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What are strategic change and transition issues to address?
Diversity is obviously empowered by the presence of various races, ethnic groups, and nationalities.
- This presence must be authentic and genuine, and must permeate all dimensions of congregational life.
- Any tokenism will destroy the true multicultural nature of the congregation.
- While quotas for representing each racial, ethnic, or nationality within the congregation in every program, ministry, or activity is not the best approach, significant, obvious effort to embrace the full diversity of the congregation in everything that is done is an essential characteristic of true diversity.
A diversity of racial, ethnic, and nationality groups speaks very positively to a holistic application of the Gospel.
- That allows this model to represent the New Testament church in an ideal form.
- Multiculturalism also affirms a diversity of approaches to reach people for a Christ-centric faith journey, and involving them in a spiritual, strategic journey.
Harmony is empowered through this choice because it is probable that in the midst of great racial, ethnic, and national diversity there will be a significant unifying or organizing factor.
- This can be a captivating vision the congregation is seeking to fulfill that may focus around a great spiritual perspective or missional goal.
One hunch is that a close analysis of many multicultural congregations will show that the clergy and laity leadership of these congregations have a similar socioeconomic, education, or cultural mindset.
- This common mindset is part of what holds the congregation together.
- In fact, in the leadership dimensions of the congregation it is much more difficult to have a diverse socioeconomic group of leaders represented than it is to have a diverse racial, ethnic, or nationality group represented.
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