The Application of Youth With A Mission’s Foundational Values Through Different Cultural Lenses

77 cross-cultural teams can function. It's like anytime you don't have that, I don't think there's going to be much success down the road." Then he continues, “The greatest problem with multiculturalism is just the misunderstandings and the miscommunications. And so the way one culture values the individual can be offensive to another. the same way one culture functions in a team can be really frustrating for another.”

I-5 gave a different perspective, "I think the onus is on those who are not the host culture to learn and to assimilate. You can create a space for them. But if I'm going to go to Afghanistan, the onus is on me to learn certain protocols." Later on, he states, "I think it's the person who is visiting that culture who has to learn the most."

Evaluating Youth With A Mission The next set of questions focused on evaluating YWAM on the application of the values being addressed in this thesis in a multicultural setting. The questions were, “How well do you think the YWAM values of the individual, working in teams, and servant leadership work in multicultural settings? What are the hindrances?”

When asked these questions, seven of the participants focused on YWAM International while three of them focused on their local context. Those who focused on their local context did not feel qualified to evaluate YWAM as a whole.

From those participants who focused on YWAM International, five (three individualists and two collectivists) felt that YWAM is doing well, but for different reasons. C-3, who believes we are doing well puts it this way, "I think it's because we worship together, and we have a fear of God. When there's something wrong, we have the Holy Spirit convicting us, and we act on that. If it wasn't for that, we