Mark Lau Branson and Juan Martinez – Churches, Cultures and Leadership

How do we serve in ministry in multicultural contexts both inside and outside our congregations?

Brent talks with Mark Lau Branson and Juan Martinez about the second edition of their IVP book ‘Churches, Cultures and Leadership. A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities’.

Mark is the Homer L. Goddard Senior Professor of the Ministry of the Laity at Fuller Theological Seminary in the States.  Juan has served as vice president for diversity and international ministries, director of the Center for the Study of Hispanic Church and Community, and professor of Hispanic Studies and pastoral leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary.

• (2:00) Prejudice and racism;
• (3:00) Ethnically diverse churches;
• (6:30) Mark and Juan’s stories;
• (11:30) Understanding other cultures;
• (17:00) Our church neighborhoods;
• (18:30) Church networks;
• (19:20) Understandings of leadership.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.ivpress.com

www.amazon.com/Churches-Cultures-Leadership-Congregations-Ethnicities/dp/0830839267

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