Love made me an inventor
Maggy Barankitse survived Burundi's brutal civil war and founded Maison Shalom, an institution dedicated to saving the country's orphans and raising them in God's love.
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Michael O. Emerson: Demographic revolution and the church
Demographic changes in the United States suggest that an increasing number of churches should move to the biblical model: congregations that are not racial niches but are multiracial and multiethnic.
Efrem Smith
Congregations, New forms of church, Reconciliation, Community, Racial & ethnic, Arts & Culture, Performing arts
Hip-hop mosaic
Efrem Smith uses hip-hop music in church, but it’s not a marketing gimmick. For this pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church, embracing hip-hop culture is an expression of his theology and a means of achieving the goal of his ministry: a church that’s a mosaic of all kinds of people.
Reconciliation, Racial & ethnic, Christian Leadership, Pastoral leadership, Institutional leadership
James Earl Massey: Adjusting to God
Being Christian, says a distinguished pastor and theologian, means adjusting our personhood to God’s will and becoming servants to humanity.
Gerardo Marti: A diversity of diversities
“Diversity” can mean “having some blacks attend our mostly white church.” What about the Pakistani pastor working with an Iranian congregation in the Southeast?
Differing attitudes about race reflect two Americas
Black and white Christians’ views on race differ. Take our quiz to test your knowledge about race and the church.
Peter Cha: My own Jerusalem
Some of the most important work of reconciliation is not just between cultures or ethnic groups but also within them, says Peter Cha.
Scott Benhase: A national narcissism
Latino immigrants are only our latest scapegoats.
Violette Nyirarukundo Mwenedata: Wounded healer
A survivor of the Rwandan genocide talks about how her own suffering inspired her to reach out to others in places such as Haiti and Sudan as a biblical counselor.
Virgilio P. Elizondo: Diversity is a sign of the new creation
A pioneer of mestizo theology uses the image of Jesus crossing borders to illustrate a spirituality of redemptive inclusion.