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Multiethnicity

Multiethnicity is the belief that all God’s people are welcome and cherished in The Kingdom. It is the hope and vision of a community of Christ followers that represent the diversity of God’s creation. It is the belief that all men and women are created equal and have value before God and to the rest of the Body. It is understanding that all of who we are - our ethnicity and culture - matters to God as valuable parts of our identity. It is the vision that here, in our diverse context, we can honor, celebrate, and utilize the diversity God has given us for the sake of His Kingdom, reaching people of every ethnicity and culture.

So what does that mean for us?

One way we can begin implementing this idea of multiethnicity is through our musical worship. It means we should learn more about ourselves, and what our own unique culture and preferences are. However, it also means that sometimes we’ll be asked to sacrifice those things in order to make others feel welcomed and cherished. It means we might have to sacrifice a few extra minutes of our week to practice that Latin strumming pattern, or learn that African drum beat. But if a small gesture like that can make someone feel welcomed and loved by God... isn’t that worth it all?

For more on what InterVarsity believes about multiethnicity, click here.