Multicultural ministries

Article Diplomacy and Faith
- By Paul Stroble
- Posted on July 8th, 2011
Diplomacy in the News During the past few months, the United States lost two highly respected diplomats. Lawrence Eagleburger, secretary of state during George H. W. Bush’s …
Article I Was a Stranger
- By Arthur Sutherland
- Posted on January 7th, 2011
You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). These are the opening words of the Acts of the Apostles and they…
Article The Invitation: A Means of Grace for Hispanics
- By Dottie Escobedo-Frank
- Posted on January 7th, 2011
So you want to reach out to your neighborhood, which includes some Hispanics. You've walked your community, visited the schools, and perused the malls and you notice the browning…
Article Cross-Cultural Mission in Congregations
- By Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi
- Posted on January 4th, 2011
How can we prepare our communities for cross-cultural mission, whether cross-cultural short-term mission trips, cross-cultural mission in our own communities, or mission in…
Article Cultural Differences in Funeral Customs
- By Kathy Black
- Posted on January 1st, 2011
Sally, a Euro-American, is pastor of a multicultural congregation. When the mother of a Vietnamese parishioner in her church died, she knew nothing about the evening service…
Article The Pentecost Paradigm: Creating a New, Multicultural Border Space
- By Jacqueline J. Lewis
- Posted on February 1st, 2010
The story of Pentecost is not only a story about Spirit but a story about borders. The people are gathered there from all over the known world; they crossed borders to come to…