Efrem Smith, Evangelical Covenant Church/Kingdom Building Ministries

Missional  Missions  Missionaries  Missiology  Missional

Missional  The United States has now become a Mission Field  Western culture as a Post-Christian Culture  An ever-increasing Multi-ethnic and Multicultural reality.  The Christian Mythology of the United States

Multi-ethnic and Multicultural  Whites will drop below 50%  Whites will be at about 40%  Whites under 18 will be less than 50%  White births dropped under 50%  in 30 children born are multi-ethnic

U.S. Christian Mythology verses 1 Century Church  “The church of the U.S. is started by a colonial, European, and in many cases privileged people coming out of a state church.”  “The church of the 1 st Century (Bible) is started by an oppressed, minority people; an ethnic minority.”  -Curtiss DeYoung, Bethel University

Missional rooted in Europe/Whiteness  Global Missionaries  Urban Missionaries  Short Term Missionaries  The Missions Business  Apostolic/Monastic Missions (Hirsch, Claiborne)

Missional rooted in Liberation and Justice  Abolitionist Movement  Civil Rights Movement  Movement Against Apartied (South Africa)  Liberation Movements of Central and South America

Missional Voices  Martin Luther King Jr.  John Perkins  Tom Skinner  Harriet Tubman

Missional rooted in Scripture  Matthew 9 and 10  Matthew 25  “Missional and the Kingdom of God”  Acts 17  “Missional and Engaging Culture”

Truly Missional  Evangelism and Outreach  Justice and Liberation  Multi-ethnic and Multicultural  “ADVANCING THE KINGDOM OF GOD”

The Challenge of the Church  THE 4C CHURCH  Change- (Jenkins)  Crisis- (Olson)  Captivity- (Rah)  Comfort- (Smith)

The Multi-ethnic and Missional Jesus  Matthew 1

Planting a Missional and Multi-ethnic Church  5 E’s  Experience  Evangelism  Engagement  Equipping  Empowerment

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