Ethnicity and Race

Lessons Learned from South Africa about Multi-Ethnicity in Churches
By Gustav Pritchard | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015Here are 7 suggestions for pastors so that they might shepherd God’s flock more faithfully in light of the diversity of his sheep.

Book Review: United by Faith, by Curtiss Paul DeYoung, et al
Review by Russ Whitfield | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015Though it leaves much to be desired in terms of theological depth, United By Faith is a very welcomed contribution and a worthy read, particularly for American Christians.

Does the Asian-American Church Need an Adjusted Gospel?
By Jeffrey K. Jue | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015Many say, “The ‘white Western gospel’ needs to be adjusted, or it will become obsolete.” Can this possibly be true?

Building a Multi-Cultural Ministry on Gospel Doctrine
By John Folmar | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015Robust truth will keep churches and friendships together amid their diversity, whereas lowest-common-denominator theology promotes strife and feebleness.

Helping Asian Churches Become Multi-Ethnic
By Patrick Cho | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015How can a church with a particular ethnic identity strive to become more multiethnic? Here are eight principles to consider.

Don’t Be Color-Blind at Church
By Isaac Adams | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015Christians should be both colorblind and color-conscious. Why? Because that’s what God is like.

Why the Race Conversation Is So Hard
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.24.2015The race conversation is so hard, but shouldn’t our churches be the first places on the planet where we talk about these things, and listen to one another?

Book Review: Reviving the Black Church, by Thabiti Anyabwile
Review by Jemar Tisby | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.23.2015In this book, Thabiti Anyabwile diagnoses the state of the Black church and prescribes medicine from the Scriptures

The Egalitarian Impulse in the Black Church
By Steven Harris | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.12.2015This present problem of gender roles in the black church is rooted in past pain.
Why Are Young Blacks Leaving the Church?
By Tony Carter | 10.16.2014The world needs a church that knows that Satan does not mind it embracing the implications of Christ as long as it does not embrace and thus proclaim Christ himself.
Voices from Abroad: Biblical Faithfulness and Cultural Sensitivity
By J. Folmar, M. Lohmann, M. Prodigalidad, M. Campbell, P. Harshit, T. Cantrell | 9Marks Journal: The Church Singing | 04.24.2014Editor’s Note: We asked a handful of pastors around the world the following question: “You are familiar with American churches, yet you pastor in a non-American context. What has your … keep reading…
Pastors’ Forum: What do you do and not do to accommodate ethnic diversity in your worship service planning?
9Marks | 9Marks Journal: The Church Singing | 04.23.2014Answers from Dave Furman, Kevin Hsu, Paul Martin, John Onwuchekwa, and Juan Sanchez. Dave Furman I will never lose the gospel for the sake of unity in diversity, but … keep reading…

Book Review: Churches, Cultures & Leadership: A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities
Review by Geoff Chang | 9Marks Journal: Is Scripture Enough? | 06.24.2013If you’re looking for a book that explains how cultural differences might play out in the context of the local church, this could be a very helpful resource.

Race, the Cross, and the Christian Life
By J. Piper, M. Dever | 07.03.2012John Piper addresses racism, the gospel, obstacles to reconciliation, and white guilt in this discussion of his recent book Bloodlines.
Concepts of Conversion in the Inner City
By Shai Linne | 9Marks Journal: The Underestimated Doctrine of Conversion | 03.05.2012Christianity is often seen as either “grandmom’s religion” or something for drug addicts and the incarcerated when they hit rock bottom.