PC(USA) - Multicultural Ministries

Evangelism and Racial/Cultural Diversity


	2008 National Multicultural Conference ... Gather All Nations and Tongues: Good News for All Congregations... San Antonio, Texas April 10–13, 2008 Hilton San Antonio Airport Pre-Conference Events, April 9–10, 2008: Antiracism Training Cross Cultural Adoptee Ministry Interracial Couples Multicultural Presbytery/Church Team Training Learn more


	Multi-Cultural Youth Conference July 3-6, 2008 Mo-Ranch Conference Center, Hunt, Texas Serving Time for the Lord “But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out,and said, ‘Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.’” (Jeremiah 1:4-10) Multi-Cultural Youth 2008 is open to youth who have completed the 6th grade through those who have just graduated from high school and their adult sponsors. Any church that would like to participate in a conference celebrating diversity is welcome. Learn more. Download the conference flier and registration form.


	Strengthen and develop multicultural ministries
	Is your church, presbytery or synod interested in a consultation on multicultural church development and redevelopment or interested in how to reach out to the diversity in your community as you seek to incorporate diverse people in worship and ministry? The Office of Multicultural Ministries invites you to take advantage of our new field staff program by calling on them to assist your congregation or governing body in strengthening and developing multicultural ministries. Our field staff program supports the General Assembly Council’s goal of becoming a multicultural church. [Learn more]


	Read winning stories from the multicultural church story contest Our thanks go to everyone who submitted an entry. Read some of the winning stories. Share your multicultural church story — enter our 2008 contest Do you have a vital multicultural congregation that reflects the diverse makeup of the community in worship, ministry, leadership and power sharing? We're presenting more than $10,000 in awards for the best stories from these churches. Deadline: June 20, 2008. Read more.


	Class members at the Third Annual Multicultural Church Institute, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, N.M. 2006 Third Annual Multicultural Church Institute For the first time two Multicultural Church Institutes were held in one year, doubling the number of 2005 participants. The first conference took place August 6–13 at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Stony Point in New York was the site of the second conference October 23–27, 2006. Read more about 2006 multicultural events.


	Resources
	Living the Vision: Becoming a Multicultural Church booklet and DVD
	The booklet explores the biblical and theological foundation of diversity, the important tools and means of communication in a multicultural community and the "how to" of becoming a multicultural church. The DVD tells the story of four vital Presbyterian Multicultural Congregations along with several interviews with pastors and practitioners on "what and how to" become a multicultural church.


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