E Pluribus Unum

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E Pluribus Unum

• One Church, Many Faces

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E Pluribus Unum

• E Pluribus Unum Out of Many, One
• Reminder of Americas attempt to make one unified
  nation of people from many different backgrounds

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Values Americans Live By

• Control over time and environment
• Individualism and privacy
• Action and work orientation
• Practicality and efficiency
• -- L. Robert Kohls

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Roots of Homogeneity

• Bible
• Social and Religious
• Church Growth Movement
• Homogeneous Unit Principle

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But

• Almost everyone of us is multiracial,
  multicultural, and multi-ethnic
• Businesses are multinational
• Los Lonely Boys musical burrito

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Problems with the HUP

• Descriptive, not prescriptive
• Pragmatic, not theological
• Group polarization Like-minded people in a group
  grow more extreme in the way they are like-minded

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Oneness

• Tower of Babel Out of one, many
• Gen. 11.
• Pentecost Out of many, one
• Acts 2.
• Heaven One made up of many
• Rev. 7.9

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Towards a Solution

• God is the God of all nations
• Take the initiative
• Learn to be comfortable while uncomfortable
• Build diverse friendships
• Broaden your cultural experiences

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Have a mate!
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You are Part of the Solution
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Short Reading List

• Mark DeYmaz, Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic
  Church
• Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George
  Yancey Karen Chai Kim, United by Faith
• Manuel Ortiz, One New People Models for
  Developing a Multiethnic Church

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Contact Info

• Jim Holway
• jimholway_at_gmail.com
• LAMPMiami.com