Multiracial Church Dynamics: Possibilities & Challenges

Dr. Richard Lane Stryker III

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470184249 ISBN 13: 9781470184247

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Although so many Christians live in multiracial and multicultural communities, many Christian churches do not reflect the diversity of their communities. Sunday morning worship remains racially divided. Multiracial Church Dynamics offers a straightforward examination of the topic. The strategies to move from uniracial to multiracial churches are relevant to a broad audience in the Christian community, pastors and laity alike. The specificity of the topic and the author’s clear viewpoint all contribute to a clearly presented controlling idea, one that readers will understand and appreciate. Bishop William H. Willimon writes in the foreword: "Richard Stryker is not content simply to lament the sad state of the church to obey Christ’s commands and to embody the reach and the richness of his salvation in our life together. In this book he offers specific, tested, practical help for pastors and church leaders who want their congregations to grow and to be all that God intends.”

About the Author:

Richard Lane Stryker III is District Superintendent in the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is committed to racial justice, social change, multiracial faith communities and evangelism that is unhindered by race or culture. Dr. Stryker is a lifelong learner with a Bachelor of Theology degree from Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary, Master of Arts in Religion & Master of Divinity degrees from Memphis Theological Seminary and Doctor of Ministry degree from The School of Theology - University of the South, Sewanee. Author of the books: -Forged from Chaos: Stories and Reflections from Liberia at War -Large Barns, No Barns and Twenty-first Century Greed