Diversity

So how do white campus ministries guard against using their own cultural worldview to put together outreach and discipleship strategies as they attempt to reach out to the black student community?

"If we're truly interested in 'being the church,' then maybe we need to stop conference-hopping quite so much and look around our neighborhoods."

The problem had started so simply, but Maya's teacher couldn't understand why she was being so obstinate. Maya had talked out of turn and been asked to apologize. Maya respectfully apologized with her head down. She was asked to look up and do it again "respectfully." Confused, she apologized again,...

A decade ago youth pastors in Anchorage began talking about a coffee shop where teens could hang out and experience the love of Jesus—a place like the TV show “Cheers,” where a teen could go and have someone, or everyone, know his or her name. This idea continued to be discussed over the years. In April...