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Title: 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
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