Sharing the Gospel

We tend to forget that a large portion of what we say isn’t in the words we speak but in how we inflect the tone, the setting, our hand gestures and the speed in how we say it. We have to become more mindful of our communication to be really effective at doing it. How someone might understand what we are saying might be very different than what we think we are saying. We can often be amazed at how we are understood even by our peers much less across cultural lines.

Cultural Considerations

The purpose of communication can vary from Culture to culture. In the West communication is meant to make a point, while the easterner communicates much of the time for the bonding process. In the west we ask “what can I do for you?”

A religion based on the teachings of one man, Muhammad, founded in the fifth century. It has five basic tenants or pillars that an obedient Muslim (follower of Islam) should follow. Muhammad produced the text called the Quran, their holy book.