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The author presents low cultural intelligence (CQ) as a problem in ministry for the multicultural congregation of Destiny Church. The low CQ has resulted in ineffective cross-cultural ministry internally and externally. The hypothesis of the project was to determine whether or not hospitality would have an effect on the cultural intelligence of the parishioners of Destiny Church. The project consisted of a cross-cultural hospitality intervention called “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?” A total of twenty participants volunteered for the project. The intervention involved five Caucasian and five African American couples taking turns as guests and hosts of one another in their homes. Before and after the intervention, the participants took an online cultural intelligence assessment called the Extended Cultural Intelligence Scale (E-CQS). A post-experience interview was also conducted at the end of the project to ascertain changes in the four factors of cultural intelligence. The author discovered that fourteen out of twenty participants experienced an increase in cultural intelligence. As a result of the affirmation of the hypothesis, the author proposed ministry recommendations.
Advisor: | Chan, Frank |
Commitee: | McLeod, Russell, Sanders, Martin |
School: | Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary |
Department: | Christiian Leadership |
School Location: | United States -- New York |
Source: | DAI-A 79/11(E), Dissertation Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Social research |
Keywords: | Cross cultural ministry, hospitality, low cultural intelligence |
Publication Number: | 10828574 |
ISBN: | 978-0-438-06255-9 |