Two false notions American churches should reject about global ministry

Mark Noll, in his important book, The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith:

For American churches to participate in the universal body of Christ in ways that reflect the deepest realities of that body, it will be necessary to discard two false notions – – both Western paternal benevolence in which the instinct is to think that unless Americans do it, it will not get done, and also Western hegemonic imperialism whereby all the evils of the world are laid at the feet of American dominated-multinationals or mission agencies.  Once those delusions are set aside, practices of partnership drawing on genuine Christian realities may flourish.