How can we create more diversity in church?

Question

Often on Sunday morning we have all Black churches and all white churches...surely this should not be- how can we change it?

Answer 1

I believe God intended cultural diversity. It was the sin of Babel to come together to create a monoculture. God had commanded that humanity scatter and, I would argue, thereby create cultural diversity. God’s judgment at Babel is, therefore, also an act of grace that fulfils the creation mandate. Moreover God welcomes cultural diversity in the new creation. So the church should not squash cultural differences, but celebrate them. (Of course, all cultures are also polluted by sin and must therefore be critiqued and transformed by the gospel.)

My conversations with Christians from other cultures, especially the Welsh speaking community, have made keenly aware how easy it is for us to do this. ‘But they can speak English,’ people say of Welsh Christians. ‘They are putting their nationalism before the gospel.’ It seems so reasonable until you realise that what this means in practice is that participation in the church is dependent upon adopting English culture (language being perhaps the key componant of culture). If we were talking about a majority culture accommodating to a minority culture it would not be so bad. A majority culture does not need protecting. It has been through these conversations that I have come to see that a similar situation often exists in which working-class or marginalised people are expected to confirm to middle-class culture to participate fully in church life.

Answer 2

My local church has a wide variety of races -- black, white, Hispanic, Asian. However, the mixture reflects the surrounding environ.

I think most churches reflect their local racial makeup. Some churches may be full of people of a similar race because they are comfortable with others who share their culture. There is nothing wrong with this.

Answer 3

human beings pass the place they're mushy and all of us prefer to be around human beings we've issues in straight forward with, even dermis shade and nationality. you're in all risk thinking of all white church homes, yet once you want to diversify all white church homes then you definately will might desire to additionally do this with all black church homes and all Hispanic church homes and all Vietnamese church homes and so on. the place does it end, the place do we draw the line? it incredibly is why "variety" does not paintings. As adults we can on no account be compelled to pass the place we are actually not mushy, whether or no longer it is church homes, colleges, neighborhoods, locations of employment or everywhere else.

Answer 4

Birds of a feather flock together. It's not a black/white issue for me. It's if there is real fiery preaching and genuine worship. If they have a heart to get out and reach the helpless, poor and underprivileged then I don't care what color. Love in action is colorblind.

Answer 5

Religion and diversity are mutually exclusive. Organized religion, like Fascism, is about creating a congregation of bigots who share the same narrow set of values. It is the growing appreciation of the value of diversity within human culture that is driving people away from religion in droves.

Answer 6

Holy America is filled with immigrants with religions and language loyalty. Perhaps the Civil War is one understanding of why you don't see diversity. Perhaps financial planning is another reason the communities are silent and uncertain in their presentation of GOD....

Answer 7

DIVERSITY.....IN CHURHC....... HAHAHAHA thats a laugh. First you would have to stop preaching about your religion so that other religions would feel comfortable being there. then probably stop calling it a church. next offer some food so that people have a reason to be there and maybe even let people talk about what they want to. Oh i think we just turned your church into a restaraunt!!!! Probably the greatest religous conversion in history! good for me!

Answer 8

If you visit a Kingdome Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, you will see people of all ages, walks of life, ethnicities, etc ... You're right, it shouldn't be that way, but we're not all like that.

Answer 9

Well, we could water down the sermons where they do not reflect the Bible. Some churches are already doing that.

My question is, 'Why would you want to do that'?.

Isn't church for the purpose of understanding God and what He expects of us?

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Answer 10

Only Satan would want more diversity in church. Unity is what our Christian churches need. When you start entertaining Christians then are you not saying that God is not enough!