
CultureCross is a 12-week course from TWR Canada that equips the Canadian Church with the tools, confidence, and context to engage meaningfully with people from other cultures. As part of TWR Canada’s mission to assist the Church in making disciples of all people by sharing Christ through media, this course provides practical training and resources to help believers connect across cultural boundaries. To learn more about TWR Canada and our work, visit twr.ca.
This resource hub provides all the materials and resources you need to begin, guiding you through each step of the program. We pray that God will use this course to grow your understanding, strengthen your confidence, and inspire your engagement across cultures.

Purpose: To introduce the foundational ideas of ‘collectivistic’ and ‘individualistic’ cultures and how our culture affects the way we connect with others.
Purpose: To explore three worldview categories in order to understand how they are expressed today and their connection to the fall of humanity.
Purpose: To learn how cultural worldviews affect every area of a person’s life – including spiritual practices and the understanding of the spiritual world.
Purpose: To discover how the Bible addresses the desires expressed by all cultural worldviews, and how these desires are satisfied in Jesus.
Purpose: To explore how to identify a person’s cultural worldview and relate to it in ways that compassionately connect their needs to what Jesus offers.
Purpose: To learn about the need for giving and receiving honour in many cultures, and God’s desire to give honour to his children through relationship with him.
Purpose: To explore our attitudes toward making space and time for others in our lives, and to learn what true biblical hospitality looks like – especially in terms of cross-cultural outreach and discipleship.
Purpose: To explore the nature of fear and power and how the worship of idols is connected to our fear and lack of faith.
Purpose: To explore common fears many Christians have when it comes to evangelism and discipleship of others and to present an encouraging and hopeful path forward.
Purpose: To explore communication methods for creating cross-cultural spiritual conversations that lead to an invitation to receive and believe in Jesus.
Purpose: To explore how cultural differences impact discipleship and learn about the elements of our belief, behaviour and belonging that are transformed with conversion to faith in Jesus.
Purpose: To explore how we can strive towards God’s promise of a unified body while still allowing for cultural expression in work and worship in the church.
If you are connected with the PAOC, email culturecross@paoc.org for questions about course materials, how to best use the program, or general CultureCross inquiries.
If you are not affiliated with the PAOC, email info@culturecross.ca for similar support regarding course materials, program use, or general CultureCross questions.
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-Lyndsay, CultureCross Participant
- Jeffrey, CultureCross Participant

The CultureCross curiculum was written and produced by Trans World Radio (TWR) Canada.
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