Are you Culture-Ready for your mission?
Grab these tools before you depart!
Hear stories from recently returned missionaries on The Culture-Ready Podcast
Don't miss the debriefs in the Culture-Ready Blog for valuable lessons learned
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Learn about the culture where you're headed in the Culture-Ready Seminar
Get professional guidance on behaviors to avoid and how to connect with locals and companions
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Strengthen your cultural skills in the Culture-Ready Workshop
Discover a framework to work effectively with people anywhere
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Meet 1:1 with a trained facilitator to discuss how to thrive in your mission
Identify and explore your cultural preferences, get deep insights about your mission country, and practice interactions to ensure you connect authentically with locals from day one
Why I created Culture-Ready
I’m Allen Powell. I’ve lived in the Pacific Islands and the British Isles, and I've served as a U.S. diplomat and government civilian in seven countries across Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East—along the way I've worked closely with people from Africa and South Asia, too. I spent three and a half years joyfully training missionaries at the MTC. Over time, I’ve watched well‑intentioned people run into walls they don’t understand, simply because we’re rarely made aware of how deeply culture influences every human interaction.
Culture‑Ready is the training I wish every pre‑missionary had before they stepped on the plane: simple tools drawn from real cross‑cultural experience so you can see through other people’s cultural lens and connect with more confidence, authenticity, and depth. I’m also a certified Cultural Intelligence (CQ) facilitator through the Cultural Intelligence Center (CQC), and I’ve designed this program to bring proven CQ tools into a missionary context.
