This post is dedicated to two Steves: Steven Hamilton and Steve Schenk. You can check out Steven Hamilton on his blog Verve and Verse writing about theology, church, and his future plans to start a faith community in Pittsburgh and you can check out Steve Schenk writing on his blog Damascus 9 about his adventures [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ethnicity’
Prayer in a Multiethnic Church
Posted: April 19, 2010 in christianity, church, culture, globalTags: christianity, church, culture, ethnicity, prayer, spirituality
One of the things that we are trying to navigate as a community is how to effectively represent the different styles and ways that we express spirituality since we come from so many different cultures. It has not been easy as there are so many to choose from across the spectrum of the different races [...]
Why I am still part of the black church
Posted: March 9, 2010 in christianity, culture, globalTags: african american, church, culture, ethnicity
Yes I said it. I am still a part of the black church. But first I want to clarify what that means. I do not mean the black church in a local church sense but the black church in a philosophical/ideological sense. The black church was started as a way to affirm the culture and [...]
Why I am not part of a white church
Posted: March 8, 2010 in christianity, culture, globalTags: church, ethnicity
Many people have come to believe that I myself am the pastor of a white church. I am a part of the Vineyard movement but that doesn’t mean that I am a part of a white church and I will give you three reasons why: -If I am the pastor then how could it be [...]
