What Really Matters if Your Church is Multicultural

If I told you that I had been to a multicultural church, I wonder what you might expect me to have encountered. At the very least, I guess, a congregation that comprises different races and nationalities, seeking in some way or other to express a common identity as...

A Nuanced Response to Loving Your Neighbor

How Christians have responded to the issue of immigration is often shared in articles and videos. However, the prior question of why they should is not necessarily as easy as we might think. And while there are people in our churches who would throw open the borders...

Who Lost Europe? Maybe We Should Ask Europe

“Who lost China?” was a taunting and accusatory question aimed at United States leaders by their political critics in the 1950s. We’ll leave that question unaddressed and unanswered. Now: “Who lost Europe?” Those who ask it claim to have...

In God’s Eyes, Multiculturalism Isn’t Dead

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent comments on the failure of multiculturalism in Germany have led to a campaign to integrate immigrants. In October, Merkel gave a speech to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) addressing the status of multiculturalism in...