<p><strong>A Bi-cultural Approach</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(31, 33, 36, 1)">Missionaries often receive little training in understanding the world in which we live and some experience great hardship out in the field as a result. The purpose of </span><em>Preparing Missionaries for Intercultural Communication</em><em style="color: rgba(31, 33, 36, 1)"> </em><span style="color: rgba(31, 33, 36, 1)">is to enable cross-cultural missionaries to be more adequately prepared for the task of intelligent communication. </span>Lyman E. Reed<span style="color: rgba(31, 33, 36, 1)"> sets forth the major areas which are important in training the missionary to communicate with other cultures.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(31, 33, 36, 1)">By being prepared for cross-cultural communication, the missionary will be more sensitive to the needs of others in a cross-cultural context and thereby be a better communicator of the Christian message, being less ethnocentric and more appreciative of national believers and their worldview.</span></p>