of a people group (the aged, children, prostitutes, uneducated, women, leaders, youths, etc.) with a physical relief aid to solve their physiological needs with the purpose of reaching and winning them to Christ (Hebrews 6:10).
v. Modern Media Missionary: The person uses the modern medium of technology to break barriers by entering restricted and free access nations with the Gospel of Christ through internet opportunities, social networks, technological devices, visuals and audio clips, and graphical resources.
C. Cross-cultural missions is important because people of all races have to hear the gospel before they believe (Romans 10:14).
i. Jesus commanded it (Mark 16:15).
ii. We are called to be actively engaged in it (Matthew 24:14).
iii. It helps to reach the Unreached People Groups (UPGs) in the world (Matthew 9:36).
CLASS ACTIVITY 1: Which of the missionary approaches will you engage in this week?
2. THE HEART OF A CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONARY
The teacher should use the following points to explain the type of heart expected from a cross-cultural missionary:
- A cross-cultural missionary must have a passion for the lost (Romans 9:1-3).
- An open mind that is always ready to accept people from a different cultural orientation (Acts 11:9-12).
- Have the willingness to go (Isaiah 6:8).
- Ability to endure hardship (Romans 8:35).
- Be a person of faith with absolute trust in God’s power (Proverbs 3:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9b).
A cross-cultural missionary must have a passion for the lost (Romans 9:1-3); an open mind that is always ready to accept people from a different cultural orientation (Acts 11:9-12); have the willingness to go (Isaiah 6:8); ability to endure hardship (Romans 8:35) and be a person of faith with absolute trust in God’s power (Proverbs 3:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9b).
CLASS ACTIVITY 2: What is your burden for the lost souls and how do you hope to achieve it?
CONCLUSION: God is waiting for men and women whom He will use to break barriers and make disciples among the remaining unreached people groups (Matthew 9:37). Are you available?
QUESTIONS:
- Mention three forms the call to cross-cultural missions takes.
- Identify four things that depict the heart of a cross-cultural missionary.
EVALUATION: Teachers should ask the students to identify four things that depict the heart of a cross-cultural missionary.
CLOSING PRAYER: Almighty Father, use me mightily for Your glory in Jesus’ name.
ASSIGNMENT: Carefully look out for one or more missionaries to bless with a cash gift (No Mark).
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The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
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Or if the clouds black with rain,
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I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?
