2025 Gatherings & Events
The Multiethnic Collaborative meets quarterly online and in person at the Exponential Global Conference. In 2025, we are also hosting the Multiethnic Church Planting track at the Exponential Central and West Conferences as well.
Resources of Interest:
All our Exponential Multiethnic Church Planting Track videos, articles, and podcasts can be found here.
- 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
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
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Leadership Team

Len Tang
Director | Fuller Church Planting Initiative

Lori Ruffin
Executive Director, Co-Founder | Movement Leaders Collective, Black Missional Convening

Liz Rios
Founder | Passion2Plant

Efrem Smith
Founder | Influential
