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Who ought to consider this choice?

Congregations who are located in a context that is multicultural should consider this choice.

It will be difficult to sustain for more than seven to nine years the multicultural nature of a congregation if its context is not also multicultural.

It is easier for a new congregation to embrace this choice than it is for an existing congregation to transition to this choice.

  • Existing congregations may have too much ownership of their former culture, and may—even without meaning to—come across with paternalism to other racial, ethnic, and nationality groups.

  • The core leadership community of a new or existing congregation must be multicultural from the beginning of any multicultural efforts for this choice to be effective.

It is easier to embrace this choice if the pastor’s household is multicultural and even multilingual. The pastor’s spouse might be of a different racial, ethnic, or national origin, and must be actively involved in the congregation.

  • If this is not the case, then the staff of the congregation must be multicultural and multilingual.

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