We Are the Church Together : Cultural Diversity in Congregational Life

by Charles R. Foster; oster Brelsford; Theodore Brelsford

• ISBN13: 9781563381690
• ISBN10: 1563381699
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Trinity Press International

Summary

Is there anything distinctive about what it means to be "church" in a culturally diverse congregation? Does the cultural diversity of a congregation affect the way it seeks to form and renew itself as a community of faith?
On-the-scene research in three culturally diverse congregations in a large southern city answers these questions in ways that are sometimes encouraging, sometimes disappointing, but always stimulating. The authors point out that embracing cultural diversity in congregations requires a radical rethinking and reconfiguration of conventional theological, educational, and polity assumptions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Celebrating Difference	p. 15
Cedar Grove United Methodist Church	p. 41
Oakhurst Presbyterian Church	p. 66
Northwoods United Methodist Church	p. 87
Voluntary Diversity	p. 108
Congregational Education	p. 130
Change and Ambiguity	p. 155
Lingering Reflections	p. 172
Bibliography	p. 177
Index	p. 185
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