a fast changing world « beauty and depravity.
Eugene Cho, Korean Church Leader of a multiethnic church in Seattle USA looks atthe need for church to ready otm influence a dominantly multicultural society:
.... But we have the privilege and burden in influencing the ‘worldview’ of this and emerging generations of Christ followers. Read this and consider how this impacts the way you see your church, neighbor, country and ultimately, your ministry context. You will eventually grow extinct if you unable to adjust to a changing landscape where diversity IS the way we see the world.
He refers to a NYT article from August:
In a Generation, Minorities May be the US Majority
The census calculates that by 2042, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites. Four years ago, officials had projected the shift would come in 2050.
The K is not up moving that fast as a whole but Luton is scheduled to be the first "majoriy minority" UK town in the not too far distant future, and Leicester is up therealready as a city. We are already over 50% minorities in schools.
Cho is right. We have the "privilege and burden in influencing the ‘worldview’ of this and emerging generations of Christ followers." And we have the opportunity to be a beacon of light in intercultural relations in a world that still struggles to move beyond the serility of political correctness.
Comments