MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY HANDBOOK

Connecting Creatively to a Diverse World

edited by

David A. Anderson & Margarita R. Cabellon

An imprint of InterVarsity Press

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©2010 by David A. Anderson and Margarita R. Cabellon

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ISBN 978-0-8308-3844-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Multicultural ministry handbook: connecting creatively to a diverse world/edited by David A. Anderson and Margarita R. Cabellon.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-8308-3844-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Church work with minorities—United States. 2. Race relations—Religious aspects—Christianity. 3. Multiculturalism—Religious aspects—Christianity. 4. Bridgeway Community Church (Columbia, Md.) I. Anderson, David A., 1966- II. Cabellon, Margarita R.

BV4468.M86 2010

253—dc22

2010014319

CONTENTS

1 The Building Blocks of a Multicultural Ministry

David A. Anderson

2 Relational Training for a Multicultural Church

Frank V. Eastham Jr.

3 Lessons Learned by a White Pastor in a Multicultural Church

Dave Michener

4 Pastoral Care and Education

Dan Taylor

5 Creative Arts and Multicultural Ministry

Rich Becker

6 Multicultural Worship

Nikki Lerner

7 Multicultural Prayer Ministry

K. C. Whang

8 Multicultural Children’s Ministry

Karen Eastham

9 Multicultural Student Ministry

Jared Sorber

10 Community Outreach

Dave Michener

11 Going Further

Margarita R. Cabellon

Contributors

1

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF A MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY

David A. Anderson

It was just shy of twenty years ago when I, along with a small team of people, parachuted in with flares to Columbia, Maryland, to start an intentionally multicultural, nondenominational, contemporary style, performing arts church that would cause people to long to return to church the next week. We have come very close to such a dream. We are far from perfect, and we have had our challenges along the way, which you will read about ...