1000 Cups of Tea: Field Guide

by Preston Fidler

1000 Cups of Field Guide helps language learners get to the heart of gospel fluency across cultures. Use it as a companion to 1000 Cups of Gospel Fluency Across Cultures, or just read it as a book and field guide to work through these core concepts and 1) Understand the basics of gospel fluency across cultures. 2) Align your perspective with God’s perspective on gospel fluency. 3) Evangelize your lost neighbors as you learn their language. 4) Comprehend and tell simple familiar gospel stories in your new language. 5) Engage the limitless radius of the gospel with all or your neighbors through all life encounters. 6) Learn to listen and respond as an integral part of the fluency needed to reach neighbors with the gospel. 7) Know what it means to intelligently learn a language. 8) Invest in life-long language learning. 9) Practice Language 180 for fruitful ongoing learning and in-language ministry. 10) Converse the gospel in your new language. 11) Share your testimony; pray for your neighbors. 12) Identify as a Kingdom pilgrim, with an unwavering assurance in your destination and an insatiable desire to invite others to join you from the “nations of every language” (Zechariah 8:23).

190 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 14, 2021

Reviews

[Delaney Zook]

Honestly, a great read. It discusses learning the language of the country you’re in that is worshipful and faithful to God. It shouldn’t have taken me this long to read but it was good!!

[EA Kellogg]

learned a lot from this! extremely practical

[Jessie Kirkpatrick]

1,000 cups of tea can lead to language learning. As we are getting ready to move overseas, language has been one of the bigger stressers for me. I am nervous about being able to make friends who will be able to help us in language learning. This field guide gives biblical encouragement and practical tools for learning language while being immersed in a new culture. It is beautifully written with stories from other cross-cultural workers experiences. This would be a great read for anyone wanting to learn a new language. It is easy to understand and is a pretty quick read.

[Rebecca]

Basic concepts that could’ve been conveyed in 50 pages. If you are looking for basic linguistic understanding in a cross cultural setting, it could be beneficial and worth your time.

[Claire]

Sets a great foundation for gospel fluency and for why language learning is so important to overseas ministry.

[Cristina]

Asombroso y muy práctico.