Enoch Wan and Mark Hedinger. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the relational realism paradigm as a model of ministry development as
illustrated through education/training, leadership development, and discipleship. While those three areas in no way encompass all outworking of Christian mission, they do represent a variety of ministry specialties that each must be adapted in accordance with the sending culture, the receiving culture, the Word and work of God, and the nature of the content. In all cases, the goal is not simple cognitive
transfer, but rather it is the transformation of adult learners.
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