
Transitioning from an Ethnic to a Multicultural Church
A Transformational Model
Byoung Ok Koo(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 20. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-5326-8082-3 (ISBN)
Description
Multicultural churches help us understand God's will for us to become one in this multicultural world and experience a heavenly gathering in advance. This book, based on case studies of four multicultural churches, provides insights and knowledge regarding minority-dominant multicultural churches in the United States. Many multicultural churches in America are mainly concerned about racial reconciliation between the white and the black. On the other hand, resources concerning minority-dominant multicultural churches are scant. With the special attention on Korean immigrant churches, this book contributes to the body of knowledge regarding minority-dominant multicultural churches.
Specifically, this book provides a model transition process, called the Windmill T-process, to facilitate the movement of monocultural/monoethnic churches in taking steps towards acquiring the characteristics of multicultural churches. In addition, this book touches on the issue of evangelism in the multicultural church. Although there is limited insight, the book describes what factors first draw different racial/ethnic people to a church and what factors cause them to stay there. All in all, this book will guide you to a deeper understanding on multicultural churches and its practices for all nations beyond ethnic/racial identities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5326-8082-3 (9781532680823)
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12/2019
Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Persons
Byoung Ok Koo is an assistant professor of practical theology at Reformed Graduate University at Seoul, South Korea. He holds a PhD in evangelization studies from Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, and a ThM in missiology from Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan.