Border Crossing: Renting to Churches of Other Cultures

Elizabeth Drury wrote this series of blog posts about churches renting to other cultures — featured at EdStetzer.com’s “Thursday is for Thinkers”. Border Crossing: Renting to Churches of Other Cultures Part 1 When immigrants need worship space, think twice before renting. Border Crossing: Renting to Churches of Other Cultures Part 2 When pastors consider renting …

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The Polyglot Congregation

Calvary Temple International (CTI) is a model multicultural church in Wayne, New Jersey, reflects the growing nonwhite ethnic minority community. CTI conducts weekly services in English, Spanish, Tagalog (Filipino), and Korean, as well as Farsi (Persian) in home groups.

How to welcome people from different cultures to your church

Beyond Welcoming: Creating a multi-ethnic congregation begins by helping members feel at home. by Oneya Fennell Okuwobi (Christianity Today, June 2015) Throughout high school, I attended a church 20 minutes away from my home. When I asked my mother why we didn’t join the church in our neighborhood, she replied, “That’s not our kind of church.” …

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Multicultural church in the “whitest” community of the nation

Multicultural Church in a “Single Culture” Communityby Dan Van Veen (PE NEWS – 27 May 2015) When Damon and Saehee Duran, both students at AG Theological Seminary, tell people they’re planting a multicultural church to minister to the ethnic populations of the greater Springfield, Missouri, area, eyebrows frequently raise. The greater Springfield area is made …

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21 Culturally Diverse Churches Honored in Ministry Today

21 Culturally Diverse Churches MINISTRY TODAY – May/June 2015 Ministry Today launched in 2014 a special way to honor churches and ministries for their significant work. In last year’s May-June issue, we highlighted and honored 21 churches and ministries for the ways in which they were influencing the 21st-century church. For 2015, however, we are …

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Questions to be answered

The following are a list of questions noted at the Mosaix Multi-Ethnic Forum during the Exponential East Conference, Tampa, Florida, April 27, 2015. Notes by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson, Assistant Director of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership (CDEL), Charlotte Campus, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. What did we not talk about that you want to know? Identifying the …

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Mosaix National Conference

Save the Dates! November 2-3, 2016 3rd National Multi-ethnic Church Conference The Largest Gathering to Date of Multi-ethnic Church Leaders The 3rd National Multi-ethnic Church Conference will gather 1,500+ like-minded ministry pioneers – experienced local church pastors and planters, network and denominational leaders, authors and educators – passionately pursuing the establishment of healthy multi-ethnic and …

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Albert Tate: A Church for All People

A Church for All People: Worshipping Together as a Multi-Ethnic Congregation Albert Tate, Pastor, Fellowship Monrovia Church Albert Tate: A Church for All People [SCORR Conference] 2015 Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation Conference (Biola University – February 20-21, 2015) As our nation continues to grow more diverse in its population, many are asking the question, …

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