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Have you read “Building a Multi-Ethnic Church” by DeYmaz?

August 11th, 2008, 1 Comment

Hey you! Have you read this one from Mark DeYmaz? The Jossey-Bass books are generally awesome, and this looks great. If you read it, would you mind summarizing it for me as I’m a bit behind in my own book-inbox :-)

“Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church: Mandate, Commitments and Practices of a Diverse Congregation (J-B Leadership [...]

Tags for Where We’re Going

July 24th, 2008, No Comments

Today I had a really helpful and powerful chat with one of my heroes, and though I want to digest that a bit before talking about it here, it also spurred me to find a page in my journal and open it up.
Here are some tags that I wrote in my moleskine notebook a while [...]

Creating the Future, One Mustard Seed at a Time (The New Conspirators)

July 13th, 2008, 1 Comment

“The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time” (Tom Sine)
I’ve just finished reading Tom Sine’s newest book, “The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time” (Tom Sine). It’s one that I’ve meant to read for a few months. However, having now finished it, I highly recommend it [...]

Guest Blogger: Matt Echohawk-Hayashi on Multicultural Church

June 3rd, 2008, No Comments

I asked several friends who are leading intentionally multicultural/multiethnic/multiracial churches to share some thoughts about that experience. First up is Matt Echohawk-Hayashi. Matt is one of the pastors of the church I am part of, Ohana Project in Seattle. I value Matt’s voice as a friend, as my pastor, and as somebody [...]

Book Summary: United by Faith (DeYoung, Emerson, Yancey, Kim)

June 2nd, 2008, No Comments

United by Faith
by Curtis DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim
Oxford University Press (2003)
222 pages
Description of the Book
Christian congregations, when possible, should be multiracial. Multiracial churches are defined as those in which no one racial group accounts for more than 80 percent of the congregation. When congregations are multiracial [...]

United By Faith – Section 2, Multiracial Congregations in the United States

May 30th, 2008, 2 Comments

I blogged a bit about race here last week as I began to read “United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race”. Here is my summary of Section 1 of the book.
Section 2 is “Multiracial Congregations in the United States”.
Chapter 3 – Congregations and the Color Line (1600-1940)
British colonists [...]

Call for Guest Bloggers: Leading the Intentionally Multiracial Church

May 19th, 2008, No Comments

I’m putting out a call to find leaders of multiracial churches who would be willing to guest blog on the topic of leading the intentionally multiracial church.
I’ve just sent email to a handful of friends and acquaintances who I’d love to hear from, but if you or somebody you know has experience in the area [...]

Multiracial churches at djchuang.com

May 19th, 2008, No Comments

Over the past several years, blogger and leader DJ Chuang has written extensively on the topic of multiracial, multiethnic and multicultural churches. If you’re interested in this topic, I highly recommend engaging with DJ.
Here are some good starting points for his writing:
DJ’s resource page
Blog: All churches should be multiracial
Blog series: Becoming a multiracial church (part [...]

United By Faith – Section 1, Multicultural Christianity in the Bible

May 19th, 2008, No Comments

I blogged a bit about race here last week as I began to read “United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation As an Answer to the Problem of Race”
I’ve just finished Section 1 of the book, and rather than rushing onward (grad school reading pace is so different than real reading pace) :), I want to [...]