A
Abernathy, R., 77
Abraham, 82, 83, 118
Acceptance stage of intercultural sensitivity, 180, 181
Access, poverty and, 48
Acts: 2:16-17, 172; 2:42-47, 30–31; 13:1-3,
119; first church in, 16, 30–31, 32, 33,
119, xix; multi-ethnic leadership in, 11 Adam and Eve, 80–81
Adaptation stage of intercultural sensitivity, 180, 181
Advancing the kingdom. See Kingdom advancement
Affirmation seeking: from African-American peers, 155–156, 172, 173, 182; as
core issue, 157–158; from EuropeanAmericans, 182; in God through Christ, 153, 170, 176–177, 183; in preaching,
151–153, 171, 172, 176; in speaking engagements, 156–157; through business approach to leadership, 164–166
Africa: Jesus’s ancestors in, 84; ministries in, 43–46, 48; movement of church center
to, 119
African-American, 201n. 3. See also Blacks Agape love, 109. See also Love
Alpha, 32
American Church in Crisis, The (Olson), 21–23 American Church Research Project, 22 Anderson, C., 141
Animals, creation of, 80–81 Antioch, church at, 11, 119
Apostleship, spiritual gift of, 176, 177 Arizona, population and demographics of,
24, 26
Asia, movement of church center to, 119 Asian-Americans: church planing of,
141–142; growth in, 26
Assessment tools: Five-Fold Test (of multiethnic and missional development), 139–140; Insights Discovery Personal Profile, 164–170, 177; Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), 179–183; Network Servant Profile, 175–178; outside consultants for, 163–164, 175; for spiritual and leadership development, 162–163
Assimilation, 8–9, 79, 167 Association of Related Churches, 118
Athletes, racial media treatment of, 69–70, 171
Attribution, 79
Augustine, 118
B
Baptist church, 106, 111–114, 186–187
Barndt, J., 76
Beck, G., 54
Bell, R., 37
Beloved community: civil rights movement and, 99–103; identity beyond race and, 81–82; kingdom advancement and, 1–3,
5–7, 101–103; multi-ethnic, missional church as, 1–3, 197–199, xvii, xx; term of, 202n. 5
Beloved leadership outline, 184 Beloved Life and Leadership Project,
161–184; assessment tool overview for, 162–163; dark side trait assessment in, 161, 168–169, 170–174; focus areas of, 161; Insights Discovery Personal Profile assessment in, 164–170; Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) in, 161, 179–183; journaling in, 163, 174; need for, 159–160; Network Servant Profile assessment in, 175–179; overview of, 161–163; personal narrative in, 170–174;
209
personal profile dimension of, 161, 164–170; servant leadership assessment in, 161, 175–179; time frame of, 163
Bennett, M., 179
Berry, E., 110–111, 112, 115
Bethel Seminary, 149, 180
Biblical foundations: anti-racial, 80–81; for beloved community, 5–6; in Black preaching, 104–106; of challenging calls, 185;
for church as community, 30–31, 48–51; for compassion, mercy, and justice, 48–49, 52–59, 191; core values derived
from, 192–200; cultural values versus, 29;
ethnic groups and, 37–38, 85–87; for
holistic approach, 162, 192; for multi-
ethnic church, 2–3, 10–11, 85–87, 191, 192; of the multi-ethnicity of Jesus, 82–84
Birmingham, Alabama, 89
Black church, 93–116; civil rights movement and, 3, 98, 99–103, 109; community
engagement of, 93, 98, 113–115; commuter versus community, 114; contextualization by, 103–104; continuing need for, 115–116; gifts of, for multiethnic, missional church, 94–95, 98–99,
102–115; historical development of, 3–4,
95–98, 106; liberation focus of, 54–55,
97, 105, 107–109; ministry practices of,
98–99; missional gifts of, 109, 113–115; multi-ethnic/post-Black development for, 114–115, 116; music of, 35, 99, 106,
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