Session 4b New Cultural Realities: Efrem Smith

Session 4B: Efrem Smith: New Cultural Realities

• It seems like the more diverse we get... the more divided we get in race, religion, and culture...
• 1:19 childred in US born as a "mixed" race- Red and Yellow, Black and White will no longer be a relevant song..... :)
• To lead in this multi-cultural world, we need to be beloved... one that is able allow God to love others through us...
• Until Jesus comes with ultimate Justice...for now...it's just-us...
• If you can't love across race or class- You're going to have a hard time leading in this new era..
• "I think I heard God say"- (God to Efrem) what do you think about this? A multi-culural church...this is what the Church should look like...
• If the church is to be where the "pain" is... we would see more churches planted in urban, poor areas where there is a high level of brokenness- Down and Out..
• When High Pressure of what God wants to do in the world hits the Low Pressure of what "we" want to do- storms erupt...
• Create environments where multi-cultures can collide, interact, and create community...
• Efrem brought it.

Thoughts:

• The church should lead the multi-cultural revolution of change and the battle of racism...