Comments on: America’s Most Innovative Churches of 2008

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:36:25 +0000

Remember that diversity does not equal non-white.
Being diverse has to be (in most communities) a deliberate effort — a lot of work, but VERY MUCH worth the journey.

By: David

David — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:51:51 +0000

Hey. Don’t wait for your generation to be in charge.
Do it NOW! Find the people/mix and bring them.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:54:26 +0000

Just to comment on Jeremy Sheller’s comment, Newsong is a multi-ethnic church. I have been going to Newsong for six years now. Not sure on the other churches being multi-ethnic besides Mosaic, but just thought I would clarify.

By: chris mcmillan

chris mcmillan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:41:11 +0000

Where are the African-American Churches?

By: HEATHER PALACIOS

HEATHER PALACIOS — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:06:07 +0000

Woo-Hoo!! Flamingo made it! We are so excited. This is something our team will celebrate all week. We’ll clap about it at staff tomorrow, we’ll blog about it, we’ll use it to spur us on. Thank you for acknowledging our relentless sweat to put innovation into every weekend! GRATEFUL! Heather

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:53:10 +0000

Cool. Thanks for your research and work on this. 10 of the 25 are featured in my upcoming book: “Church 2.0″. God is moving in this country!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:41:27 +0000

Here are some African American churches that preach the gospel and reach people for Jesus in very innovated ways.

Fellowship Bible Church http://www.fbconline.org

The Potters House http://www.thepottershouse.org

Allen Cathedral http://www.allencathedral.org

Abyssinian Church http://www.abyssinian.org

Windsor Village http://www.kingdombuilder.com

By: jw

jw — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:28:20 +0000

here here…way disappointed in under 40 church leaders who are continuing mono-racial, homogeneous churches…i was one of those who always thought once my generation gets into leadership, diversity will take off and the segregated Sunday morning would go away….but it’s not happening

any of my other white / anglo brothers and sisters concerned about that? it’s like numeric growth trumps all else…and for some, if you question that, you get thrown into a ” you are jealous” camp…can we at least try to stop the insanity of segregated churches…

of course, we all wish diversity would happen…”our church is open to everyone”, etc… as a majority culture, are we actually willing to change our services and give away power to minority leaders for the sake of diversity?

By: jamey johnson

jamey johnson — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:30:04 +0000

Shout out to Minneapolis (Sanctuary Cov. Church)!!! There are only 4 ethnic (multi-cultural churches represented) (1). Mosaic (2). Crossover (3). New Hope (4). Sanctuary - There has to be more Innovative ethnic churches out there…Great list!!!…just a little (white) mono-cultural. Who picked the top 25?

By: Jeremy Scheller

Jeremy Scheller — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:39:38 +0000

It’s awesome to see Sanctuary on the list.

I’ve seen some people doing amazing things to be apart of God’s transformational work on the north side of minneapolis here.

thanks much…