2024-2025 Gatherings & Events
The Multiethnic Council seeks to meet four times a year: in person at the Exponential Global Conference, and online three times per year:
- October 9, 2024 Zoom call, RSVP here
- January 2025 Zoom call, date TBD
- March 17-20, 2025, Exponential Global Conference
- Multiethnic Church Planting Pre-Conference, March 17, 1-5pm & March 18, 8-11:30am. Speakers include: Soong-Chan Rah, Liz Rios, Lori Ruffin, Len Tang, Corey Lee, Mozart Dixon, Larry Acosta, Chris Brooks
- Multiethnic Church Planting Breakout Track - 4 sessions:
- Tuesday 2:30pm - "History & Theology of Multiethnic Church Planting," Soong-Chan Rah
- Wed 8:45am - "Courageous Conversations: Race, Power & Leadership in Multiethnic Churches", Liz Rios, Lori Ruffin, Chris Brooks
- Wed 2:30pm - "Contextualized Training for Black, Asian, & Latino Planters", Len Tang & Corey Lee
- Thurs 8;45am - "Collaborative Leadership Models in Multiethnic Churches," Liz Rios, Lori Ruffin
- Multiethnic Council Dinner, Tuesday March 18, 6-9pm, location TBD
- Network Leaders' Lunch, Wednesday, March 19, 12-2pm, "How Networks Recruit and Support Multiethnic Planters,"
Resources of Interest:
- View the June 6, 2024, webinar on "Estranged Pioneers" with Korie Edwards on planters of color leading multiethnic churches
About the Multiethnic Council
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)
- Building an initial leadership team
- Creating training content for multiethnic cohorts
- Mentoring and raising funds for planters of color
Partial List of Participants
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
Corey Lee
Director of Content and Partnerships | Fuller Church Planting Initiative
Mozart Dixon
VP of Church Multiplication | Stadia
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