Crossing Cultures International Inc

CROSSING CULTURES INTERNATIONAL, INC. EXISTS TO GLORIFY GOD BY EQUIPPING CHRIST FOLLOWERS GLOBALLY WITH COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE MINISTRY.

CROSSING CULTURES INTERNATIONAL USES 4 TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TRAINING PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS THAT COVERS BASIC SEMINARY TRAINING. THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE TRANSLATED AND PRINTED INTO THE NATIVE LANGUAGES OF LOCAL PASTORS. OVER 100 NATIONAL COORDINATORS OVERSEE THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS. DURING 2021, WE TRAINED 402 POTENTIAL TEACHERS IN 13 COUNTRIES IN USING THE BTCP CURRICULUM. THIS RESULTED IN 100 NEW CLASSES WITH 1071 NEW STUDENTS. AS OF DEC 2021, WE OVERSEE 537 CLASSES IN 34 COUNTRIES WITH 6,633 NATIONAL CHURCH LEADERS IN TRAINING THROUGH THE BTCP PROGRAM. 39 CLASSES WITH 535 STUDENTS FINISHED THE BTCP TRAINING IN 2020. WITH OUR GODS FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES SEMINAR, WE TRAINED 386 PARTICIPANTS IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT MONEY AND STEWARDSHIP: WORKING WITH THE ABILITIES GOD HAS GIVEN US, GETTING OUT OF DEBT, FOLLOWING A SIMPLE BUDGET, LEARNING TO GIVE GENEROUSLY, AND HONESTY AND INTEGRITY WITH MONEY. WITH OUR ADVANCED EXPOSITORY PREACHING SEMINAR, WE TRAINED 19 PARTICIPANTS. THREE SEMINARS ON RESOLVING CONFLICT IN A GODLY WAY WERE HELD WITH 79 PARTICIPANTS. OTHER SEMINARS ON FAMILY AND MARRIAGE AND BIBLICAL LOVE AND DATING WERE HELD. RELIEF EFFORTS WERE MADE IN CAMBODIA, THAILAND, MYANMAR, INDONESIA, HAITI, AND THE PHILIPPINES WITH OVER 500 FAMILIES. A CONTAINER LOAD OF DRIED FOODS WERE SHIPPED TO EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE VICTIMS IN WESTERN HAITI. AS OF DECEMBER 2021, WE NOW HAVE OVER 8,000 GRADUATES THROUGH THE BTCP 10 COURSE CURRICULUM COVERING 520 CLASS HOURS, 4,730 TRAINEES OF THE GODS FINANCIAL PRINCIPLE SEMINAR, AND 1,300 TRAINEES OF THE ADVANCED EXPOSITORY PREACHING SEMINAR. IN 2021, WE SAW 30 NEW CHURCHES STARTED WITH OVER 1,000 IN AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE. CURRENTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH 24 LANGUAGE TRANSLATION PROJECTS FOR THE CCI TRAINING MATERIALS. 130 DIFFERENT PEOPLE GROUPS ARE BEING REACHED WITH CCI TRAINING. CCI THAILAND WAS ORGANIZED IN 2021 WITH A BOARD OF TRUSTEES. $73,000 WAS COLLECTED OUTSIDE THE USA AS PAYMENT FOR BOOKS, SEMINAR REGISTRATION FEES, AND LOCAL DONATIONS.