2026 Gatherings & Events
The Multiethnic Collaborative meets quarterly online and in person at the Exponential Global Conference.
About the Multiethnic Collaborative
This is a group of church planting leaders who are:
- Leading regional or national church planting efforts
- Building relational trust, unity, and open-handedness
- Passionate about both justice and evangelism
- Committed to younger planters of color
Some initial goals include:
- Meeting quarterly for mutual support (in January, March at Exponential, May, September)
- Creating training content for multiethnic cohorts
- Mentoring and raising funds for planters of color
Resources of Interest:
All our Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track videos, articles, and podcasts can be found here.
- Video from the September 11, 2025 Collaborative Zoom call
- Starting Sept 11, 2025 - Púlpito Fellows: A free BIPOC preaching cohort
- July 2025 - Interview with Len Tang and Liz Rios on Multiethnic & Micro Church Planting on The Church Planter Podcast
- March 2025 - Article "Creatively Funding Multiethnic Plants"
- February 2025 - Article "Attending Exponential While Black"
- January 2025 - Article "Should Every Church be Multiethnic?"
- October 2024 - Multiethnic Collaborative Zoom recording here
- September 2024 - Exponential Next Interview on Multiethnic Church Planting with Len Tang & Mark Deymaz
- June 6, 2024 - Korie Edwards webinar on "Estranged Pioneers" about planters of color leading multiethnic churches
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Leadership Team
Len Tang
Director | Fuller Church Planting Initiative
Lead Pastor | Missio Community Church
Lori Ruffin
Executive for Strategy & Systems | TEN x 10
Co-Founder | Black Missional Convening
Liz Rios
Founder | Passion2Plant
