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Home | Ministries | Multicultural Vitality

MULTICULTURAL VITALITY

Multicultural Vitality

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Multicultural vitality is the area in which churches identify, engage, and embrace culture differences that are ethnic, socioeconomic, political, global, and generational, whether internally or externally. Multicultural vitality is the intersection of people working with other people. We understand that the church is a culture apart from the neighborhood we live and we seek to become more relevant to the neighborhood in which we live.



Vital Congregations engage in multicultural ministry by:

  • Objectively reflecting on how well the congregation loves ALL
  • Being willing to implement changes so that the congregation can better love ALL
  • Viewing the community as equals and partners
  • Centering on a shared mission, vision, and Incarnational calling
  • Developing individuals’ skills and expertise to love others and engage the neighborhood
  • Having open and intentional conversation about and with people different than us

 

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  • Strengthening the Black Church (SBC 21)
  • Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR)
  • General Commission on Religion & Race (GCORR)

 

Will Jones

Will Fenton-Jones
Director, Multicultural Vitality
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Letty Damian
Administrative Assistant, Young People's Ministries/Higher Education and Campus Ministry/Multicultural Ministries
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