Comments on: becoming a multiracial church, part 4 http://djchuang.com/2005/becoming-a-multiracial-church-part-4/ / strategist / ideator / Asian American / connector / gamechanger Tue, 22 May 2012 16:57:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: blogging from on high : djchuang.com http://djchuang.com/2005/becoming-a-multiracial-church-part-4/#comment-5323 blogging from on high : djchuang.com Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:20:55 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2005/05/d1076#comment-5323 [...] former I’ll type up from my raw notes from my Treo 600; the latter are a re-packaging of my previous blog entries on the multiracial [...] [...] former I’ll type up from my raw notes from my Treo 600; the latter are a re-packaging of my previous blog entries on the multiracial [...]

]]> By: JQ http://djchuang.com/2005/becoming-a-multiracial-church-part-4/#comment-538 JQ Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:33:05 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2005/05/d1076#comment-538 The apostle Paul said to the Jews he became like a Jew, etc. (1 Cor. 9:20-22) I think that it can be applied to churches as well, as long as it is not done in a way that's exclusionary. Part of the message of the emergent church (as I understand it) is that church needs to be culturally relevant. The thing with that is that there are many cultures out there. You can't be culturally relevant to every single culture. You have to choose. So sometimes that means to the Chinese, you have a Chinese church, to the blacks, a black church, etc. The apostle Paul said to the Jews he became like a Jew, etc. (1 Cor. 9:20-22) I think that it can be applied to churches as well, as long as it is not done in a way that’s exclusionary. Part of the message of the emergent church (as I understand it) is that church needs to be culturally relevant. The thing with that is that there are many cultures out there. You can’t be culturally relevant to every single culture. You have to choose. So sometimes that means to the Chinese, you have a Chinese church, to the blacks, a black church, etc.

]]> By: knightopia.com | Journal http://djchuang.com/2005/becoming-a-multiracial-church-part-4/#comment-537 knightopia.com | Journal Tue, 31 May 2005 03:18:03 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2005/05/d1076#comment-537 <strong>Race Issues & the Emerging Church</strong> My compadre Anthony Smith has posted some thoughts on the issue of race and the emerging church. His conclusion: "[The race issue] very much needs to be a part of the catechism of the Emergent conversation. Assuming of course Emergent... Race Issues & the Emerging Church

My compadre Anthony Smith has posted some thoughts on the issue of race and the emerging church. His conclusion: “[The race issue] very much needs to be a part of the catechism of the Emergent conversation. Assuming of course Emergent…

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