Byron Davis of Epic Life Project led us through the fourth session of the pre-conference on multi-ethnic church at Exponential 2013. It was a very engaging discussion of the generations, the changing shape of America, and the need for pastors to view themselves as community leaders, not just preaching leaders. My notes are here: How …
Rich Wilkerson, Sr, on Multi-Ethnic Church
The third session from the multi-ethnic church pre-conference session was led by Rich Wilkerson, Sr., of Trinity Church in Miami. Rich brought a lot of passion and stories into this session so it was hard to take in-depth notes on it. But here are the note from that session: Don't make it hard for people …
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Pastor Wilfredo ‘Choco’ de Jesus on Multi-Ethnic Church
The second speaker in our pre-conference session was Pastor Wilfredo 'Choco' de Jesus of New Life Covenant Church in Chicago. He spoke with him via Skype because he was selected as one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people this year. Here are my brief notes from that conversation: The language of heaven is love, …
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Mark DeYmaz on Multi-Ethnic Church
I am attending the pre-conference sessions at Exponential 2013 on the multi-ethnic church. The first session was led by Mark DeYmaz of Mosaic Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, and author of many books including, Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church. Here are my notes from that session: Theology & philosophy: - Jesus' vision - Early church …
Multiethnic Worship [from Christianity Today]
Michael Emerson, best known to me as a co-author of the outstanding book, Divided by Faith, wrote a very good review of a new book by Gerardo Marti entitled, Worship Across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Congregation. A number of folks here at Eastbrook Church sent me links to the article because it …
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