Life of Cross-

As I pray and prepare for a church planting project in the Puget Sound area, what I realize is that the centrality and the missional thrust of the gospel is the key in seeing the church of all nations. I prefer to use the term cross-cultural and cross-ethnic over multi-cultural or multi-ethnic.
Cross-cultural/ethnic/church experiences confirm the depravity that is pervasive in human hearts and habits. Even within the same cultural/ethnic/church environment, people face generational/economic/educational/theological differences that are often overlooked.
It's amazing to see how even within Protestant circle of churches, theological commitments divide, exclude, withdraw, and expel in the name of purity and orthodoxy.
I believe that when each one of us in the context of community (family, church, or work) God has placed us obey the Great Commandments (Loving God and loving one's neighbor: parents, spouse, children, co-worker, employer, employee, dogs, cats, and trees) and the Great Commission (Going and making disciples, which means learning to follow Jesus and carrying out the implications of Christ's Lordship in all areas of life), we will witness the transforming power of God and manifestation of His glory and our joy in everything.