Art Lucero

Art is the President and Founder of Multi Cultural Ministry, Publisher and Founder of Unity In Christ Magazine, and serves on Staff at Sunrise Church in Rialto, CA.

Alvin Sanders (Ph.D.)

Alvin Sanders (Ph.D.) serves as Executive Director of Reconciliation with the Evangelical Free Church of America.  Over the past 17 years he has served as a founding pastor, university administrator, consultant, and adjunct professor. He and his wife Caroline reside in Cincinnati and are the proud parents of two daughters, Hannah and Gabrielle.

Andrew Smith

Pastor Andrew Smith is the Senior Pastor of theGathering in Charlotte, NC.

Robert Rasmussen

Rev. Robert Rasmussen, Editor of the Featured Ministry Department, Unity In Christ Magazine. Bob serves as the Director of U.S. Ministries for OC International and coordinates the Ethnic Impact network that seeks to connect the diverse Church in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of , Imagine Meeting Him and Safe In His Sanctuary (both with Multnomah Publishers)

Dr. Bradley Christerson

Brad Christerson is Professor of Sociology at Biola University and the author of Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens (with Richard Flory and Korie Edwards). 2010 Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, and Against All Odds: The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations (with Michael Emerson and Korie Edwards). 2005 New York: New York University Press.

Dr. Charles Arn

Dr. Charles Arn is a church growth consultant, President, Church Growth, Inc. and a visiting Professor of Christian Ministry at Wesley Seminary, Indiana Wesleyan University.

C.L. Lopez

C.L. Lopez is an award winning journalist and freelance writer.

Curtiss Paul DeYoung

Curtiss Paul DeYoung is professor of Reconciliation Studies at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. He is an author or editor of nine books on reconciliation, social justice activism, multiracial congregations, and the Bible and diversity. He has also served in faith-based nonprofits and as a pastor at congregations in the Church of God (Anderson, IN) in Minneapolis, New York City, and Washington, DC.

Dr. A. Charles Ware

President, Crossroads Bible College. Crossroads is a national leader in modeling and promoting multiethnic ministry. Training Christian Leaders to Reach a Multiethnic Urban World for Christ. We are committed to the city and to biblical racial reconciliation.

Dan Adler

Dan Adler is a singer, songwriter, publisher, producer, engineer and ordained minister. Dan has written over 180 songs of which 134 have been recorded and several of which have been published by various publishers and in several hymnals.

Dan Backens

Dan Backens is the senior pastor of New Life Providence Church – a 2500 member multi-ethnic church in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He and his congregation have coined the word ‘trans-ethnicity’ which means the value of establishing churches around kingdom values which transcend cultural and ethnic differences. Pastor Dan holds a Master’s Degree in Church History and Renewal Theology from Regent University. He is married to Rhonda and together they have 3 adult children.

David A. Anderson, D.Phil

Dr. Anderson is the founder and senior pastor of Bridgeway Community Church. President of the BridgeLeader Network (BLN), diversity consulting firm. Author of of several books on race and diversity. Most recently he is Co-editor of Multicultural Ministry Handbook: Creatively Connecting to a Diverse World (IVP, 2010).

Daniel Carroll

The son of a Guatemalan mother and an American father, M. Daniel Carroll Rodas is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Denver Seminary. His latest book is Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible (Baker Academic, 2008). He is the National Spokesperson on Immigration for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the Hispanic arm of the National Association of Evangelicals. Visit his blog at: http://www.denverseminary.edu/m-daniel-carroll-r-immigration-and-other-matters/

Daryl Kroeker

David Stevens

Pastor David (Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary; Th.D. Faculté Evangélique de Vaux-sur-Seine, Paris, France) and his family were missionaries in France for 15 years before coming to Central Bible Church of Portland, Oregon in the year 2000. David’s greatest joy in ministry comes from communicating God’s Word and seeing its impact in individual lives. His favorite language is French and his favorite sport is snow skiing.

Derek Chinn

Derek Chinn serves at Common Ground Church, in Beverton, OR, a multiracial congregation birthed from two churches (one Asian and the other Anglo).  He is passionate about seeing folks 'from every tribe and tongue and people and nation' together in the local church.

Derwin L. Gray

Pastor Derwin is the founding and lead Pastor of Transformation Church in Indian Land, SC. He is the author of Hero: Unleashing God’s Power in a Man’s Heart (Summerside Press) and is a highly sought-after communicator. Derwin played professional football for five years with the Indiana Colts (1993-1997) and the Carolina Panthers (1998).

Dieula Previlon

David Livermore, PhD

David Livermore, PhD, (http://www.davidlivermore.com) is president and partner at the Cultural Intelligence Center (http://www.culturalq.com) in East Lansing, MI and a visiting scholar at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He’s written several books on global leadership and cultural intelligence including the award winning books Cultural Intelligence: Improving your CQ to Engage our Mulitcultural World and Serving with Eyes Wide Open. His newest release is The Cultural Intelligence Difference.

Dave Michener

Dave Michener is Executive Pastor at Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, Maryland.  As XP he serves on the Management Team, oversees the church ministries, and serves as a regular communicator on the Bridgeway teaching team.

Erica Ryu Wong

Erica Ryu Wong recently earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan. Her dissertation, entitled "Can Religion Trump Race? Interracial Friendship in Protestant Churches," explored the factors that foster interracial friendship in churches through both a quantitative analysis of national data and an in-depth study of four multiracial congregations. She is currently a research affiliate with Rice University's Institute for Urban Research.

Dr. George Yancey

Dr. George Yancey, is associate professor of sociology at the University of North Texas, specializing in race/ethnicity and biracial families. He is the author of One Body One Spirit (IVP) coauthor of United by Faith (Oxford), coeditor of Just Don't Marry One (Judson) and the author of Beyond Black and White (Baker). He is the founder of Reconciliation Consulting, helping churches and ministries develop and sustain a multiracial emphasis.

Gregory Hooper

Gregory Hooper is the Pastor of Worship Arts for Sunrise Church in Rialto, CA. He enjoys singing, reading, writing music, playing the viola and piano and spending time with family. Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Gregory was has been blessed with the opportunity to sing and minister around the world in places like India, Japan, New York and Mexico. Gregory currently lives in San Bernardino, CA with his beautiful wife Ruth and their four children.

Gerardo Marti

Dr. Gerardo Marti is L. Richardson King Associate Professor of Sociology at Davidson College in Davidson, NC, and is author of A Mosaic of Believers (Indiana) and Hollywood Faith (Rutgers). He is writing a new book currently titled Worship Across the Racial Divide: Notions of Race and the Practice of Religious Music in Multiracial Churches (Oxford).

Dr. Jay Pankratz

Dr. Jay Pankratz is the Senior Pastor of Sunrise Church in Rialto, CA. He was instrumental in transitioning Rialto Community Baptist Church, a congregation of under 400 with a traditional Baptist liturgy that was 98% Caucasian to Sunrise Church a congregation of over 5,000 with a contemporary multiethnic service that has no ethnic majority in its congregation, leadership, or staff.

Josh Davis

JOSH DAVIS is a worship leader and songwriter, raised in Sarasota, FL and the Dominican Republic. Josh is the founder of PROSKUNEO MINISTRIES, INC. which is a non-denominational, international ministry that exists for the purpose of bringing the nations together in worship. In the past year, Josh and Proskuneo have led worship in over 20 languages. Josh's passion is to use multicultural worship to unite and strengthen the body of Christ. For more information, contact at: info@proskuneo.info / www.proskuneo.info / PO Box 382 Grayson, GA 30017 / 941-539-1175

Juan Martinez

Juan Francisco Martínez, Ph.D. is a pastor and the Director of the Center for the Study of Hispanic Church and Community at Fuller theological Seminary.

Jose Fernandez

Rev. Dr. Min Joshua Chung

Rev. Dr. Min Joshua Chung is Senior Pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church, he serves as a board member of "Serving in Mission (SIM)", Global Partners (GP), and KIMNET. He is also an adjunct professor at Urbana Theological Seminary.

Julie Tofilon

Julie Tofilon holds a DMin. in Leadership, with emphases on Spiritual Formation and Intercultural Relationships, as well as a Grad. Certificate in Counseling.  She has served, alongside her husband, in Indonesia and Turkey (14 years) doing church-planting and TESL, China (3 years) as a university professor, teaching Cross-Cultural Communications and ESL.  When not overseas, she and her husband have engaged in ministry to international students and their families.  She has also served as a worship leader and trainer, both in the U.S. and overseas (developing indigenous worship). She has been married 28 years to Thomas Tofilon, with two sons—David (22) and Joseph (15).

Larry Dove

Pastor Lawrence Dove, Associate Pastor, Emmanuel Reformed Church, Paramount, CA. Pastor Larry was one of the original leaders of the Noon Service and eventually became its pastor in 1999.

Rev. Dr. Linnea Carnes

Rev. Dr. Linnea E. Carnes pastors Immanuel Evangelical Covenant Church in Chicago. Dr. Carnes transitioned the congregation from predominantly white American to a multiethnic composition, representing fourteen nationalities, reflective of the community surrounding the church. Dr. Carnes earned a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Kansas (1965), a Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary (1991) and a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching from North Park Theological Seminary (2006). Her Doctoral Thesis was entitled “One Voice Among Many: Preaching in a Multiethnic Congregation” a subject that emerged from her pastoral experience. Dr. Carnes was ordained in The Evangelical Covenant Church in 1993.

Mark DeYmaz

Mark DeYmaz is the founding pastor of Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas and the Executive Director of the Mosaix Global Network. Join Mark and nearly 400 other multi-ethnic pioneers at the historic Multi-ethnic Church Conference, November 2-3, 2010 in San Diego, CA.

Dr. Matthew Smith

"Encouraging Achievement in Godly Leaders by Emphasizing Servanthood" (EAGLES)

Nikki Lerner

Nikki Lerner is the Director of Worship at Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, MD and contributor to Multicultural Ministry Handbook: Connecting Creatively to a Diverse World (IVP).

Dr. Pete C. Menjares

Associate Provost for Diversity Leadership at Biola University in La Mirada, CA

Paul Louis Metzger

Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D., is Professor of Christian Theology & Theology of Culture, Multnomah Biblical Seminary/Multnomah University. He is the author and editor of several books, including Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church (Eerdmans, 2007) and Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths (Thomas Nelson, 2012). He now blogs for The Christian Post at http://blogs.christianpost.com/uncommon-God-common-good/.

Rodney Cooper

Dr. Rodney L. Cooper is the Kenneth and Jean Hansen Professor of Discipleship and Leadership Development at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Ronald Man

Ron Man, M.M. (University if Maryland), Th.M. and D.Min. (Dallas Theological Seminary), has served as a pastor and worship pastor in the U.S. and Europe. In the past ten years he has taught on the biblical foundations of worship in 25 countries under the auspices of Worship Resources International. He is also presently Pastor of Worship/Missionary in Residence First Evangelical Church in Memphis, Tennessee. He writes the free monthly online worship newsletter, Worship Notes, which along with many other free resources is available at www.worr.org.

Roberta R. King

Roberta R. King, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Communication and Ethnomusicology at Fuller Theological Seminary where she directs the Global Christian Worship focus. This article is an adapted and shortened version of “The Impact of Global Christian Music in Worship” used by permission of Theology, News & Notes, Spring 2006, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp 6-8, 27.

Rev. Dr. Rodney Woo

Rev. Dr. Rodney Woo, Senior Pastor of Wilcrest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas and author of a new book The Color of Church and Co-author with Michael O. Emerson, People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States.

Dr. Stephen Michal Newby

Dr. Stephen Michael Newby is a native of Detroit, MI. He received his BA in vocal music education and flute performance from Madonna College in Livonia, MI. His MM in jazz composition and arranging was earned from the University of Massachusetts. He is also Minister of Worship at Seattle Pacific University, Pastor of Worship Arts at Antioch Bible Church, Worship Leader/Recording Artist for Maranatha! Music, Integrity Music, Promise Keepers, and Family Life Ministries.

Sam Petitfils

Sam Petitfils. M.Div (Talbot Theological Seminary), D.Min (Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as Associate Pastor of Sunrise Church in Rialto California, and webmaster of bibletruth.org.

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Terry L. Goodrich

Thame Fuller

Thame Fuller is the pastor of ONE Church in Lynnwood, WA. Thame has served in pastoral ministry since 1998, and is a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He is blessed to be the husband of his wonderful wife and ministry partner Suzi and the father of their three children, Rebecca, Ryan and Nicole.

Various Contributors

Dr. Willie O. Peterson

Dr. Peterson served as a pastor of churches in Texas and Oregon for thirty-eight years before retiring in 2003. He served as assistant director for the Doctor of Ministry Studies at Dallas Seminary and the vice president for the Urban Evangelical Mission. He has a recognized International Conference Speaking ministry across Africa, Europe, India, and Southeast Asia. In 2006 Dr. Peterson conducted a spiritual life retreat in Garmisch, Germany, for all U.S. Military chaplains serving in Europe. He maintains an extensive consulting ministry to various denominations and evangelical organizations such as the Evangelical Covenant Church, Episcopal churches, the Mosaix Global Network, and the Navigators.

Dr. Wayne Schmidt

After serving on the Kentwood Community Church (KCC) pastoral staff since 1979, Dr. Wayne Schmidt accepted the invitation to become Vice President for Wesley Seminary in fall 2009. Dr. Schmidt developed Kentwood Community Church into one of the flagship churches in the denomination while becoming increasingly multi-ethnic and planting 10 churches. In 2009, KCC averaged more than 2,600 attendees each weekend.