Thursday, May 22, 2008

A TRUE MOSAIC

Greetings partners in the harvest...
During my devotion I came across to verse:
"In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right" (Acts 10:35)

Let me share this story with you.....

The Los Angeles church now called Mosaic began as a mainly white congregation in what evolved into a Hispanic neighborhood. When Tom Wolf became its pastor in 1971, he motivated its members to aggressively evangelize their Hispanic neighbors. The church grew from an average attendance of 40 to 500, with 70 to 80 percent Latino.
When Wolf left the church to serve in missions overseas in 19996, Erwin McManus, a Hispanic born in El Salvador, became pastor. But despite their numerical minority, whites retained most of the church leadership. McManus took steps to integrate the leadership of the congregation, attracting more persons of color. Also, a large pocket of Asian Americans surfaced in near the church. McManus encouraged Mosaic's members to reach out to that community, expanding its largely white-Hispanic racial mix to one that today is roughly 30 percent each white, Asian-American, and Latino, and 10 percent from other racial group.
Finally, without neglecting its traditional overseas missions emphasis, local ministry has been assigned a higher priority, extending outreach beyond the local community to the greater L.A. urban area.

This leaves me to challenge you with this question.
Your response: I believe a spiritual neglected part of my community is...........
Looking to hear your comment.....

Rev. Fred

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