Technicolor: Inspiring Your Church to Embrace Multicultural Ministry

by Mark Hearn, Joe Geoffrey (Narrated by)

Overview

By the year 2050, the United States will no longer have a majority ethnic group.

The nation's population will be majority-minority. This future nationwide reality has already been a present reality in several cities, including many in the urban south, for nearly a decade. In a 2011 State of the City Address, the mayor of pastor and author Mark Hearn's city said there were fifty-seven languages spoken at the local high school.

Hearn left asking himself, How should our church respond?

In the years that have followed, a phenomenal transformation has taken place. This transition has been chronicled in the Gwinnet Daily Post, the Christian Index, the Wall Street Journal, Lifeway's Facts and Trends, and the Atlanta Magazine. Now, Hearn shares the life-changing story through his own lens. By reading his firsthand experience of this transition as a pastor, you too can be equipped to make the shift to church in technicolor.   

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683665625
Publisher:	christianaudio.com
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 5.44(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Mark Hearn has been a pastor for more than thirty-five years. Since 2010, he has served as the senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Duluth, Georgia, one of the most diverse counties in America. During his tenure, the church has transformed from a monolithic Anglo-American congregation to a cross-cultural community with members from thirty-seven different countries. Pastor Mark holds degrees from Carson Newman College, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Luther Rice Seminary. Mark and his wife Glenda are the parents of four grown daughters and are proud grandparents.

Table of Contents

Foreword xv

Introduction: Technicolor 1

The Commencement of Multicultural Ministry

Section 1 The Biblical Principles of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 1 Project 57 9

The Calling of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 2 More than Purple Bags 29

The Community of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 3 Transitioning Friends to Family 45

The Competence of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 4 Anyone Headed My Way? 59

The Charge of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 5 Stick Your Head out the Window 85

The Climate of Multicultural Ministry

Section 2 The Biblical Practices of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 6 Piñatas, Dumplings, Cricket, and Coffee 101

The Celebrations of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 7 There's a Monkey in the Pulpit! 117

The Conflicts of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 8 It's Too Hard 131

The Complexities of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 9 I Had No Idea … 145

The Costs of Multicultural Ministry

Chapter 10 Who's On Board? 161

The Consumers of Multicultural Ministry

Epilogue: Is the Sky Falling? 179

The Crisis of Multicultural Ministry

Appendices 185

Notes 203