Multiethnic
“The Future of Asian American Church Planting” by Robert Kim
December 1, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site Over the past few decades, the landscape of Asian American Christianity has undergone a remarkable transformation. From small immigrant congregations worshiping in rented sanctuaries to a new generation of multicultural, missional communities, Asian American churches have played a significant and evolving role…
Read More“Five Ways to Reimagine Planting Ecosystems” by Len Tang
October 6, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site I never cease to be amazed at the incredible kaleidoscope of churches that God’s Spirit is empowering planters to start today: from microchurches reaching the adult film industry in Las Vegas to Nigerian immigrant churches in Texas to second and third generation…
Read More“Black Church Planting in America” by Corey Lee
September 2, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site In 2021, Lisa Fields, founder of the Jude 3 Project, released “Why I Don’t Go,” a video series of conversations between Fields and young African Americans who stopped attending church. That’s right, the most spiritual group in America was hemorrhaging its young…
Read More“Three Keys to Plant Multiracial (but not Monocultural) Churches” by Len Tang
August 4, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site The biggest single challenge in planting a multiracial church is that you look diverse but operate under only one culture. A church may appear diverse on the surface with different races sitting side by side. But if everyone is expected to assimilate…
Read More“Four Reasons Why Immigrant Church Planting Matters” by Len Tang
July 7, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site For citizens of the U.S., immigration is deeply polarizing right now. As I write this, U.S. Marines have been sent to Los Angeles, where I live, to respond to unrest over immigration. But for citizens of God’s Kingdom, “immigrant Christians represent one…
Read More“Portrait of a Healthy Multiracial Church” by Len Tang
June 2, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site What does a healthy multiracial church actually look and feel like in real life? This article highlights the beautiful story of Nim Maua, pastor of Church in the Valley (CIV) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nim and I met at the 2025…
Read More“The Inner Life of the Multiethnic Church Planter” by Len Tang
May 5, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site “…as I finally faced the identity I had tried to evade for so long, I was shocked to find peace and an invitation to bless the part of me I had longed to erase. God met me in my isolation, and showed…
Read More“Creatively Funding Multiethnic Plants” by Len Tang
March 3, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site We can’t talk about planting multiethnic churches without talking about money. Because, while funding any church plant is challenging, funding a multiethnic church plant is even harder. The mainstream church planting model was largely built around well-resourced suburban planters who had access…
Read More“Attending Exponential While Black” by Corey Lee
February 3, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site A significant goal of this series of articles on Multiethnic Church Planting is to highlight the challenges and opportunities facing non-white church planters. The title of this article is derived from the phrase, “driving while Black,” which describes the pervasive stress that…
Read More“Should Every Church Plant Be Multiethnic?” by Len Tang
January 6, 2025 Originally published on the Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track site Does God want your church plant to be multiethnic? Are you doing something wrong if your church plant isn’t? Does God call some planters to multiethnic plants and others to monoethnic plants? These aren’t theoretical questions, but deeply practical and relevant to…
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