Asian American Evangelicals in Multiracial Church Ministry

Since the 1990s, evangelical efforts to create multiracial churches (MRCs) have grown exponentially. This article analyzes the experiences of Asian American evangelical ministers leading MRCs. Through interviews we explore how Asian American evangelicals came to be involved in MRC-ministry and how t...

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Главные авторы: Garces-Foley, Kathleen 1972- (Автор) ; Jeung, Russell 1962- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2013]
В: Religions
Год: 2013, Том: 4, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 190-208
Другие ключевые слова:B multiracial church
B Racialization
B Asian Americans
B Evangelicalism
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Итог:Since the 1990s, evangelical efforts to create multiracial churches (MRCs) have grown exponentially. This article analyzes the experiences of Asian American evangelical ministers leading MRCs. Through interviews we explore how Asian American evangelicals came to be involved in MRC-ministry and how they approach issues of racial diversity in this context. We compare the racial attitudes of Asian American evangelical ministers leading MRCs with those of White and Black evangelicals delineated in Emerson and Smith’s Divide by Faith. Rather than conform to the colorblind approach of many White evangelicals, the majority of our respondents utilize structural explanations for social inequality and promote a colorconscious approach to diversity. We conclude that Asian American evangelicals utilize a unique framework for MRC-ministry, what we call a ‘racialized multiculturalism,’ that has much to offer American evangelicalism.
ISSN:2077-1444
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel4020190