Church as an Uncommon Community
“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples,” says the LORD through the prophet Isaiah (56:7). What could this possibly mean…
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Worshiping at Two Vital Congregations
Readers of Leading Ideas are familiar with the Lewis Center’s focus on the church’s challenge to “reach more people, younger people, and more diverse people.”…
Reaching More Diverse People
How effective is the United Methodist Church in reaching the increasingly diverse population of the United States? Recent research by the Lewis Center in cooperation…
Addressing Diversity in Congregations
According to the measuring tools used by Natural Church Development, my church — New Hope Church in Maryland — falls in the top 5 percent…
Two Myths Relevant to Reaching Younger and More Diverse People
Each Sunday The Washington Post has a feature in the opinion section dealing with common myths about a particular topic. Noted demographer William H. Frey…
Multicultural Fluency and the Discipline of Dialogue
The Bible has much to say about community. In the very act of creating humanity, God initiated community. For community to have the equality that…
The Church and Race Relations — Then and Now
In reflecting on the church and race relations over the past forty years, and whether it is possible or even desirable for us to strive…
The Welcome Table
In the summer of 2006, I led a study group from Wesley Theological Seminary in a doctoral course that retraced many of the steps of…
Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church
The Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas gathers each week in 78,000 square feet of space that originally housed a Wal-Mart. The large glass front features…
Diversity Leadership in the Church
As church leaders attempt to address the challenges presented by the expanding diversity of local congregations and American culture at large, a new energizing vision…