1. Biblical Perspectives
2. Hot Issue: Multi-Ethnic Congregations/Church Communities OR HUP (Homogeneous Unit Principle) Churches?
3. Multi-Ethnic Congregations/Church Communities: Practical Matters
4. Non-English Speaking Background Congregations/Church Communities in English-Speaking Societies
5. General
6. Videos
7. Websites
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1. Biblical Perspectives
- The Bible as Authority as an Antidote to Cultural Imperialism
- Bible Translation in Historical Context. The Changing Role of Cross-Cultural Workers (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
- A Biblical Model of Culture (PPT; accompanying “The Cultural Human”)
- A Brief Investigation of Old Testament Precursors to the Pauline Missiological Model of Cultural Adaptation (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
- The Contextualised Witness of the Apostles (Lausanne Movement)
- Contextualizing Religious Form and Meaning: A Missiological Interpretation of Naaman’s Petitions (2 Kings 5:15-19) [International Journal of Frontier Missiology]
- The Cultural Human (paper presented by Mike Raiter and Mike Wilson at Annual School of Theology, Moore College, 1999)
- Diverse Voices: Hearing Scripture Speak in a Multicultural Movement (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
- The Doctrine of Creation and Multicultural Ministry Series
- Foreigners, Pharisees and Foreskins: The Controversy over Changing ‘Community Identity’ in the Book of Acts (Brian K. Petersen)
- Galatians 2:11-21: A Blast fron the Past (sermon)
- The House Church: A Missiological Model (Del Birkey)
- Insider Movements in the Gospels and Acts (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
- The Old Testament Contextualisations (Lausanne Movement)
- Principles of Cross-Cultural/Ethnic Ministry: The Stories of Barnabas and Paul and the Jerusalem Council (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
- The Role of the Bible in Shaping Multicultural Ministry: 1. Continuity Amid Uncertainties
- The Role of the Bible in Shaping Multicultural Ministry: 2. The Gospel for All Peoples, All Cultures
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2. Hot Issue: Multi-Ethnic Congregations/Church Communities AND/OR HUP (Homogeneous Unit Principle) Churches?
(In addition to articles from Face to Face Intercultural I have included articles from other sites. I do not necessarily agree with viewpoints expressed in some of these articles, but feel they have a contribution to make to the debate)
- Affinity Blocs and People Clusters. An Approach Toward Strategic Insight and Mission Partnership (Mission Frontiers)
- Consultant’s Corner: Multi-ethnic or Homogeneous (Chuck Lawless)
- Doing Mission with a Universal Gospel and Cultural Diversity (Frances F. Hiebert; Direction 17/1 [Spring 1988] 81-86)
- Do People Groups Still Matter? A Review in 2010 (Mission Frontiers)
- Down with the Homogeneous Unit Principle? (David Swanson; Out of Ur)
- Further Responses to Paul Hiebert (Mission Frontiers)
- The Homogeneous Unit Principle (David Kerrigan; Thinking Mission)
- Homogeneous Unit Principle (Lausanne Movement: LOP 1: The Pasadena Consultation).
- The Homogeneous Unit Principle (Tim Chester)
- The Homogeneous Unit Principle and Racial Segregation in Baptist Churches (sbcImpact)
- Is it reasonable to assert that evangelists who adopt the homogeneous unit principle are racist? (Robin Kinstead)
- Is There a Biblical Basis for Encouraging Diversity? (Unity in Christ magazine)
- Jesus and Ethnicity (Tim Geddert)
- More Thoughts on the Homogeneous Unit Principle (Tim Chester)
- Multiculturalism in the Spirit: Issues in the Creation of Multicultural Pentecostal Churches (Ngar Fei Leong)
- Multi-Ethnicity, the Moon and the Local Church (Unity in Christ magazine)
Neil Robbie Posts (Transforming Grace):
- Anti-homogeneous church in Ephesians
- Anti-homogeneous church in Romans
- Anti-homogeneous church in the Sermon on the Mount
- Challenging the homogeneous church growth principle
- Church leadership and homogeneous church
- Getting the direction of homogeneous growth right
- What happens to homogeneous churches?
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- Pastoring a Multi-Ethnic Church (John Folmar)
- People, Nations, Tongues, Kingdoms and Homogeneity (GlobeServe Journal of Missions)
- Pursuing Multi-ethnic Churches: A Conversation with Derwin Gray & Juan Sanchez (Crosswalk.com)
- Reflections on the Belhar Confession. Part 4 (Bret L. McAtee; Faith and Heritage)
- The Relevance of Church Growth Principles to Evangelism in England (Eddie Gibbs, Churchman)
- Should Pastors Accept or Reject the HUP? (GLUE)
- Ten Implicit Biblical Mandates for a Multi-Ethnic Ministry (Unity in Christ magazine)
- Unity and Diversity in the Family of God (Antonio Carlos Barro; eDiaspora Network)
- What’s Wrong With Being Ethnic? (John Reeves)
- Why a Chinese Church? Why Not? (Reflections: Ying Yee)
- Why a Chinese Church? Why Not? Take Two (Reflections: Ying Yee)
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3. Multi-Ethnic Congregations/Church Communities: Practical Matters
- 25 FAQs re the Multi-ethnic Church (GLUE)
- Are Racially Diverse Churches Integrated? (Unity in Christ magazine)
- Bridgeway Community Church – A Church Plant Model for Multicultural Ministry (Unity in Christ magazine)
- Making Two Into One: Creating Multiracial Churches from Single-Race Congregations (Unity in Christ magazine)
- Multicultural Church Planting Models (Ken Davis)
- One Message, Many Languages: Maranatha Chapel, Evergreen Park, Illinois (Mosaic, 2012)
- The Plausibility of Multicultural Churches
- Transforming a Homogeneous Church into a Multi-Ethnic Church Community
- What God is Doing in Multi-Ethnic Churches Can Be Found in Outreach’s 2010 Top 100 Largest & Fastest Growing Churches In America (Unity in Christ magazine)
- Worship in a Multi-ethnic Church (GLUE; Mark DeYmaz)
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4. Non-English Speaking Background Congregations/Church Communities in English-Speaking Societies (includes immigrant churches but some such churches are thoroughly domiciled. These are sometimes inaptly and inappropriately called “Ethnic Churches” sadly ignoring the fact that ALL churches are ethnic churches)
Chinese Congregations/Church Communities and Chinese Culture
- All You Need to Know About the (Chinese) Lunar New Year (Kane Gao; Illuminant)
- Avoiding Insult and Injury When Using Color in China (Kane Gao & Simon Cousins; Illuminant)
- The Chinese People (Lin Yufang; Chinese Heritage Quarterly, 30/31. June-Sept 2012)
- Confucianism and the Application of the Law (Andrew Hong)
- Confucianism – and the Pastor’s Stipend (Andrew Hong)
- Confucianism – and the Rectification of Names (Andrew Hong)
- Confucianism – and the Rectification of Names. Part 2 (Andrew Hong)
- Confucianism – and What Leaders are Meant to Do (Andrew Hong)
- Domineering Women (and Weak Men) in Chinese Homes (Andrew Hong)
- The Dynamics of Majority Culture and Minority Culture (Andrew Hong)
- Face in Chinese Culture: What You Can Do About It (Andrew Hong)
- Forgiveness – and its Absence in Chinese Culture! (Andrew Hong)
- Foundations for Morality in Chinese Culture and the Bible
- Gifts in China: What to Give, What to Avoid [Infographic] (Nicky Ruan; Illuminant)
- Guanxi: A Source of Connections (Christopher Heselton; Illuminant)
- How Chinese Engage in Conflict (Andrew Hong)
- Pietism in the Chinese Church – Anthropology and Revelation (Andrew Hong)
- Pietism in the Chinese Church – the Dangers of Pietism (Andrew Hong)
- Pietism in the Chinese Church – Dying and Being Broken (Andrew Hong)
- Pietism in the Chinese Church – and Eastern Asceticism (Andrew Hong)
- Pietism in the Chinese Church – How to Respond! (Andrew Hong)
- Pietism in the Chinese Church – Not Like the West! (Andrew Hong)
- Pietism in the Chinese Church – Things to Look For (Andrew Hong)
- Premillenialism in the Chinese Church (Andrew Hong)
- The Threefold Chinese Model of Church (Andrew Hong)
- Understand Chinese Holidays for Better Business Outcomes (Kane Gao; Illuminant)
- Wayland Wong on Chinese Church Challenges in North America (theReformission: Eugene Hor)
- What is Face? (Lin Yufang; Chinese Heritage Quarterly 30/31, June-Sept 2012)
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Korean Congregations/Church Communities and Korean Culture
- Korean Ethnic Church Growth Phenomenon in the United States (Chul Tim Chang; American Academy of Religion, March, 2006)
- The Korean Immigrant Church and its Culture in the Societal Context: Issues and Prospects (Young-chan Ro; ICAS Lecture, 2004)
- Religion and Adaptation of Immigrants: The Case of Revival Meetings in Korean-American Churches (Eui Hang Shin; Development and Society 31/1, Jun 2002)
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Other NESB Congregations/Church Communities and Their Cultures
- Cambodian Christians in New England (Amra Phou; Emmanuel Research Review 35, Feb 2008)
- Emerging Marriage Trends in Indian Christian Community (Idiculla et al; Emmanuel Research Review 36, Mar 2008)
- Family Quarrels in the Dutch Reformed Immigrant Churches in the Nineteenth Century (Robert P. Swierenga)
- Greater Boston’s African-American Churches (Rudy Mitchell; Emmmanuel Research Review 34, Jan 2008)
- The History of the Haitian Church in Boston: 1969-2002 (Soliny Vedrine; Emmanuel Research Review 1, Mar 2004)
- Mentoring – A Path to Manhood/Program for African American Male Youth (Talbert W. Swan II; Emmanuel Research Review 27, May 2007)
- New England’s Native Americans (Rudy Mitchell; Emmanuel Research Review 32, Nov 2007)
- New England’s Newcomers (Rudy Mitchell; Emmanuel Research Review 30, Aug 2007)
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Miscellaneous
- 7 Suggestions for English Ministry in Ethnic Churches (L2 Foundation)
- Challenges Facing Immigrant Pastors & Congregations Meeting In English Speaking Churches (Unity in Christ magazine)
- How To Prepare To Launch An Immigrant Ministry Through an Established Congregation (Unity in Christ magazine)
- Immigrant Churches’ Rise (Feb 22, 2010; Peter Smith; Courier-Journal)
- Lets Do It! Multiplying Churches in Boston Now (Ralph A. Kee; Emmanuel Research Review 73, Dec 2011)
- Shared Worship Space – an Urban Challenge and a Kingdom Opportunity (Bianca Duemling; Emmanuel Research Review 74, Jan 2012)
- Six Fears About Immigrant Ministry (Unity in Christ Magazine)
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5. General:
5 Insights about Asian American Acculturation (L2 Foundation)
Assimilation vs. Accommodation (GLUE)
Cargo Cult and Cargo Worshipers
Case Studies for Cross-Cultural Ministry
“Christ and Culture” by Richard Niebuhr: Book Summary (Regeneration)
Christ, Culture and Carson (David T. Koyzis)
Christianized Culture in the Middle Ages (Kevin Bauder)
Christians and High Culture (Kevin Bauder)
Christians and High Culture, Again (Kevin Bauder)
Christian Witness to Refugees (Lausanne Movement. LOP 5)
Church as Family – and the Chinese Idea of Family (Andrew Hong)
Colorblind and Color Conscious (Jonathan Leeman; 9 Marks Blog; June 9, 2007)
Communicating God’s Message in an Oral Culture (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
Communicating the Gospel Across Cultures
Consultation on Gospel and Culture (Lausanne Movement. LOP 2: The Willowbank Report)
Contesting Ethnicity, Religion and Globalization (International Journal of Frontier Mission)
Contextualisation: Meaning, Methods and Models by D. Hesselgrave & E. Rommen (GlobeServe Journal of Missions)
Contextualization of Theology (Martin Goldsmith, Themelios)
Contextualisation Theory in Euro-American Missiology (Lausanne Movement)
Contextualization Without Syncretism (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
Cross-Cultural Evangelism (Lausanne Movement)
Cultural and Moral Limits to Rationality
David Livermore / Cultural Intelligence. Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World
Develop Cultural Intelligence in Your Organisation
Developing Cultural Intelligence (CQ): A Summary of David Livermore’s Approach
Diasporas and International Students: The New People Next Door (Lausanne Movement. LOP 55)
The Diverse Leadership Project (Bianca Duemling; Emmanuel Research Review 69, Aug 2011)
Duane Elmer / Cross-Cultural Conflict
Duane Elmer / Cross-Cultural Connections
The “Enduring Problem” of Christ and Culture (Bruce Guenther)
ESL RESOURCES (Free, Accessible and Ready to Use)
Ethnicity and Race in Contextualisation (Lausanne Movement)
Evaluating an Existing Cross-Cultural Ministry
Evaluating Niebuhr (Kevin Bauder)
George Yancey / One Body, One Spirit
Gospel Contextualisation Revisited (Lausanne Movement)
“Gus the Greek Fallacy”: Word Use Versus Word Roots
Historical Approaches to Understanding Culture (PDF)
Historical Approaches to Understanding Culture (PPT)
Historical Perspectives on Christians in Culture Series
How to Make Oral Communication More Effective (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
Identity, History, and Passivity: Julius Kim and Stephen Um Discuss Challenges for Asian Americans (The Gospel Coalition)
Indigenous Expressions of Biblical Faith (International Journal of Frontier Missiology)
Individualism, Collectivism and Mental and Spiritual Health
Influences that Shape Culture (Kevin Bauder)
International Student Ministry in Boston (Michael D. Dean; Emmanuel Research Review 33, Dec 2007)
Is God Colorblind or Colorful? (Mission Frontiers)
Issues in Contextualisation (Lausanne Movement)
Lessons from History: Rationalisations for Dehumanising People
Loyalty – Where it Comes From [Loyalty in Chinese Culture] (Andrew Hong)
A Measure of Assimilation (Next Gener.Asian Church)
Methods of Communication and Contextualisation (Lausanne Movement)
Missions and EthnoWorship (GlobeServe Journal of Missions)
Models for Understanding Culture (PPT)
Montaigne on Ethnocentrism in the 16th Century
Motivation for Ministry Misunderstood
Moving Obstacles to Multicultural Ministry
Multiculturalism and Ethnic Introversion: Towers of Babel in Australia?
Multicultural Ministry / Anderson
Multicultural Sydney – Demographic Snippets
Multi-what? (GLUE)
My Seminar on Cross-Cultural Ministry was a Flop!
Niebuhr’s Typology (Kevin Bauder)
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDYING SECOND GENERATION ISSUES AND SECOND GENERATION MINISTRY
A Panoramic View of Contextualisation (GlobeServe Journal of Missions)
Perspectives on Western Culture
Practical Tips for Ministry Across Cultures
Preaching in a Multicultural World (Preaching)
The Pre-History of the Culture Concept
The Problem of the “Relational Yes”
Protestant Church Websites in Sydney (includes “Ethnic”/NESB (non-English speaking background) churches)
Race and Reconciliation (John Runyon; Emmanuel Research Review 10, July 2005)
Racism: Early Australian Expressions 1
Reciprocity in Cross-Cultural Relationships
RESOURCES FOR STUDYING RELIGION
A Review of the Role of Worldview in Missions and Multiethnic Ministry (GlobeServe Journal of Missions)
The Second Generation Leadership Diaspora (Reforming Church, Culture and our City: Eugene Hor)
Serving in a Chinese Church – A Forgotten Key (Reflections: Ying Yee)
Seven Fatal Errors in Multi-cultural Ministry: #5 Finances (Healthy Diversity)
The Shape of Chinese Ministry in the Next Few Decades (Fan into Flame: Peter Ko)
Stephen Rhodes / Where the Nations Meet. The Church in a Multicultural World
Supporting Second Generation Church Leaders (L2 Foundation)
Teaching Cross-Culturally / Lingenfelter & Lingenfelter
Theology and Culture (1): Introduction (Bruce Ashford)
Theology and Culture (2): Paradigms (Bruce Ashford)
Theology and Culture (3): Creation and Fall (Bruce Ashford)
Theology and Culture (4): Redemption and New Creation (Bruce Ashford)
Theology and Culture (5): Case Studies (Bruce Ashford)
Theology and Culture (6): Theology in Cultural Context (Bruce Ashford)
The Theology of Faith Missions (Johan D. Tangelder)
This is Your Brain on Culture (David Livermore)
The Uniqueness of Christ in a Postmodern World and the Challenge of World Religions (Lausanne Movement. LOP 31)
Voting – East and West (Andrew Hong)
Western Culture and the Abandonment of Faith (Kevin Bauder)
What is a Culture? (Kevin Bauder)
What is Contextualisation and is it Biblical? (GlobeServe Journal of Missions)
Why We Need Stereotypes! (David Livermore)
Willingdon Church International Church Model (Unity in Christ magazine)
Will Multiculturalism Unite or Disunite?
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6. Videos
Chad Brennan
- Multi-Ethnic Church in the Suburbs? 1/3
- Multi-Ethnic Church in the Suburbs? 2/3
- Multi-Ethnic Church in the Suburbs? 3/3
David Livermore:
David Park:
Talking Around Each Other [Communication between Generations]
Desmond Morris:
Douglas Hayward:
Eugene Cho:
Interview with Soong-Chan Rah about his book The Next Evangelicalism
Fons Trompenaars:
Geert Hofstede:
Collectivism and Individualism
HSBC:
Cultural Differences. Personal Space (ad)
Sociology – Cultural Differences (humorous ad)
John Oommen:
Joy Luck Club (movie):
Dinner Scene (graphically illustrates cultural difference)
Ken Fong:
Kevin Doi:
Power Distance Ratios (in Epic Church)
Michael Wesch:
Seinfeld:
Culture and Personal Space (humorous)
Sherwood Lingenfelter:
Session 1: Cross-Cultural Leadership: Culture is Not Neutral (from 5.00 to 13.10)
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7. Websites
Churches, Cultures & Leadership
Emmanuel Gospel Center: Emmanuel Research Review
International Journal of Frontier Missiology
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