My second recommended action follows on this point. Get outside help! You need someone from the outside to help you see what you can’t see and to create a context for people who are a part of the church share their painful experiences. Here’s where a tool like the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) can be extremely helpful. When I come alongside churches, ministries and organizations I utilize the IDI as a way of helping them probe their preferences. I call the IDI a common grace tool. It wasn’t developed to help the church in particular, but it is currently the premier crosscultural
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