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The Multicultural Church...

"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens,

but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household."

Big Question: "Do our churches reflect the diverse, multicultural look of the New Testament Church?"

...and if not, why not? And what's to be done about it?

Perhaps Thabiti Anyabwile hit the nail most squarely on the head at T4G 2008...

Perhaps this issue begs the larger question... What IS the Model Church taught in scripture? [We'll attempt to grapple with that issue here in the wiki.]
Race, Culture, and The Church ... the signature course at Crossroads Bible College.
Research by Michael Emerson, etal. His recent books are becoming classics on the issue... "Divided By Faith"... and... "United By Faith". Here's the resulting cover-article from Christianity Today: "All Churches Should Be Multiracial" [Yet only 5% of Christian churches are].
Andrew Sears: "Cost of Online Segregation"
Adrian Warnock posts Tobe Koleoso mp3
'Out of Ur'... "Choosing Multi-ethnic Over Mega"
Eph 3.
International People Groups In Indy
MultiEthnic Resources

Thoughts anyone? We'll be building this page shortly -- please add your links, thoughts, ideas... or even more questions.

Do any of you read something in the New Testament leading you to any other conclusions?
Some other division in the Church other than just Geo-Church... city by city... down to house-by-house granularity?
Here's an awesome, recent CNN article... "Why Many American Prefer Their Sundays Segregated".
Wanna start making a difference at the speed of Light? Begin MULTICULTURAL Facebook groups... eg. UBcafe.
In Indianapolis, we'd like to measure the number of MULTICULTURAL churches... and work toward progress in that metric. See the Indy Scorecard.
Here in Indy, our CCDA Affiliates may well comprise the core leaders toward the multicultural Church.
Here's a way that two churches are getting underway in Indy... partnering at the picnic table. *smile*